Jason Hinkin

Jason Hinkin is a retired American pole vaulter. He won the NCAA Division I Indoor Pole Vault title in 1997. He attended Long Beach State University where he was a 5x All-American. His personal best is 5.70m/ 18'8 1/4". He also attended high school at Saint Francis, Mountain View, CA with Whitecaps and MLS goal keeper Joe Cannon.[1][2][3]

Mr. Hinkin was Long Beach State's last individual champion in Track and Field, winning the 1997 NCAA indoor pole vault championship with a mark of 18'6.5". A five-time All-American, Hinkin was also a two-time Big West Champion in outdoor track and field. His NCAA-winning mark was the seventh best in the world in 1997, and still remains as the indoor Long Beach State record by six inches, while he recorded a career-best 18'7.5" mark that also still remains as the Long Beach State University record. He was inducted into the LBSU Hall of Fame in 2013.[4]


References

  1. ↑ http://articles.latimes.com/1997-04-09/sports/sp-46946_1_pole-vault
  2. ↑ http://www.csulb.edu/~d49er/spring1997/v3n20/v3n20sjason.html
  3. ↑ Joe Cannon (soccer)
  4. ↑ "Home of Champions - Long Beach State University Official Athletic Site". www.longbeachstate.com. Retrieved 2017-06-06.



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