Josie Spitz

Class:
Senior
Position:
Pole Vault
Hometown:
Berthoud, Colo.
High School:
Berthoud HS
Prev School:
U of Sioux Falls

Collegiate Personal Bests
Indoor
- Pole vault - 13'0.75'' (2nd all-time in CSU history)
Outdoor
- Pole vault - 12'9.5'' (3rd all-time in CSU history)

Spitz at the Mountain West Championships
2020
- 9th place, pole vault (indoor)
2019
- 17th place, pole vault (outdoor)
- 7th place, pole vault (indoor)
2018
- 7th place, pole vault (outdoor)
- 9th place, pole vault (indoor)

Spitz at the NSIC Championships
2017
- 5th place, pole vault (outdoor)
- 5th place, pole vault (indoor)

Accolades
- Academic All-Mountain West (2018)

Redshirt Senior (2019-20)
(Indoor): Competed in seven meets - all pole vault...Finished in ninth place at Mountain West Championships with a 12' 3.5"...Placed second at the UCCS Invitational...Recorded best PV of season, 12'7.5'', at Air Force Invitational for third place...Finished second in the pole vault at Colorado Invitational...17th at Don Kirby Invitational.

Redshirt Junior (2018-19)
(Indoor): Best Ram finisher at the pole vault in the MW Championships...Obtained indoor collegiate PR of 13' 0.75" at MW Championships...Saw action in seven meets...Won the pole vault at the Potts Invitational...Placed second once and third twice.
(Outdoor): Fourth-best Ram finisher at the pole vault in the MW Championships...Competed in seven meets - all pole vault...Won pole vault at Fum McGraw, Tom Benich Invite, and Colorado Invitational.

Redshirt Sophomore (2017-18)
(Indoor): Second-best Ram finisher in the PV at MW Championships...Seven appearances at meets...Made CSU debut at Air Force Holiday Open.
(Outdoor): Second-best Ram finisher in the PV at MW Championships...Appeared in seven meets...Took second at Tom Benich Invite, 7220 Invite, and Mines Nature's Bakery Invite.

BEFORE COLORADO STATE
University of Sioux Falls (Id)
Redshirt Freshman (2017-18)
(Indoor): Competed in nine meets...Third-best team finisher in pole vault at NSIC Championships...Tallied two second-place finishes and three third-place results.
(Outdoor): Competed in four meets...Fourth-best team finisher in pole vault at NSIC Championships...Took second in PV at Butler-Greeno Dual.

Freshman (2016-17)
- Redshirted both indoor and outdoor seasons

HIGH SCHOOL/PERSONAL
Attended Berthoud High School (4A)...2013-15 conference champion...Holds high school record in the pole vault (11-11)...Named All Conference and placed third at the state meet in pole vault...Born in Thousand Oaks, Calif...Mother, Lisa, and father, Chris, both ran cross country/track for California Lutheran University and brother, Luke, ran cross country/track for Colorado Mesa University...National Honors Society and honor roll.

Personal Bests
Outdoor
- Pole vault - 11'3''