2011-12 Track & Field Roster

Kirby Newcomb

  • Position Pole Vault
  • Height 5-7
  • Class Freshman
  • Highschool Lake Hamilton HS
  • Hometown Hot Springs, Ark.

Biography

Personal Records:
Pole Vault: 3.43m


Outdoor 2012 All- Sun Belt (Pole Vault)

2012 Outdoor: All-Sun Belt in the pole vault, finishing third at the conference championships by clearing 3.41 meters...Also posted top ten finishes at the Leon Johnson Invitational and the Golden Eagle Classic.

2012 Indoor:  Notched top ten finishes at the Sun Belt Conference Championships and the McNeese Cowboy Invitational.

Prep: Lettered four years at Lake Hamilton High School ... State champion in the pole vault three times ... Had a career-best vault of 11-6.00 at the Lake Hamilton Tri Lakes Invitational ... Earned 6A All-State honors as a senior ... Coached by Karl Koonce and Morry Sanders.

Personal: Full name is Kirby Lynn Newcomb ... Born Jan. 28, 1993, in Hot Springs, Ark. ... Daughter of Joseph and Deborah Lijewski ... Has one brother, Garrett ... Major is nursing