2010 update: Set a season best in the pole vault by clearing 12-10.00 at the Husky Classic in Seattle ... 10th at the MPSF meet (12-7.50).
Sophomore (2009): Placed fourth at the Pac-10 championships in the pole vault with a PR 13-4.25, an improvement of more than a foot from her best outdoor freshman season height ... also took ninth with a clearance of 12-7.50 at the MPSF indoor meet.
Freshman (2008): Earned a spot on the coaches association's All-Academic team ... notched a season-best mark of 12-1.50 at the Texas Relays ... during indoors, recorded a mark of 12-11.75.
High School: Set a PR of 13-0 at the Pole Vault Summit in Reno, Nev. ... set the school record at St. Ignatius HS at 12-6, which is also the fourth-highest CCS all-time mark ... awards earned include Most Outstanding Field Athlete Award during her senior year, Most Improved Field Athlete Award as a junior and Most Outstanding Athlete Award as a freshman ... also played goalie in water polo, earning the CCS Game Ball Award in her junior year.
Personal: Born Aug. 8, 1989, in Mountain View, Calif. ... parents are Paul and Lynne Giordano, both of whom graduated from Cal ... has one sister ... has been in competitive sports since the age of three, participating in gymnastics, swimming, soccer, basketball, volleyball, dance, flying trapeze and water polo ... competed in the preliminary Junior Olympic meets ... took third place in an environmental-based poetry contest in 2007 ... anthropology major.
Career Best Marks
Event Mark Date
Pole Vault 13-4.25 May 17, 2009
