Career Best (thru 2016 indoors):

  • Pole Vault: 17-3 3/4 (5.28m)

Stanford Record Book:
Outdoors

  • Pole vault: 5th

Indoors

  • Pole vault: 4th

2016 Season:
Indoors

  • Consistent indoor season with three personal bests in five meets.
  • Season culminated with a PB 17-3 3/4 for third at the MPSF Championships.

2015 Season:
Outdoors

  • Won the Big Meet with a personal best 17-3.
  • Advanced to the NCAA West Prelims, finishing 32nd at 16-0 3/4.
  • Eighth at Pac-12's at 16-2 3/4.

Indoors

  • Jumped a personal record of 17-2 3/4 in first meet in two years, placing third at the UW Indoor Preview.
  • Competed in three meets, reaching at least 17-0 each time.
  • Placed sixth at the MPSF Championships.

2014 Season:
Outdoors

  • Did not compete.

Indoors

  • Did not compete.

2013 Season:
Outdoors

  • Jumped season best 16-1 to place ninth at the Pac-12 Championships.
  • Placed second in the Big Meet at 15-8 1/4.
  • Vaulted in six meets.
  • Ran the 4x100 at the Big Meet (43.67).

Indoors

  • Placed seventh at the MPSF Championships at a season-best 16-4, placing at No. 5 on Stanford's all-time freshman list.
  • Made his collegiate debut at the Cherry & Silver Invitational in Albuquerque, clearing 15-9.
  • Competed in five meets.

High School:

  • Two-time Arizona state champ.
  • Set personal record 17-0 while winning the Chandler City Meet.
  • Won Arizona state Division I titles in 2011 and 2012, the latter at 16-6.
  • Won the 2011 Arizona Meet of Champions and was second in 2012, at 16-5.
  • Placed seventh at 2012 U.S. junior championships.
  • Set a state junior-class record of 16-1 1/4.

Personal:

  • Majoring in human biology.
  • Son of Dean Starkey.
  • Father won the bronze medal at the 1997 World Championships in the pole vault, and had a best of 19-5.
  • He also coached pole vault at Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo.
  • Stepmother is the former Jill Wittenwyler, who competed in the 2000 Olympic trials in the pole vault, and had a best of 14-1 1/4.
  • She coached multi-events at South Dakota State.
  • Parents run the Arizona Pole Vault Academy on their Queen Creek property.
  • Has two younger sisters, Taylor and Tyra.

Career Statistics:

YearSeason (Meets)EventSeason BestConf. FinishW. PrelimsNCAA Champs.
2016Indoors (5)PV17-3 3/4 (5.28)3 (MPSF)----
2015Outdoors (5)PV17-3 (5.26)8 (Pac-12)32--
 Indoors (3)PV17-2 3/4 (5.25)6 (MPSF)----
2014Outdoors (0)----------
 Indoors (0)----------
2013Outdoors (6)PV16-1 1/4 (4.91)9 (Pac-12)----
  4x10043.67------
 Indoors (5)PV16-4 (4.97)7 (MPSF)----

 

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