Alysha Newman
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| Nationality | Canadian | ||||||||||||||||
| Born |
29 June 1994 London, Ontario, Canada | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (175 cm) | ||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 63 kg (139 lb) | ||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Track and field | ||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Pole vault | ||||||||||||||||
| University team | University of Miami 2016 | ||||||||||||||||
| Achievements and titles | |||||||||||||||||
| Personal best(s) | 4.75 m NR, Coral Gables, 2017 | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Alysha Newman (born 29 June 1994) is a Canadian track and field athlete specialized in pole vault. She is the reigning Commonwealth Games champion in the women's pole vault following the 2018 Games in the Gold Coast, where she set a new Games record of 4.75 m.[1]
Athletic career
Early life
Newman's first sport was gymnastics, which she was forced to abandon at the age of 13 after injuring a lower back vertebra. After one year off sports where she considered ice hockey and diving, she chose track and field, and was directed by a coach to vaulting due to her gymnastics background.[2]
NCAA career
In 2013, she joined Eastern Michigan University, soon becoming Mid-American Conference champion and competing in the NCAA tournament.[3]
Afterwards, she was transferred to the University of Miami,[4] following her coach Jerel Langley.[5] Newman graduated in 2016, majoring in exercise physiology with a minor in nutrition.[3]
Newman successfully cleared 4.60 m (15 ft 1 in) at the University of Miami's Hurricane Alumni Invitational on 9 April 2016, breaking the University of Miami school record, Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) record, and the Canadian National record in the women's pole vault. In June, Newman won the silver medal at the 2016 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships and finished as a six-time NCAA Division I All-American.
| Representing Eastern Michigan University[6] | ||||||
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| Year | Mid-American Indoor | NCAA Indoor | Mid-American Outdoor | NCAA Outdoor | ||
| 2013 | Pole Vault 4.20 m (13 ft 9 in) 1st | Pole Vault 4.10 m (13 ft 5 in) 12th | Pole Vault 4.11 m (13 ft 6 in) 1st | |||
| Representing University of Miami[7] | ||||||
| Year | ACC Indoor | NCAA Indoor | ACC Outdoor | NCAA Outdoor | ||
| 2014 | Pole Vault 4.35 m (14 ft 3 in) 3rd | Pole Vault 4.35 m (14 ft 3 in) 5th | Pole Vault 4.28 m (14 ft 1 in) 2nd | Pole Vault 4.15 m (13 ft 7 in) 7th | ||
| 2015 | Pole Vault 4.31 m (14 ft 2 in) 2nd | Pole Vault 4.20 m (13 ft 9 in) 9th | ||||
| 2016 | Pole Vault 4.42 m (14 ft 6 in) 2nd | Pole Vault 4.40 m (14 ft 5 in) 4th | Pole Vault 4.46 m (14 ft 8 in) 1st | Pole Vault 4.30 m (14 ft 1 in) 2nd | ||
Competitions
She competed in the pole vault event at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, winning the bronze medal.[8]
The 4.60 m (15 ft 1 in) vault ranked Newman as fourth in the world in women's pole vault at that time.[9]
In July 2016 she was officially named to Canada's Olympic team.[10] Competing in the Olympics, Newman only vaulted 4.45 m (14 ft 7 in) in qualification and missed the finals.[11]
Newman competed at the first ever "Vault the Park", a street vault at Victoria Park during the annual Rib Fest in her hometown of London, Ontario. She successfully cleared 4.61 m (15 ft 11⁄4 in), topping her own Canadian women's record.
She bettered her own national record again at the Hurricane Alumni Invitational at the University of Miami on 8 April 2017 where Newman vaulted 4.71 m (15 ft 51⁄4 in) in Coral Gables, Florida.[12] In August, she was a finalist in the 2017 World Championships in Athletics, finishing seventh by vaulting 4.65 m.[13]
In March 2018, Newman placed sixth at the 2018 World Indoor Championships with a height of 4.70 m. In April, she competed at her second Commonwealth Games pole vault in the Gold Coast, winning the gold medal with a height of 4.75 m (15 ft 7 in), equaling her personal best and set a Commonwealth games record.
