University of Memphis Athletics
2013-14 Men's Track and Field Roster
Pujats, Pauls
Pauls Pujats
- Position:
- Pole Vault
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Riga, Latvia
- Prev School:
- Humanitarian Private School
Bio
2014-15 (Senior)
INDOOR: Competed in all eight meets ... Earned the Tigers a top-5 finish after clearing 4.98m, 16'4" (5th) in the pole vault at the American Indoor Track and Field Championships ... Set a season-best 5.30m, 17'4.5" clinching first-place finishes at the Commodore and ASU Invitationals ... At the season-opening Vanderbilt Music City Invitational, cleared 5.21m, 17'1" and earned the title.
2013-14 (Junior)
OUTDOOR: Competed in six meets ... Placed 10th (5.40m, 17’8.5”) at the NCAA Championships ... Posted a personal-best 5.54m (18’2”) pole vault and placed first at the Memphis Invitational ... At the American Athletic Conference Championships, finished first with a 5.48m (17’11.75”) vault ... Won the pole vault crowns at the Georgia Tech (5.52m, 18’1.25”) and War Eagle (5.20m, 17’0.75”) invitationals.
INDOOR: Competed in seven meets ... Placed third and earned bronze in the pole vault (5.50m, 18’0.5”) at the NCAA Championships ... Clinched the pole vault title (5.45m, 17’10.5”) at the American Athletic Conference Championships ... Recorded two first-place finishes at the Redhawks Invitational (5.22m, 17’1.5”) and Southern Miss Cupid Classic (5.20m, 17’0.75”) ... Notched second (5.30m, 17’4.5”) at the Vanderbilt Invitational.
2012-13 (Sophomore)
OUTDOOR: Earned silver and All-Conference USA second team honors at the C-USA Championships with a season-best vault of 5.18m (17’) ... With his C-USA Championships performance, qualified for the NCAA East Preliminaries ... Placed 20th (5.05m, 16’6.75”) at the NCAA East Preliminaries ... Notched four top-five performances ... Won the title with a vault of 5.10m (16’8.75”) at the Red Wolves Open ... Placed second (5.05m, 16’6.75”) at the War Eagle Invitational .
INDOOR: Competed in the pole vault ... Won silver and earned All-Conference USA second team honors at the C-USA Championships with a season-best 5.27m (17’3.5”) ... Tallied five top-10 performances, with four of those top-five finishes ... Placed fifth at the McCravy and Kentucky invitationals at a height of 5.10m (16’8.75”) ... Took third (5.05m, 16-6.75”) at the BSC Icebreaker.
Prior to Memphis
Specializied in the pole vault as a member of the Humanitarian Private School track and field squad ... Competed in the prestigious 21st European Athletics Championships ... At the 2012 competition, vaulted a personal-best 5.50m (18’.5”) ... Finished ninth overall at the 2011 U23 European Championships with a vault of 5.30m (17’4.50”) ... Placed sixth at the 13th IAAF World Junior Championships clearing 5.10m (16’08.75”) ... Took first in the pole vault at the 2010 Outdoor Latvian Championships.
Personal
Son of Ints and Leva Pujats ... Birthday is June 8 ... An Asian studies and international trade major.
INDOOR: Competed in all eight meets ... Earned the Tigers a top-5 finish after clearing 4.98m, 16'4" (5th) in the pole vault at the American Indoor Track and Field Championships ... Set a season-best 5.30m, 17'4.5" clinching first-place finishes at the Commodore and ASU Invitationals ... At the season-opening Vanderbilt Music City Invitational, cleared 5.21m, 17'1" and earned the title.
2013-14 (Junior)
OUTDOOR: Competed in six meets ... Placed 10th (5.40m, 17’8.5”) at the NCAA Championships ... Posted a personal-best 5.54m (18’2”) pole vault and placed first at the Memphis Invitational ... At the American Athletic Conference Championships, finished first with a 5.48m (17’11.75”) vault ... Won the pole vault crowns at the Georgia Tech (5.52m, 18’1.25”) and War Eagle (5.20m, 17’0.75”) invitationals.
INDOOR: Competed in seven meets ... Placed third and earned bronze in the pole vault (5.50m, 18’0.5”) at the NCAA Championships ... Clinched the pole vault title (5.45m, 17’10.5”) at the American Athletic Conference Championships ... Recorded two first-place finishes at the Redhawks Invitational (5.22m, 17’1.5”) and Southern Miss Cupid Classic (5.20m, 17’0.75”) ... Notched second (5.30m, 17’4.5”) at the Vanderbilt Invitational.
2012-13 (Sophomore)
OUTDOOR: Earned silver and All-Conference USA second team honors at the C-USA Championships with a season-best vault of 5.18m (17’) ... With his C-USA Championships performance, qualified for the NCAA East Preliminaries ... Placed 20th (5.05m, 16’6.75”) at the NCAA East Preliminaries ... Notched four top-five performances ... Won the title with a vault of 5.10m (16’8.75”) at the Red Wolves Open ... Placed second (5.05m, 16’6.75”) at the War Eagle Invitational .
INDOOR: Competed in the pole vault ... Won silver and earned All-Conference USA second team honors at the C-USA Championships with a season-best 5.27m (17’3.5”) ... Tallied five top-10 performances, with four of those top-five finishes ... Placed fifth at the McCravy and Kentucky invitationals at a height of 5.10m (16’8.75”) ... Took third (5.05m, 16-6.75”) at the BSC Icebreaker.
Prior to Memphis
Specializied in the pole vault as a member of the Humanitarian Private School track and field squad ... Competed in the prestigious 21st European Athletics Championships ... At the 2012 competition, vaulted a personal-best 5.50m (18’.5”) ... Finished ninth overall at the 2011 U23 European Championships with a vault of 5.30m (17’4.50”) ... Placed sixth at the 13th IAAF World Junior Championships clearing 5.10m (16’08.75”) ... Took first in the pole vault at the 2010 Outdoor Latvian Championships.
Personal
Son of Ints and Leva Pujats ... Birthday is June 8 ... An Asian studies and international trade major.
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