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Illinois State University Athletics

2021-22 Track & Field Roster

Maddie Wright

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Dexter, Mich.
  • Highschool Dexter HS

Biography

CAREER RESULTS
 
Career Highlights
2021 MVC Scholar-Athlete

2020-21 OUTDOOR (So.): Competed in the pole vault on seven occasions during the 2021 outdoor season...Cleared a personal-best height of 3.74 meters (12-3.25 ft.) to place third at the Illinois State Invite...That clearance currently ranks No. 6 all-time in school history...Took second at the Pacesetter Sports Invite with a clearance of 3.66 meters (12-0 ft.)...Recorded her second-best clearance of the season at the Joe Walker Invite, clearing 3.73 meters (12-2.75 ft.) to finish third...Scored points for ISU at the MVC Championships, placing seventh overall...Member of the ISU women's team that won their seventh-straight conference title and broke a Valley record for points scored with 232.

2020-21 INDOOR (Jr.): Competed at five meets for the 'Birds during the 2021 indoor season, clearing 3.45 meters or better four times...Placed third in the pole vault at the Don DeNoon Dual with a clearance of 3.45 meters (11-3.75 ft.)...Cleared a lifetime best 3.71 meters (12-2 ft.) at the MVC Championships, placing fifth to help the 'Birds to their fourth-straight indoor conference title.

2019-20 OUTDOOR (So.): Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

2019-20 INDOOR (So.): Competed in the pole vault at four meets during her sophomore indoor season...Her best clearance of the season came at the Notre Dame Invitational where she cleared 3.30 meters (10-10 ft.) to finish 12th.

2018-19 OUTDOOR (Fr.): Competed in the pole vault at the MVC Outdoor Championships (5/10-12)...Finished 11th in the pole vault at the Wisconsin Alumni Classic (5/3), clearing a mark of 3.53 meters (11-7 ft.)...Posted a ninth-place finish in the pole vault with a clearance of 3.28 meters (10-9 ft.) at the Pacesetter Sports Invitational (4/19-20)...Earned the bronze in the pole vault at the Redbird Invitational (4/6), clearing 3.42 meters (11-2.5 ft.)...Opened the season competing at the Ole Miss Classic (3/30).

2018-19 INDOOR (Fr.): Competed in five meets during the indoor campaign...Finished ninth at the MVC Indoor Championships (2/23-24) in the pole vault, clearing a mark of 3.36 meters (11-0.25 ft.)...Cleared 3.33 meters (10-11 ft.) at the Badger Red & White Classic (2/15) to finish ninth in the pole vault...Recorded a personal-best clearance of 3.58 meters (11-9 ft.) in the pole vault at the Music City Challenge (2/8-9)...Competed in the pole vault at the Illini Invitational (1/25-26), clearing 3.32 meters (10-10.75 ft.)...Opened the season with a fifth-place finish in the pole vault with a clearance of 3.20 meters (10-6 ft.) at the Jimmy Grant Invitational (12/8).

DEXTER HIGH SCHOOL: Three-time MHSAA D1 State T&F Championships pole vault qualifier, placing ninth in 2018...three-time MITS State Indoor T&F Championships pole vault qualifier, finishing sixth in 2018...conference runner-up in pole vault in 2017 and 2018...helped her team to four-consecutive SEC Championships from 2015-18...New Balance Nationals pole vault qualifier in 2017 and 2018...team captain as a senior...garnered Scholar-Athlete honors in 2015, 2016, and 2017.

PERSONAL: Born May 9, 2000, in Ann Arbor, Michigan...daughter of Scott and Melissa Wright...has two brothers, Brandon and Dalton...plans to major in special education to become a special education teacher.

Historical Player Information

  • 2018-19Freshman

  • 2019-20Sophomore

  • 2020-21Junior

  • 2021-22Senior