Maria Kimpson

Class:
Freshman
Position:
Jumps
Hometown:
Papillion Neb.
High School:
Papillion La Vista S.

Accolades
Mountain West Individual Champion (2024 ITF, 2025 OTF)
Mountain West All-Conference (2024 ITF/OTF, 2025 ITF/OTF)
Mountain West Student-Athlete of the Week (2023)
USTFCCCA All-Academic (2024)
Mountain West Scholar-Athlete (2023, 2024)
Academic All-Mountain West (2023, 2024)
Women’s Track and Field Letterwinner (2022-25)

Career Marks

Kimpson at NCAA Regionals
2025 - Pole Vault - 33rd - 4.02m/13-2.25

Kimpson at Mountain West Championships
(ITF)
2025 - Pole Vault - 3rd - 4.01m/13-1.75
2024 - Pole Vault - 1st - 4.09m
2023 - Pole Vault - 10th - 3.63m
(OTF)
2025 - Pole Vault - 1st - 4.22m/13-10
2024 - Pole Vault - 5th - 3.88m
2023 - Pole Vault - 4th - 3.84m

Kimpson’s Top 20 Appearances in Program History
(ITF)
Pole Vault - 1st - 4.20m/13-9.75
(OTF)
Pole Vault - 1st - 4.30m/14-1.5

Year-By-Year
2023-2024: (Outdoor) Competed in eight meets ... Broke the program record with a 4.30m/14-1.25 at the Beach Invite ... Won the gold in the pole vault at the Mountain West Championships with a mark of 4.22m/13-10 ... Placed 33rd in the NCAA West Region ... (Indoor) Competed in seven meets ... Broke the program record with a mark of 4.20m/13-9.25 at the CU Invitational ... Extended the record at her next meet with a mark of 4.21m/13-9.75 at the Don Kirby Elite Invitational ... Earned a bronze medal in the pole vault at the Mountain West Championships.
2023-2024: (Outdoor) Competed in six events ... placed first in the pole vault at both the Trojan Invite (Mar 22-23) and Jack Christiansen Invite (Mar 29-30) ... (Indoor) Competed in seven events ... placed first in the pole vault at both the MW Indoor Championships (Feb 22-24) and Prairie Wolf Indoor Invitational (Jan 19) ... Personal best 4.13 meters in the pole vault at the Don Kirby Elite Invitational (Feb 9-10).
2022-23: Competed in seven outdoor meets… top pole vault was 3.92m… Competed in five indoor meets… top pole vault was 3.63m.
2021-22: Competed in one indoor meet… top pole vault was 3.50m.

Personal/High School
Papillion La Vista South High School Class A, Papillion, Nebraska... Track State Champion... Class A state meet record... School record... 4th in Nebraska State history... Team captain.. and lifter of the year.. Participated in cross country 9th and 10th grade... along with power-lifting in 11th and 12th.. National honors society and on the honor roll...