ShaneRacey

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Personal Bests:

Indoor:

PV – 5.30m/17’4.5″

Outdoor:

PV – 5.36m/17′.7″

In the Record Books:

• Holds the fourth-best mark in UK history in the outdoor pole vault with a mark of 5.36m/17′.7″, set in 2025
• Holds the sixth-best mark in UK history in the indoor pole vault with a mark of 5.30m/17’4.5″, set in 2025

Academic Accolades:

• USTFCCCA Academic All-American – 2025
• SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll – 2025

2024-25 (Senior)

Outdoor:

• Finished 25th at the NCAA East First Rounds in the men’s pole vault national semifinal with a mark of 5.18m
• Won the pole vault event at the Jim Green Invitational with a mark of 5.19m
• Placed third at the Jim Click Shootout Invite in pole vault with a 5.20m mark
• Finished third at the Texas Relays with a 5.00m distance
• Posted a season-best mark of 5.28m in the pole vault event in his outdoor season debut at the UCF Black & Gold Challenge

Indoor:

• Finished 13th in the men’s pole vault final at the SEC Championships with a final distance of 5.20m
• Placed 14th at the Tiger Paw Invitational, posting a distance of 4.95m
• Placed eighth at the Razorback Invitational in the pole vault events with a final distance of 5.20m
• Finished fifth at the Corky Classic with a season-best mark of 5.21m
• Made his Kentucky debut at the Rod McCravy Memorial, placing sixth in pole vault with a mark of 5.02m

Prior to UK:

• Personal Best: 5.36m (PV)
• Cornell Record Holder – Pole Vault
• 4x Ivy League Medalist – Pole Vault
• 3x NCAA East Regional Qualifier – Pole Vault
• 2x New York Pole Vault State Champion – 2019 and 2020

Personal:

• Son of Ronald and Kelly Racey
• Brother, Griffin, played baseball at Clarkson