Chase Black

Class:
Sophomore
Weight:
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Hometown:
Charleston, Ill.
High School:
Charleston

TFRRS Bio

2016-17
Outdoor: Scored team points with a fifth place finish in the pole vault at the MVC Outdoor Championships (5/14)…Finished top-five at five of six meets he recorded a mark at, including a runner-up finish at the Lenny Lyles Invite (4/29)…Cleared a season-best 15’-10” (4.83m) at the Gibson Invitational (4/15) to place fourth...Competed in the pole vault at seven outdoor meets.
Indoor: Finished 10th in the pole vault at the MVC Indoor Championships (2/25)…Cleared a personal-best 16’-0.75” (4.90m) at the Indiana Relays (1/27)...Competed in the pole vault at five indoor meets.

2015-16
Outdoor: Competed in the pole vault at four meets...Cleared a season-best 15'-9.25” (4.81m) at the Bill Cornell Spring Classic, finishing third.
Indoor: Competed in eight indoor meets in one event (pole vault)...Set a PR of 16'-1.25” (4.91m) in the pole vault at the MVC Indoor Championships to finish ninth...Placed third at the Samford Open with a clearance of 15'-8.25”.

2014-15
Competed in pole vault at six meets during the indoor season...Finished eighth at the MVC Indoor Championships with a personal-best vault of 4.88m...Took third in the pole vault at the Saluki Fast Start Meet...Set a new personal-best vault with a mark of 4.89m at the MVC Outdoor Championships en route to an eighth-place finish...Claimed fifth-place at the Tennessee Relays with a mark of 4.86m. Participated in five outdoor meets.

High School
Three-time state qualifier in the pole vault...Was the runner-up in the pole vault at the 2014 state meet, and won the pole vault at the Illinois Top-Times meet, the unofficial Illinois indoor state championships...Finished third in the pole vault at the IHSA state meet as a junior and fourth as a sophomore...Holds the school record with a clearance of 15'-3”...Was a three-year letterwinner on Charleston's football team, playing both wide receiver and safety...Earned high honors all four years of high school.

Personal
Full name is Chase Dallas Black...Born Jan. 9, 1996 in Evansville Indiana...Son of Bob and Rhonda Black...Father, Bob, is an auto tech while his mother, Rhonda, is a court reporter...Has one brother, Dayton...Majoring in agricultural business.