2024-25 Track and Field Roster

Ava Kowalski

  • Position Pole Vault
  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Highschool Oak Ridge
  • Hometown Conroe, Texas
  • Major Quantitative Biosciences and Engineering (B.S.) / Computer Science (M.S.)

Biography

TFRRS Profile

2024-25: Received a M.S. in computer science in May 2025 ... USTFCCCA All-Academic. Indoor Track & Field - USTFCCCA All-Region (pole vault) … First-Team All-RMAC (pole vault) … Competed in seven indoor meets … Set a season-best height of 3.79m at the Mountain Lion Open … Earned the RMAC bronze medal clearing 3.78m at the RMAC Indoor Championships at UCCS.

2023-24: Indoor Track & Field - Second-Team All-RMAC (PV) … Finished fourth in the pole vault at RMAC Indoor Championships clearing 3.68m … Made a season-best bar of 3.73m to finish second at the Mines Pre-Conference. Outdoor Track & Field - USTFCCCA All-Region (PV) … First-Team All-RMAC (PV) … Competed in nine meets … Qualified for first NCAA Championships … Set a career-best bar of 3.97m at the Kit Mayer Classic to qualify for nationals … Was the RMAC Championships bronze medalist at 3.53m.

2022-23: Indoor Track & Field - USTFCCCA All-Region (PV) … Pole vaulter held a season-best of 3.81m set at the Mines Winter Classic … Placed fifth at the RMAC Indoor Championships clearing 3.53m, scoring points towards Mines’ team title.  Outdoor Track & Field -  USTFCCCA All-Region (PV) … Second-Team All-RMAC (PV) … Cleared an all-conditions personal-best of 3.83m at the Maverick Invite … Placed fifth at the RMAC Outdoor Championships at 3.56m … Went 3.60m or better five times outdoors.

2021-22: Indoor Track & Field - Continued her focus on the pole vault for the Orediggers ... Finished ninth in the RMAC thanks to a season-best bar of 3.56 meters (11-8.0) which tied her for sixth in the program's indoor record book ... Also vaulted at five other events for Mines during the winter. Outdoor Track & Field - Appeared in seven events as a pole vaulter for the Orediggers ... Cleared at least one bar at each meet ... Finished ninth in the RMAC again thanks to her height of 3.41 meters (11-2.25) ... Top bar of the spring was 3.55 meters (11-7.75) at the CSU Pueblo Spank Blasing to rank sixth in Mines' outdoor record book ... Ran her career streak of at least one bar in each appearance out to 24 consecutive meets.

2020-21: Indoor Track & Field - Competed exclusively in the pole vault for Mines, and appeared at all four home events ... Collegiate indoor debut featured a top bar of 3.07 meters (10-0.75) at the Mines Front Range #1 ... Top performance of the season was 3.31 meters (10-10.25) at the Mines Front Range #4 ... Improved her personal record at each outing of the indoro campaign. Outdoor Track & Field - Continued her pole vault focus for the Orediggers during the outdoor season with seven appearances for Mines ... Scored for the Orediggers at the RMAC Championships by taking seventh with a clearance of 3.44 meters (11-3.5) which tied for eighth in the program's outdoor record book ... The conference championships were also her top performance of the year.

HIGH SCHOOL: Lettered in track & field at Oak Ridge High School in Texas ... Competed in both the 100-meter dash and pole vault in her prep career ... Brought to Mines as a pole vaulter on the merits of an 11-9.0 clearance as a junior in high school ... Also ran the 100-meter dash in 13.82.

Historical Player Information

  • 2020-21Freshman

    Pole Vault
  • 2021-22Sophomore

    Pole Vault
  • 2022-23Junior

    Pole Vault
  • 2023-24Senior

    Pole Vault
  • 2024-25Redshirt Senior

    Pole Vault