2022 Track and Field Roster
Gibson, Clare

Clare Gibson
- Position:
- Jumps
- Class:
- Senior
- Major:
- Nutrition
- Hometown:
- Perth, Australia
- High School:
- Iona Presentation College
- Prev School:
- Kansas State
Bio
Clare Gibson - Season and Career Statistics
Long Beach State Top 10 – Indoor High Jump (5-9 1/4; 6th, T)
2022 All-Big West Performer (High Jump)
2022 MPSF Individual Champion (High Jump)
2021 NCAA West Preliminary Qualifier (High Jump)
2022 (Senior):
Outdoor: Earned All-Conference honors after finishing third in the high jump (5-7 1/4) at the Big West Championships … Also placed ninth in the heptathlon with a career best 4,292 points at the Big West Championships ... Finished fourth in the high jump (5-5) at the Hayward Premiere and eighth at the Big West Challenge Cup (98-0) in the javelin ... Named Academic All-Conference.
Indoor: Won the high jump at the MPSF Championships after clearing 5-7 1/4 ... Won the high jump at the New Mexico Classic, clearing a season-best 5-9 1/4 ... Was sixth in the high jump (5-5) at the Air Force Invitational ... Named to the MPSF All-Academic Team.
2021 (Junior)
Outdoor: A NCAA West Preliminary qualifier in the high jump … Finished fourth in the high jump (5-3 1/4) at the Big West Championships … Posted her season-best at the Matador Invite, clearing 5-9 1/4 to win the event … Also won at the Beach Invitational with a mark of 5-7 ... Named Academic All-Conference.
Indoor: Season canceled due to COVID-19.
2020
Outdoor: Did not compete in the Beach Opener before the season was canceled due to COVID-19.
Indoor: Did not compete.
Prior to LBSU: Spent two seasons at Kansas State … A two-time NCAA Western Preliminary Qualifier … Saved her best for the Big 12 Championships, where she was a podium finisher in both indoors and outdoors during the 2019 season … Set both of her collegiate PRs at those events, clearing 5-10 3/4 at the outdoor championships and 5-10 1/2 at the indoor championships … Placed sixth in the high jump at the 2018 Big 12 Championships as a freshman.
High School: Named the 2017 U20 Australian National Championship Silver Medalist … She was a 2015 World U18 Championship Finalist in Bogata, Columbia … Holds the U16 State Record, and was the U14-20 State Champion … Gibson has cleared a personal best jump of 6-0 in the high jump.
Personal: Majoring in Nutrition.
Long Beach State Top 10 – Indoor High Jump (5-9 1/4; 6th, T)
2022 All-Big West Performer (High Jump)
2022 MPSF Individual Champion (High Jump)
2021 NCAA West Preliminary Qualifier (High Jump)
2022 (Senior):
Outdoor: Earned All-Conference honors after finishing third in the high jump (5-7 1/4) at the Big West Championships … Also placed ninth in the heptathlon with a career best 4,292 points at the Big West Championships ... Finished fourth in the high jump (5-5) at the Hayward Premiere and eighth at the Big West Challenge Cup (98-0) in the javelin ... Named Academic All-Conference.
Indoor: Won the high jump at the MPSF Championships after clearing 5-7 1/4 ... Won the high jump at the New Mexico Classic, clearing a season-best 5-9 1/4 ... Was sixth in the high jump (5-5) at the Air Force Invitational ... Named to the MPSF All-Academic Team.
2021 (Junior)
Outdoor: A NCAA West Preliminary qualifier in the high jump … Finished fourth in the high jump (5-3 1/4) at the Big West Championships … Posted her season-best at the Matador Invite, clearing 5-9 1/4 to win the event … Also won at the Beach Invitational with a mark of 5-7 ... Named Academic All-Conference.
Indoor: Season canceled due to COVID-19.
2020
Outdoor: Did not compete in the Beach Opener before the season was canceled due to COVID-19.
Indoor: Did not compete.
Prior to LBSU: Spent two seasons at Kansas State … A two-time NCAA Western Preliminary Qualifier … Saved her best for the Big 12 Championships, where she was a podium finisher in both indoors and outdoors during the 2019 season … Set both of her collegiate PRs at those events, clearing 5-10 3/4 at the outdoor championships and 5-10 1/2 at the indoor championships … Placed sixth in the high jump at the 2018 Big 12 Championships as a freshman.
High School: Named the 2017 U20 Australian National Championship Silver Medalist … She was a 2015 World U18 Championship Finalist in Bogata, Columbia … Holds the U16 State Record, and was the U14-20 State Champion … Gibson has cleared a personal best jump of 6-0 in the high jump.
Personal: Majoring in Nutrition.
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