2022 Track and Field Roster

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Clare Gibson

  • Position:
    Jumps
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Major:
    Nutrition
  • Hometown:
    Perth, Australia
  • High School:
    Iona Presentation College
  • Prev School:
    Kansas State
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.
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