PRELIMINARY 2026 Track and Field Roster
Rice, Cyprus
Cyprus Rice
- Position:
- Jumps
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Major:
- Electrical Engineering
- Hometown:
- Clovis, Calif.
- Prev School:
- Clovis North HS
Bio
Cyprus Rice - Season/Career Statistics
Long Beach State Top 10 – Indoor Pole Vault (16-9 1/2, 9th)
2025 All-Big West Performer (Pole Vault)
2024 MPSF Individual Champion (Pole Vault)
2023 NCAA West Preliminary Qualifier (Pole Vault)
2025 (Senior)
Outdoor: Saw action in eight pole vault events ... Earned All-Conference after tying for third with teammate Glen Quayle as both went 16-0 3/4 ... Took home first place at the Big West Challenge Cup (16-2) and again at the Steve Scott Invitational (16-3 1/2) ... Cleared a season-best 16-4 at the Battle at the Beach to finish fourth.
Indoor: Entered two pole vaults during the season ... Finished ninth at the NM Collegiate Classic after clearing 16-2 1/2 ... Failed to clear a height at the MPSF Championships.
2024 (Junior)
Outdoor: Posted second-place finishes in two his three starts ... His 16-0 3/4 earned him the runner-up slot at the Beach Opener ... Went 16-3 1/4 to come in second at the Big West Challenge Cup ... Received a medical redshirt.
Indoor: Won the pole vault at the MPSF Championships, clearing 15-7 ... Won the pole vault at the Don Kirby Invitational by going a season best 16-9 1/2, the ninth highest mark in school history. ... Was the runner-up in the pole vault at the season opening Air Force Lindeman Invitational.
2023 (Sophomore)
Outdoor: Competed in 11 meets … Qualified the NCAA West Preliminary Round in the pole vault … Finished fifth in the pole vault (16-7 1/2) at the Big West Championships … Set a season-best 16-11 at the Pacific Coast Intercollegiate … Won the pole vault competition (16-7 1/4) at the Challenge Cup.
Indoor: Competed in three meets … Finished fourth in Pole Vault at the MPSF Championships … Set an indoor best of 16-6 at the New Mexico Collegiate Classic.
2022 (Freshman)
Outdoor: Competed in 10 meets … Finished sixth in Pole Vault (15-11 1/4) at the Big West Championships … Totaled two event victories, winning the Titan Tune-Up (16-0) and the Steve Scott Invitational (15-11 1/4) … Finished runner-up at the Challenge Cup with season-best leap of 16-4.
Indoor: Competed in three pole vault competitions … Finished seventh in Pole Vault (15-0) at the MPSF Championships ... Posted a season best of 15-7 1/4 at the New Mexico Classic.
High School: A four-year letter winner as a pole vaulter in track and field at Clovis North High School … Holds the Pole Vault records for Clovis North HS, Clovis North Stadium, Sanger Metric Meet, and Clovis North Freshman record … Was named All-League, All-State Second Team, First League/Area/Central, Second State, and Sanger Metric Outstanding Field Athlete in his senior year … Won the individual championships at the TRAC Championships, CIF-North Area Qualifiers, and CIF Central Section Masters …Prep-best in the Pole Vault was 16-3.
Personal: An Electrical Engineering major.
Long Beach State Top 10 – Indoor Pole Vault (16-9 1/2, 9th)
2025 All-Big West Performer (Pole Vault)
2024 MPSF Individual Champion (Pole Vault)
2023 NCAA West Preliminary Qualifier (Pole Vault)
2025 (Senior)
Outdoor: Saw action in eight pole vault events ... Earned All-Conference after tying for third with teammate Glen Quayle as both went 16-0 3/4 ... Took home first place at the Big West Challenge Cup (16-2) and again at the Steve Scott Invitational (16-3 1/2) ... Cleared a season-best 16-4 at the Battle at the Beach to finish fourth.
Indoor: Entered two pole vaults during the season ... Finished ninth at the NM Collegiate Classic after clearing 16-2 1/2 ... Failed to clear a height at the MPSF Championships.
2024 (Junior)
Outdoor: Posted second-place finishes in two his three starts ... His 16-0 3/4 earned him the runner-up slot at the Beach Opener ... Went 16-3 1/4 to come in second at the Big West Challenge Cup ... Received a medical redshirt.
Indoor: Won the pole vault at the MPSF Championships, clearing 15-7 ... Won the pole vault at the Don Kirby Invitational by going a season best 16-9 1/2, the ninth highest mark in school history. ... Was the runner-up in the pole vault at the season opening Air Force Lindeman Invitational.
2023 (Sophomore)
Outdoor: Competed in 11 meets … Qualified the NCAA West Preliminary Round in the pole vault … Finished fifth in the pole vault (16-7 1/2) at the Big West Championships … Set a season-best 16-11 at the Pacific Coast Intercollegiate … Won the pole vault competition (16-7 1/4) at the Challenge Cup.
Indoor: Competed in three meets … Finished fourth in Pole Vault at the MPSF Championships … Set an indoor best of 16-6 at the New Mexico Collegiate Classic.
2022 (Freshman)
Outdoor: Competed in 10 meets … Finished sixth in Pole Vault (15-11 1/4) at the Big West Championships … Totaled two event victories, winning the Titan Tune-Up (16-0) and the Steve Scott Invitational (15-11 1/4) … Finished runner-up at the Challenge Cup with season-best leap of 16-4.
Indoor: Competed in three pole vault competitions … Finished seventh in Pole Vault (15-0) at the MPSF Championships ... Posted a season best of 15-7 1/4 at the New Mexico Classic.
High School: A four-year letter winner as a pole vaulter in track and field at Clovis North High School … Holds the Pole Vault records for Clovis North HS, Clovis North Stadium, Sanger Metric Meet, and Clovis North Freshman record … Was named All-League, All-State Second Team, First League/Area/Central, Second State, and Sanger Metric Outstanding Field Athlete in his senior year … Won the individual championships at the TRAC Championships, CIF-North Area Qualifiers, and CIF Central Section Masters …Prep-best in the Pole Vault was 16-3.
Personal: An Electrical Engineering major.
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