Melissa Purta

Pole Vault
Senior
Inverness, Ill. (Rolling Meadows)

2009:  Tied for ninth place in the pole vault (9-10) at the CCIW Outdoor Track and Field Championship…finished 10th in the pole vault (9-1) at the CCIW Indoor Track and Field Championship.

2008:  Finished 13th in the pole vault (8-10 ¼) at the CCIW Indoor Track and Field Championship.

2007:  Finished 16th in the javelin (65-2) at the CCIW Outdoor Track and Field Championship…finished fourth in the pole vault (9-5 ¾) and 16th in the javelin (74-7) at the Wisconsin Private College Outdoor Track and Field Championship…finished 15th in the pole vault (8-10 ¾) at the CCIW Indoor Track and Field Championship.

High School:  Finished fifth in the Mid-Suburban League pole vault and fourth in the sectionals her senior year...her freshman-year team won a conference championship...coached by Jim Voyles...four-year member of the volleyball and gymnastics teams...National Honor Society member and four-year honor student.

Personal:  Double major in psychology and sociology…named twice to the Carthage dean’s list and a three-time member of the Carthage athletic director’s honor roll…born Feb. 22, 1988.