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In 2010-11: Indoor: Earned a first-place finish in the pole vault at the Clemson Invitational (1/7) with a distance of 3.95 meters...Also took first in the pole vault at the Kentucky Track & Field Invitational (1/14) and the Kentucky Rod McCravy Memorial (1/28) with distances of 3.85 meters and 4.30 meters respectively...Came in second place at the Virginia Tech Elite Meet (4.16 m)...At the Tiger Paw Invitational, earned another first place finish with a vault of 3.97 meters...A pole-vault of 4.05 meters was good for a fifth-place finish at the ACC Indoor Championships (2/24)...Took ninth at the NCAA Division I Indoor Championships in the pole vault (4.10 m). Outdoor: Earned a first-place finish at the Georgia Intercollegiate Invitational (3/18) in the pole vault with a distance of 4.11 meters...Finished first at the Auburn Tiger Classic (4/1) in the pole vault with a distance of 4.22 meters...Finished first again at the FSU Seminole Invitational (4/8) with a distance of 4.31 meters, a college career-best...Took first place at the Bob Pollack Spring Invitational (5/7) with a distance of 3.90 meters...Finished in second place at the UNF Osprey Invitational (5/13) with a mark of 4.27 meters...Came in ninth place at the NCAA Championships (6/8) for pole vault with a distance of 4.1 meters.
2009 All-ACC Perfomer in Indoor Season (Pole Vault)
2009 All-ACC Academic Team Selection
2009 NCAA Outdoor Championships Participant (Pole Vault)
In 2009-10: Indoor: Finished first in the pole vault with a height of 3.95 meters at the Roaring Tiger Invitational (12/4) ... A pole vault of 3.42 meters was good for third place at the Tiger Paw Invitational (2/12-13) ... Came in first place at the ACC Championships (2/25-27) with a 4.21 meter pole vault. Outdoor: Finished third in the pole vault with a mark of 3.65 meters at the Georgia Tech-Georgia Dual Meet (3/19) ... Earned fourth place with a mark of 3.70 meters at the Georgia Tech Invitational (3/26) ... Registered 3.80 meters to place fifth in the ACC Outdoor Championships (4/15) ... Tallied a season-best vault of 4.10 meters to place first in the Georgia Tech-Clemson-Kennesaw State Tri-Dual (5/1) ... At the Georgia Invitational (5/7), finished second with 4.00 meters ... Placed fourth at the Georgia Tech Invitational (5/14) with a mark of 3.70 ... Earned 15th place at the NCAA East Regional (5/25) with a mark of 3.90.
In 2008-09:Indoor: Posted a career-high mark in the pole vault with a 13-02.25 effort at the VT Last Chance Meet ... mark was an NCAA Provisional Qualifying Mark ... was an All-ACC perfomer after a second place finish in the pole vault at the ACC Indoor Championships with a 13-01.50 performance ... Outdoor: Set a new school record in the pole vault at the NCAA East Region Championships at 13-01.75 ... mark also qualified Wright for the 2009 NCAA Outdoor Championships.
In 2007-08: Registered a school-record mark of 12 feet, 9 1/2 inches in the pole vault at the ACC Outdoor Championships to earn All-ACC honors with a second-place finish ... Placed 12th in the pole vault at the NCAA East Region Championships with a mark of 12 feet ... Scored at the ACC Indoor Championships in the pole vault with a mark of 11 feet, 11 3/4 inches to finish eighth ... Cleared an indoor season-best mark of 12 feet, 1 1/2 inches in the pole vault at the Rod McCravy Invitational.
High School: Eight-time letterwinner under track & field coach Jeff George at RJ Reynolds high school ... Won the 2007 North Carolina Indoor and Outdoor pole vault state championships ... Named 2007 North Carolina State indoor meet MVP with a vault of 12'10" ... Competed at the 2006 Nike Indoor and Outdoor meets and the 2007 NSIC meet ... Holds the North Carolina high school indoor pole vault record (12'1") ... Holds high school records in the pole vault, long jump, triple jump, 55-meter hurdles, pentathlon and heptathlon ... National Honor Society.
Personal: Born Joanna Lynn Ohlinger Wright on May 3, 1989 in Highpoint, N.C. ... Daughter of Ron and Amy Wright ... Has an older brother, Andrew ... Father competed in gymnastics at William and Mary from 1977-79 ... Grandfather, Fred Ohlinger, played football at West Virginia from 1954-1956 ... Majoring in biology.
