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2023 Women's Track and Field Roster

Jose Juarez

Kate Watson

  • Position Pole Vault
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Highschool New Berlin Eisenhower
  • Hometown New Berlin, Wis.

Biography

Collegiate Honors
• All-League First Team (2022 Indoor Pole Vault)
• All-League Second Team (2020 Indoor Pole Vault)

2021-22 Season
2022 Outdoor: Placed third at the Horizon League Championships in the pole vault at 3.75m ... qualified for the NCAA West Regionals and tied for 14th at 3.96m ... won the pole vault at the Illini Invite on April 23 and posted a lifetime best of 4.03m ... won the event the following week at the Valparaiso Open ... opened the season with a runner-up finish at the Redbird Invite on April 2.

2022 Indoor: Won the Horizon League title in the pole vault with a season-best 3.89m ... opened the indoor season with a seventh-place finish in the event at the Hawkeye Invite ... recorded three consecutive individual victories in the pole vault the next three meets at the John Gartland Invite, Tierney Classic, and Red Hawk Invite ... took third at the Hoosier Hills meet on February 11 ... posted a 3.82m mark at the St. Valentine's Invite to finish third.


2020-21 Season
2020 Outdoor: Finished ninth in the pole vault at the Horizon League Championships, clearing the bar at 3.51 meters... Opened the outdoor season at the Illinois State Redbird Invitational and cleared 3.52 meters to finish third... Improved to 3.53 meters at the Clark Wood Invitational on April 24... Recorded a runner-up finish on May 1 at the Valpo Invitational with a leap of 3.40 meters.

2020 Indoor: Reached 5.43 meters in the pole vault at the Horizon League Championships to place fifth... Had a mark of 3.45 meters at the Parkside Triangular on February 6 to finish fourth... Recorded her season-best mark of 3.60 meters the following week at the Panther Tune-Up, good enough for a third-place finish... Also took third at the Parkside Triangular on February 20 with a 3.46-meter mark.

2019-20 Season
2020 Outdoor: Season cut short due to COVID-19 pandemic.

2020 Indoor: Capped the season off strong with a silver medal in pole vault with a big PR height of 3.70m (12-1 1/2), which ranks sixth in program history ... opened the season, placing third in pole vault (3.48m) at the Tierney Classic, Jan. 18 ... one week later, was seventh in pole vault (3.52m) at the Illini Invite, Jan. 24 ... won the pole vault event at the ONU Invite, Feb. 1, with a height of 3.62m ... claimed third in pole vault at both the GVSU Big Meet, Feb. 14, and the Panther Tune-Up, Feb. 22, with heights of 3.61m and 3.53m respectively 


2018-19 Season
2019 Outdoor: Once again earned a spot on the podium as a freshman at the Horizon League Championships, taking seventh in pole vault with a height of 3.45m (11-3 3/4) ... opened up her outdoor season with a ninth-place finish at 3.30m (10-10) at Illinois April 13 ... just one week later, cleared the bar at 3.55m (11-7 3/4) at Kentucky, now ranking her tied for eighth in MKE history ... placed third at Louisville April 27 to close out the regular season.

2019 Indoor: Earned a spot on the podium in her first Horizon League Championships, taking sixth in pole vault ... cleared a height of 3.51m (11-6 1/4) at the league meet, now ranking her ninth in Milwaukee history ... made her collegiate debut Jan. 12 at the Badger Icebreaker, taking fourth in pole vault with a height of 3.20m (10-6) ... improved to a height of 3.30m (10-10) one week later at the Tierney Classic for a first-place finish ... topped the pole vault field after clearing 3.36m (11-0 1/4) at the Panther Tune-Up Feb. 16.


High School
A standout pole vaulter at New Berlin Eisenhower ... she owns a PR of 11'6" and finished ninth at state with a vault of 11'0" as a senior ... that marked her second straight top-10 finish at state ... also came in fifth at indoor state ... was voted team MVP and team captain two times ... also competed in cross country, basketball and volleyball at Eisenhower ... an honor roll student.


Personal
Daughter of Bernie and Jessica ... dad played rugby in England ... volunteers her time at a local soup kitchen and by tutoring kids ... chose Milwaukee because of the strong track program and it is close to home ... lists going to state as a junior and breaking a school record as a freshman as most memorable sports experiences ... born Oct. 31, 1999.

Historical Player Information

  • 2019Freshman

  • 2020Sophomore

  • 2021Junior

  • 2022Senior

  • 2023Graduate Student

    Pole Vault