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Athlete Bio

KC Lightfoot

Basic Information

Status: Active Gender: Male Age: 25 Date of Birth: 11/11/1999

Athletics Information

Event: Indoor Track & Field, Outdoor Track & Field Coach: Brandon Richards Agent: Paul Doyle Sponsor: Puma

Residences

Hometown: Lee's Summit, MO High School: Lee's Summit High School College: Baylor University

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NCAA Indoor champion

Current Accomplishments

Personal Best

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Pole Vault

EventPerformance
EventPole VaultPerformance5.87

Pole Vault Indoors

EventPerformance
EventPole Vault IndoorsPerformance6.00

Season Best

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Men PV

DateEventPerformancePlacing
DateFebruary 02, 2023EventIFU Arena, Uppsala (SWE)Performance5.91Placing-
DateFebruary 06, 2024EventIFU Arena, Uppsala (SWE) (i)Performance5.92Placing-

Pole Vault ind.

DateEventPerformancePlacing
DateFebruary 12, 2022EventPSD Bank Indoor MeetingPerformance5.95Placing1.

PV

DateEventPerformancePlacing
DateFebruary 02, 2023EventIFU Arena, Uppsala (SWE)Performance5.91Placing-

All Results

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Men PV

DateEventPerformancePlacing
DateJanuary 13, 2023EventReno Livestock Events Center, Reno, NV (USA)Performance5.71Placing-
DateJanuary 27, 2023EventMessehalle, Karlsruhe (GER)Performance5.83Placing-
DateJanuary 29, 2023EventISS Dome, Düsseldorf (GER)Performance5.76Placing-
DateFebruary 02, 2023EventIFU Arena, Uppsala (SWE)Performance5.91Placing-
DateFebruary 18, 2023EventConvention Center, Albuquerque, NM (USA)Performance5.86Placing-
DateJanuary 12, 2024EventReno Livestock Events Center, Reno, NV (USA) (i)Performance5.72Placing-
DateJanuary 27, 2024EventRandal Tyson Indoor Center, Fayetteville, AR (USA) (i)Performance5.8Placing-
DateFebruary 06, 2024EventIFU Arena, Uppsala (SWE) (i)Performance5.92Placing-
DateFebruary 11, 2024EventArmory Track&Field Center, New York, NY (USA) (i)Performance5.82Placing-
DateFebruary 16, 2024EventConvention Center, Albuquerque, NM (USA) (i)Performance5.65Placing-
DateApril 22, 2024EventDrake Stadium, Des Moines, IA (USA) (i)Performance5.9Placing-
DateApril 27, 2024EventDrake Stadium, Des Moines, IA (USA)Performance5.84Placing-
DateMay 18, 2024EventDrake Stadium, Los Angeles, CA (USA)Performance5.7Placing-
DateMay 30, 2024EventBislett Stadion, Oslo (NOR)Performance5.82Placing-
DateJune 02, 2024EventOlympiastadion, Stockholm (SWE)Performance5.8Placing-
DateJune 21, 2024EventHayward Field, Eugene, OR (USA)Performance5.5Placing-
DateJuly 07, 2024EventStade Charléty, Paris (FRA)Performance5.75Placing-
DateAugust 25, 2024EventStadion Śląski, Chorzów (POL)Performance5.92Placing-
DateSeptember 13, 2024EventBoudewijnstadion, Bruxelles (BEL)Performance5.62Placing-

Pole Vault

DateEventPerformancePlacing
DateApril 30, 2022EventDrake RelaysPerformance5.40Placing6.
DateMay 27, 2022EventPrefontaine ClassicPerformance5.71Placing4.
DateJune 25, 2022EventToyota USATF Outdoor ChampionshipsPerformance5.60Placing5.
DateJuly 30, 2022EventMurphey ClassicPerformance5.31Placing5.

Pole Vault ind.

DateEventPerformancePlacing
DateJanuary 14, 2022EventUSC Spirit National Pole Vault SummitPerformance5.91Placing1.
DateJanuary 28, 2022EventINIT INDOOR MEETING KarlsruhePerformance5.89Placing2.
DateFebruary 04, 2022EventISTAF Indoor BerlinPerformance5.92Placing2.
DateFebruary 09, 2022EventBeijer StavhoppsgalaPerformance5.92Placing3.
DateFebruary 12, 2022EventPSD Bank Indoor MeetingPerformance5.95Placing1.
DateFebruary 26, 2022EventUS Ind. Ch.Performance5.86Placing2.
DateMarch 20, 2022EventWorld Athletics Indoor ChampionshipsPerformance5.60Placing10.
DateMay 14, 2022EventOoredoo Doha MeetingPerformance5.71Placing2.
DateFebruary 02, 2023EventMondo ClassicPerformance5.91Placing2.

Olympic Games

  • 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, fourth (Pole Vault) 

World Athletics Championships

  • 2019 World Championships Doha, 15th (Pole Vault)

Other Career Highlights

  • NCAA Division-I Indoor Record Holder, 6.00m (19’08.25”)
  • 2020 U.S. Olympic Trials, silver
  • 2021 NCAA Division-I Indoor Championships, gold
  • 2019 NCAA Division-I Outdoor Championships, fourth
  • 2019 USATF Outdoor Championships, bronze
  • 2019 NCAA Division-I Indoor Championships, eighth
  • 2018 USATF Junior (U20) Championships, bronze
  • 2018 USATF Indoor Championships, 10th
  • 2017 USATF Junior (U20) Championships, fourth
  • 2016 USATF National Junior Olympic Championships, bronze

Personal

KC Lightfoot is the son of Anthony and Kim Lightfoot. He also has three siblings. Lighfoot’s nine best marks in the pole vault all come from indoor meets. While attending Baylor University, he studied Kinesiology and Exercise Sciences. He recently moved back to his hometown in Missouri to train under his high school coach. When he was a teenager, he and his family built a pole vault runway and pit in their backyard. When he was in high school, he took a photograph with Sam Kendricks at a track meet as a fan; five years later, they were teammates, both pole vaulters on the U.S. Olympic team to Tokyo.

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