In May 2018, while traveling to compete at the Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix in Doha, Newman's poles were all destroyed whilst in transit with Air Canada. She competed at the event with poles borrowed from a local athletics club, placing seventh. Air Canada subsequently replaced all of her equipment.[14] Newman then suffered a torn patellar tendon in a warmup at the Prefontaine Classic in Eugene, Oregon.[15]
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes | |
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| Canadian Track and Field Championships | ||||||
| 2013 | Canadian Track and Field Championships | Moncton | 3rd | Pole vault | 4.00 m (13 ft 11⁄4 in)[16] | |
| 2014 | Canadian Track and Field Championships | Moncton | 3rd | Pole vault | 4.10 m (13 ft 51⁄4 in)[17] | |
| 2015 | Canadian Track and Field Championships | Edmonton, AB | 2nd | Pole vault | 4.20 m (13 ft 91⁄4 in)[18] | |
| 2016 | Canadian Track and Field Championships | Edmonton, AB | 1st | Pole vault | 4.40 m (14 ft 5 in)[19] | |
| 2017 | Canadian Track and Field Championships | Ottawa | 1st | Pole vault | 4.65 m (15 ft 3 in)[20] | |
| 2018 | Canadian Track and Field Championships | Ottawa | 1st | Pole vault | 4.45 m (14 ft 7 in)[21] | |
References
- ↑ "Alysha Newman". 2018 Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games Corporation. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
- ↑ University of Miami pole vaulter Alysha Newman overcomes fear to succeed
- 1 2 Vaulting to the top
- ↑ Team Canada profile
- ↑ "Jerel Langley coaches jumps and multi-events at the University of Miami,". Miami Hurricanes. 28 February 2018.
- ↑ "Alysha Newman Eastern Michigan results". TFRRS. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
- ↑ "Alysha Newman Miami results". TFRRS. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
- ↑ "Glasgow 2014 profile". Retrieved 7 October 2014.
- ↑ "Alysha Newman breaks Canadian pole vault record". CBC Sports. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. 11 April 2016. Retrieved 22 May 2016.
- ↑ Hossain, Asif (11 July 2016). "Athletics Canada nominates largest squad to Team Canada for Rio". Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 11 July 2016.
- ↑ Alysha Newman Makes Olympic Debut in Rio
- ↑ Pole vaulter Alysha Newman sets new Canadian record
- ↑ "Defending champ Shawn Barber advances to pole vault final at worlds". CBC Sports. August 6, 2017.
- ↑ "Destroyed poles blessing in disguise for Alysha Newman". CBC Sports. May 25, 2018.
- ↑ "Pole vaulter Alysha Newman looks to continue season after knee injury". The Globe and Mail. June 7, 2018.
- ↑ "2013 Canadian Track & Field Championships Results - 20/06/2013 to 23/06/2013 Championnats canadiens d'athlétisme 2013 Stade Moncton 2010 Stadium, Moncton NB". July 4, 2013. Retrieved July 30, 2018.
- ↑ "2014 Canadian Track & Field Championships Results - 27/06/2014 to 29/06/2014 Championnats canadiens d'athlétisme 2014 Stade Moncton 2010 Stadium, Moncton NB". June 29, 2014. Retrieved July 30, 2018.
- ↑ "2015 Canadian Track & Field Championships Results - 7/2/2015 to 7/5/20 Championnats canadiens d'athlétisme 2015 Foote Field, Edmonton, AB". July 4, 2015. Retrieved July 30, 2018.
- ↑ "Women Pole Vault Senior at 2016 Canadian Track & Field Championships Results 2016-07-07 to 2016-07-10 Championnats canadiens d'athlétisme 2016 Foote Field, Edmonton, AB". July 10, 2016. Retrieved July 30, 2018.
- ↑ "Women Pole Vault Senior at 2017 Canadian Track & Field Championships Results - 2017-07-03 to 2017-07-09 Championnats canadiens d'athlétisme 2017 Terry Fox Athletic Facility". July 8, 2017. Retrieved July 30, 2018.
- ↑ "Women Pole Vault Senior at 2018 Canadian Track & Field Championships Results - 2018-07-03 to 2018-07-08 Championnats canadiens d'athlétisme 2018 Terry Fox Athletic Facility". July 8, 2018. Retrieved July 30, 2018.
