Jacob Blankenship
Jacob "Jake" Blankenship (born March 15, 1994) is an American track and field athlete who competes in the pole vault. He holds a personal record of 5.80 m (19 ft 0 1⁄4 in) for the event, set in 2015. He placed third at the USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in 2015.
Blankenship won medals at the World Youth Championships in Athletics in 2011 and NACAC Under-23 Championships in Athletics in 2014. He represents Tennessee Volunteers team collegiately and has had top three finishes both indoors and outdoors in NCAA competition, including winning the 2016 Outdoor Championships.
From Blacklick, Ohio, he attended Gahanna Lincoln High School. While there he established a reputation in the pole vault, setting Ohio state records both indoors and outdoors. He gained the William H. Suddarth Athletic Scholarship for his efforts and reached the podium on his international debut, taking the bronze at the 2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics.
He went on to study at the University of Tennessee in 2012 and began to compete collegiately for their Tennessee Volunteers team. Despite being a freshman, he quickly proved himself among the top collegiate vaulters in the United States, with a runner-up finish at the Southeastern Conference indoor championships and then a new personal record of 5.60 m (18 ft 4 1⁄4 in) for fourth at the NCAA Men's Indoor Track and Field Championships. In his first outdoor meet of the 2013 season, he set an absolute best of 5.61 m (18 ft 4 3⁄4 in) to place fourth at the Texas Relays. He won the Penn Relays meet, but performed less well at the main championships that year, coming fifth at the SEC event and 15th at the NCAA Men's Outdoor Track and Field Championships.
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