LoJo Vault Assault

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Who Is LoJo

LoJo's Additional Athletic Accomplishments

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Below is a list of LoJo's Championships Titles, Meet/Stadium Records, Awards While Attending the University of Tennessee and Black History Accomplishments.

U.S. Championship Titles

3-time U.S. Indoor Champion
1997
2000
2001

 4-time U.S. Outdoor Champion
1996
1997
2000
2001

 US Junior National Champion
Pole Vault 1993 at 18'-1" (5.51m)

NCAA Championship Titles

 2-time NCAA Indoor Champion
1994 19'- 1.5" (5.82m)
1996 19'- 1.5" (5.82m)

 2-time NCAA Outdoor Champion
1995 18'- 8.25" (5.69m)
1996 19'- 2" (5.84m)

SEC Championship Titles

3-time SEC Indoor Champion in the Pole Vault
1993 at 18'- 0.5" (5.49m)
1994 at 18'- 8.25" (5.69m)
1996 at 18'- 4.5" (5.60m)

 3-time SEC Outdoor Champion in the Pole Vault
1994 at 19'- 1.25" (5.82m)
1995 at 17'- 8.5" (5.39m)
1996 at 17'- 6.25" (5.34m)

 SEC Outdoor Champion in the Decathlon
1993 at 7,576

Awards While Attending the University of Tennessee

Vol All American

Outdoor
1993 17'- 8.5" (5.39m)
1995 18'- 8.25" (5.69m)
1996 19'- 1" (5.8m)

 Indoor
1993 18'- 0.5" (5.49m)
1994 19'- 1.25" (5.82m)
1996 18'- 6.5" (5.65m)

 All Time Top Performance at UT
60M High Hurdles 1996 #9 @ 7.98
Pole Vault 1996 #1 @ 19'- 7.5" (5.98m)
Decathlon 1993 #10 @ 7,576

 Top Three Decathlon Individual Events
110M Hurdles 1996 #2 @ 14.021
Pole Vault 1993 #1 @ 18'- 1" (5.51m)

 Tennessee Freshman Record
Indoor Pole Vault 1993 18'- 0.5" (5.49m)
Outdoor Pole Vault 1993 18'- 8.75" (5.70m)
Decathlon 1993 7,576
110m Hurdles (Decathlon) 1993 14.45s

 Tennessee School Record
Indoor Pole Vault 1994 19'- 1.5" (5.82m)
Outdoor Pole Vault 1996 19'- 7.5" (5.98m)

 Ed Murphey Award (Most Outstanding Performance)
Pole Vault 1996
Pole Vault 1995

 Jon Young Memorial Captains Award
1996

 Tony Wilson Memorial Trophy
1996

Meet/Stadium Records

​Tom Black Outdoor Track Record
Pole Vault 1996 at 19'- 7.5" (5.98m)
Decathlon (Pole Vault Event) 1993 at 18'- 0.5" (5.49m)

 Stokely Indoor Track Record
Pole Vault 1994 at 19'- 0.75" (5.81m)

 World Junior Record
Decathlon (Pole Vault Event) 1993 at 18'- 0.5" (5.49m)

 Sea Ray Relays Record
Pole Vault 1999 at 19'- 2.5" (5.85m)
Decathlon (Pole Vault Event) 1993 at 18'- 0.5" (5.49m)

 Penn Relays Champion
Pole Vault 1996 at 19'- 0" (5.79m)
Decathlon (Pole Vault Event) 1996 at 18'- 1.75" (5.53m)

 Gatorade Track Classic Record
Pole Vault 4/7/2001 at 19'- 4.25" (5.89m)

 Nutter Field House Indoor
Pole Vault 1996 at 18'- 4" (5.60m)

Rector Field House Indoor
Pole Vault 2/24/2001 at 19'- 0.5" (5.94m)

 Memorial Center
Pole Vault 1/30/1999 at 18'- 8.9" (5.76m)

 Gator Invitational
Facility Record: Pole Vault 2/26/1994 at 18'- 8.25" (5.69m)
NCAA Meet Record: Pole Vault 5/29/1996 at 19'-1.25" (5.82m)

 SEC Meet Record (stood for 11 Years)
14.45 in 110 hurdles (While a Freshmen at UT)

History/Black History Accomplishments

2000 Olympic Games

First Black Pole Vaulter to Medal and Step on the Podium


March 1997 in Paris

First Black Pole Vaulter to win in a Major Competition (won silver)


1996 Olympic Games

First Black Pole Vaulter to make the Olympic Team in the Pole Vault