Casey Roche (Stanford)

Casey Roche (Stanford) is ranked #7 on the NCAA Division I Men's Pole Vault Performance List at 5.21m 17-1 on 01/17.

Casey Roche

Class:
Sophomore

Hometown:
Los Altos, CA

High School:
St. Francis HS

Height / Weight:
5-9 / 155

Event:
Pole Vault

Collegiate Season Bests:
Pole Vault 16-7 ¾ (5.06m)i


2008 Season (Freshman): Regional qualifier in the pole vault after obtaining a mark of 16-6 ¾ at the Davis quad meet...finished 19th at the NCAA West Regional...posted a collegiate best indoors at the Husky Invitational with a mark of 16-7 ¾.

High School: One of the top high school pole vaulters in the U.S. with a personal best of 17-5 (5.31m)...won the Junior Olympic National Championships three times, breaking the meet record twice... 2007 Stanford Invitational winner/meet-record holder; also won the Arcadia Invitational and Mt. SAC Championships...garnered medals at Nike Indoor Nationals, Simplot Games, National Scholastic Championships, Golden West, twice at CIF Championships, and Nike Outdoor Nationals...2006 CCS champion...three-time WCAL champion...also, an accomplished long jumper with a personal best of 22-8 (6.91m) ... Member of the National Honor Society.

Cardinal Catalogue: Undeclared major...parents are Debra Deutsch and E. Casey Roche...mother was a champion hurdler at Rutgers University; father was a longtime Stanford volunteer pole vault coach...uncle, Mike Roche, was an Olympic distance runner, and grandfather, Gene Roche, ran hurdles and triple jumped for UCLA.


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