Julia Fixsen

Position:
Pole Vault
Height:
5-11
Class:
Sophomore
High School:
Mounds View
Hometown:
Shoreview, Minn.

2020 All-SEC Second Team Indoors
2020 SEC All-Freshman Team Indoors (Pole Vault)

2020: Indoor – Named a USTFCCCA All-Academic Individual...Posted four consecutive personal bests in the pole vault to finish second at the SEC Championships with a mark of 14 feet, 7 ½ inches, which clinched her spot at the NCAA Championships and moved her to third in the school record books…Won the Bob Pollock Invitational with a mark of 13-10.

High School: Ranked the No. 1 U.S. high school pole vaulter….Secured 2019 Minnesota state high school titles in the pole vault and high jump…Also sectional champion in the long jump and state qualifier in the high jump, long jump and 100-meter hurdles…Named 2019 Minnesota Ms. Track & Field…Awarded USATF Minnesota Female Athlete of the Year honors and won St. Paul (Minn.) Athena Award…Named to the 2018 Track & Field NewsAll-America Team…Earned runner-up honors at the 2018 New Balance Indoor Nationals in the pole vault as a junior…Was second in the 2018 USATF Junior Outdoor Nationals after hitting a mark of 13 feet, 11 ¼ inches as a junior…Member of U-20 Team USA and finished seventh in the pole vault at the 2018 IAAF U-20 World Championships in Tampere, Finland…USATF July 2018 Minnesota Women’s Athlete of the Month…Set the all-time state record with a 13-9.25 pole vault clearance as a junior…Finished first in the pole vault and high jump at sectionals and was the state champion in the pole vault as a junior...All-State in the high jump for third place…Captured first state title in the pole vault as a sophomore in 2017…Set a school record in the high jump (5-8) and pole vault (13-3) as a sophomore…Won sectional pole vault title as a sophomore…Earned outdoor All-America honors at the USATF Junior Nationals after taking fifth as a freshman in 2016…Set a school record at 13 feet…Minnesota state high school runner-up in both the pole vault and high jump as a freshman…Captured sectional championships in both the pole vault and high jump as a freshman…Broke Mounds View high school record in eighth grade with an 11-7 clearance…Was All-State and sectional champion as an eighth grader…Personal-best marks of 13-11.25 (pole vault) and 5-8 (high jump)…Four-year Academic All-State with a 3.848 GPA…Member of National Honor Society.

Personal: Born Nov. 13, 2000…Daughter of James and Laura Fixsen…Father, James, played hockey at Bethel University while mother, Laura, was a track and field athlete at Bethel…Sister, Olivia, competed for the track team at Winona State University…Intending to major in Horticulture.