2016-17 Track and Field Roster
Roster
Shane Atkinson
- Position:
- Pole Vault
- Height:
- 5-10
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Temecula, Calif.
- High School:
- Great Oak HS
2018-19
Outdoor (Senior): Finished in the top seven at all six meets … finished third on three occasions … posted a mark of 4.50m/14-9 or better five times … cleared a season best of 4.95m/16-2.75 at the Pomona-Pitzer Invitational to place third … finished seventh at the Mountain West Championships with a mark of 4.61m/15-1.5.
2017-18
Outdoor (Junior): Vaulted six times during the spring, posting three top-10 results … recorded a season-best clearance of 4.50m/14-9 at the Mountain West Championships to place eighth and Stanford Invitational to place sixth … secured his best finish of the season of third at the UC Irvine Spring Break Classic (4.35m/14-3.25).
2016-17
Outdoor (Junior): Redshirted.
2014-2015
Outdoor (Freshman): Competed in four events during his first year as a Bulldog ... posted a season-best vault of 4.77 meters when he finished seventh at the 2015 Mountain West Championships in San Diego.
High School: School record jump of 16'... all-league vaulter in 2013 and was a team captain in 2013 and 2014 ... holds Junior record for riverside county and Southwestern league finals record holder.
Personal: Born in Salt Lake City, Utah ... son of Mendy Baker ... hobbies include Hiking, surfing and cliff jumping ... favorite athlete is Sergei Bubka because he revolutionized pole vault and broke so many barriers ... biggest athlete thrill is breaking personal record and winning the competition ... person he admires most is his mom because she raised him as a single mother ... majoring in kinesiology.
