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:
Year | Season (Meets) | Event | Season Best | Conf. Finish | W. Prelims | NCAA Champs. |
2016 | Indoors (5) | PV | 17-3 3/4 (5.28) | 3 (MPSF) | -- | -- |
2015 | Outdoors (5) | PV | 17-3 (5.26) | 8 (Pac-12) | 32 | -- |
Indoors (3) | PV | 17-2 3/4 (5.25) | 6 (MPSF) | -- | -- | |
2014 | Outdoors (0) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
Indoors (0) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |
2013 | Outdoors (6) | PV | 16-1 1/4 (4.91) | 9 (Pac-12) | -- | -- |
4x100 | 43.67 | -- | -- | -- | ||
Indoors (5) | PV | 16-4 (4.97) | 7 (MPSF) | -- | -- |