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Trina Barcarola

Pole Vault
Position
Senior
Class
Scranton, Pa.
Hometown
Western Wayne
High School
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Trina Barcarola - Track & Field - Virginia Cavaliers

NCAA East Preliminaries
2023:
Pole Vault
2022: Pole Vault

TFRRS Profile (for PRs and full results)

2024 Indoor
• Cleared a height of 3.82 meters (12′ 6.25″) at the Virginia Tech Invitational
• Opened the season at the Liberty Kickoff in the pole vault

2023 Outdoor
• Named to 2022-23 ACC Honor Roll
• Competed in the NCAA East Preliminary Round Meet
• Vaulted at ACC Championships, placing ninth
• Vaulted a season best of 4.09m at the Virginia High Performance Meet, winning the event

2023 Indoor
• Placed seventh in the pole vault at the ACC Indoor Track and Field Championships
• Placed fourth in the pole vault at the Penn State National Open
• Cleared 4.10m at the Doc Hale VT meet to take sixth place in the pole vault

2022 Outdoor
• Qualified for the NCAA East Preliminary round in the pole vault
• Tied for eighth place in the pole vault at the ACC Championships
• Competed in the pole vault at the Virginia Open
• Placed second in the pole vault at the Colonial Relays (3.70m / 12’1.5″)
• Placed sixth in the pole vault at the Virginia Challenge clearing 4.06 meters
• Won the pole vault at the Virginia Grand Prix
• Placed first in the pole vault at the Virginia High Performance

2022 Indoor
• Placed eighth in the pole vault at the ACC Indoor Championships with a PB 4.11m (13’5.75″)
• Placed third in the pole vault at the Virginia Tech Invitational (3.80m / 12’5.5″)
• Placed fifth in the pole vault (3.80m / 12’5.5″) at the Hokie Invitational
• Ran the 60m hurdles at the Hokie Invitational
• Clocked a PB in the 60m hurdles at the Doc Hale VT Elite meet (9.01)
• Set a PB in the pole vault at the Doc Hale VT Elite meet (4.00m / 13’1.5″)
• Set a PB in the 60m hurdles at the VT Challenge

2021 Outdoor
• Named to 2021 ACC Academic Honor Roll
• Posted her PB at Virginia Grand Prix with height of 3.83m (12′ 6.75″) that ties for fifth on UA all-time list.
• Recorded PB in pole vault (3.71m / 12′ 1″) at Virginia Challenge to place fifth
• At the time, that mark tied teammate Riley Larsen for seventh on UVA all-time performance list and fifth on the school freshman record list
• Set a then-PB in pole vault  (3.66m / 12′ 0″) at Virginia Invitational
• Competed in pole vault at UVA Opener

2021 Indoor
• Competed in the pole vault at Virginia Tech Invitational, Hokie Invitational and Doc Hale VT Elite meets
• Best mark was 3.60m (11′ 8.74″) at Hokie Invitational

Background
• 2019 state champion pole vault and 100m hurdles
• Named female Western Wayne Athlete of the Year twice
• 2019 second-team All-State in the pole vault
• Named a first-team All-Region honoree four times
• All-Region Track and Field Female Athlete of the Year
– Named Scranton Times Athlete of the Year
-2018 Indoor Nationals emerging elite pole vault competitor and Outdoor Nationals emerging elite pole vault and 4×4 relay
• Finished 11th at the 2019 outdoor nationals as a pole vault emerging elite competitor
• Three-time district pole vault champ
• Served as team captain three times
• Two-time MVP of the season

Personal
• Majoring in youth and social innovation with a minor in leadership
• Daughter of Victoria and John Barcarola
• Played volleyball in high school
• Uncle Maiocco played football at Connecticut State University
• Raised $2,000 for a friend with stage 4 brain cancer by hosting a dodgeball tournament