Cara Engel

Class:
Senior
Weight:
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Hometown:
Grayslake, Ill.
High School:
Grayslake Central HS

TFRRS Bio

2016-17
MVC Champion, Pole Vault (Indoor)
MVC Scholar Athlete
MVC Women’s Field Athlete of the Week (2/7)
Outdoor: Scored five team points with a fourth place finish in the pole vault at the 2017 MVC Outdoor Championships (5/14)…Cleared a season-best 12’-11.5” (3.95m) to take second at the Joey Haines Invitational (4/1)…Also earned runner-up honors in the pole vault at the Bill Cornell Spring Classic (3/25) and the Gibson Invitational (4/15)…Finished in the top-five at five meets…Ends her career at No. 2 on SIU’s all-time pole vault list...Competed at seven outdoor meets.
Indoor: Won her first career MVC title in the pole vault at the 2017 MVC Indoor Championships (2/25)…Marked just the second MVC Indoor pole vault title in program history and the first since 2015...Earned MVC Women’s Field Athlete of the Week honors after she won the pole vault at the Don DeNoon Invitational (2/3) with her second-best clearance of her career…Won the pole vault at the Indiana Relays (1/27) with a lifetime-best clearance of 13’-6.25” (4.12m)…Her clearance at the Indiana Relays is the second-best mark in program history…Opened the season with a win at the Saluki Fast Start (12/10)…Competed at eight indoor meets.

2015-16
NCAA West Regional Qualifier, Pole Vault
All-MVC, Pole Vault (Outdoor)
All-MVC, Pole Vault (Indoor)
MVC Scholar Athlete
Outdoor: NCAA regional qualifier in the pole vault...Was the runner-up in the pole vault at the MVC Outdoor Championships, clearing 13'-3.75” (4.06m)...Engel's clearance of 13'-3.75” is the second-best mark in school history...Finished second in the pole vault at the Pacesetter Sports Invitational...Won the pole vault at the Bill Cornell Spring Classic...Threw the javelin at the two meets, placing fourth at the Southern Clash with a throw of 73'-10” (22.50m)...Competed in nine outdoor meets. Indoor: Took third in the pole vault at the MVC Indoor Championships to earn all-conference honors...Won at the Don DeNoon Invitational...Competed in eight indoor meets.

2014-15
MVC Scholar Athlete
MVC Honor Roll
Scored team points with a sixth place finish, clearing a personal-best 3.88m at the MVC Indoor Championships...Finished second at the Saluki Fast Start Meet with a then-PR of 3.82m...Cleared 3.72m at the EIU Friday Night Special, taking third...Tallied five top-5 finishes indoors...Set a new outdoor PR by clearing 4.00m at the Tennessee Relays, winning the event...Finished first at the Bryan Clay Invite...Scored team points with a seventh place finish at the MVC Outdoor Championships...Tallied four top-3 finishes in seven outdoor meets.

2013-14
MVC Academic Honor Roll...Cleared 3.53m to place second in pole vault at the SIU Invitational...Competed in pole vault and the 4x400m in seven indoor meets...Competed in pole vault in six outdoor meets.

High School
Competed in gymnastics as well as track and field...Competed in the 400m, 4x4, 4x2 and pole vault...Posted a personal best of 10-6 in pole vault.

Personal
Born on Aug. 10, 1995, in Grayslake, Ill., to Kenneth and Constance Engel...Father works with Allstate while mother works with Aon Hewitt...Father was a swimmer at Lake Forest College...Has one sibling, Marissa (19)...Majoring in animal science.