Sam Young
All-American
2021 Outdoor: Pole Vault (HM)
NCAA Championships
2021 Outdoor: Pole Vault
ACC Champion
2020 Indoor: Pole Vault
NCAA East Preliminary Rounds
2021: Pole Vault
2019: Pole Vault
2018: Pole Vault
2017: Pole Vault
All-ACC
2020 Indoor:Pole Vault
2019 Outdoor:Pole Vault
2018 Outdoor: pole vault (second-team)
2017 Outdoor: pole vault (second-team)
2017 Indoor:pole vault (second-team)
TFRRS Profile (for PRs and full results)
2021 Outdoor
• Competed in pole vault at 2021 NCAA Championships but did not clear a height
• Finished 8th at NCAA East Preliminary Round to advance to NCAA Championships
• Tied his PB at NCAA East Prelim (5.25m / 17′ 2.75″)
• Won the Raleigh Relays with PB clearance of 5.25m (17′ 2.75″)
• That ranks No. 2 on UVA all-time performance list
• Finished first at UVA Opener
• Was third at Virginia Challenge with top mark of 4.90m (16′ 0.75″)
• Named to 2021 USTFCCA All-Academic Team
• Named to 2021 VaSID First Team All-State for Jumps
2020 Outdoor
• Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
• Named to the ACC Academic Honor Roll
2019-20 Indoor
• ACC champion in the pole vault
• First male Cavalier to win the pole vault at the ACC Championships since 1958
• Recorded the 18th-best jump in the NCAA
• Set a UVA record in the pole vault at the ACC Championships, clearing a height of 5.38m (17’7.75″)
• Finished second in the pole vault at the Navy Invitational II
• Placed fourth in the pole vault at the Virginia Tech Invitational II and fifth in the event at the Doc Hale Elite Meet
2019 Outdoor
• Finished 36th in the pole vault at the NCAA East Preliminary Rounds
• Placed third at the ACC Championships in the pole vault, earning first-team All-ACC
• Tied career-best jump of 5.20m (17’0.75″) at UVA’s meet against Maryland and Pitt
• Finished first in the pole vault at the Virginia Grand Prix
2019 Indoor
• Tied career-best pole vault jump, twice during the season, clearing 5.10m (16’8.75″) at the Dr. Sander Columbia Challenge and Liberty Flames Invite
• Finished first in the pole vault at the Liberty Flames Invite
• Placed third in the pole vault at the Dr. Sander Columbia Challenge
2018 Outdoor
• Finished 15th in the pole vault at the NCAA East Preliminary Rounds
• Tied for second on UVA’s all-time best list after clearing a height of 5.20m (17’0.75″) at the Fred Hardy Invitational
• Earned All-ACC honors with a fifth-place finish at the conference meet, tying his career-best mark of 5.20m (17’0.75)
2018 Indoor
• Finished eighth in the pole vault at the ACC Championships
• Cleared a season-best height of 4.95m (16’2.75″) at the Tiger Paw Invitational
2017 Outdoor
• Competed at the NCAA East Preliminary Rounds in the pole vault
• Earned second-team All-ACC with a sixth place finish at the ACC Championships in the pole vault
• Set a UVA freshman record in the pole vault (5.09m, 16’8.25″)
• Ranks fourth in UVA history for the pole vault
2017 Indoor
• Finished sixth in the pole vault at the ACC Championships
• Earned All-ACC second-team honors in the pole vault
• Set a UVA freshman record in the pole vault (5.10m, 16’9.75″)
• Ranks third in UVA history in the pole vault
Background
• Mid-year transfer at Delaware (did not compete)
• 2015 Delaware state champion in pole vault
Personal
• Master’s of educational psychology
• Son of Eileen and Frank Young
• Has a twin brother, Henry, and four other siblings, Allison, John, Chris and Sara
• Sister Sara played lacrosse for Penn