Jeff Hartwig

Height: 6-3
Weight: 185
Event: Pole Vault
Personal Record: 6.03m/19-9.25AR
Born: September 25, 1967, in St. Louis, Mo.
Current Residence: Jonesboro, Ark.
High School: Howell HS, St. Charles, Mo. 85
Colleges: Florissant Valley CC 87, Arkansas State 90
Coach: Earl Bell

Career Highlights: Indoor & Outdoor American record holder; 1999 World Indoor silver medalist; 1998 Goodwill Games champion; 4-time USA Outdoor champ (1998, ’99, ’02, ‘03); 2-time USA Indoor champ (’99, ’07)

2007: USA Outdoor runner-up (5.70m/18-8.25)…USA Indoor champion (5.80m/19-0.25)…1st at Pole Vault Summit (5.70m/18-8.25); 3rd at Reebok Grand Prix (5.60m/18-4.5)
2006: 3rd at USA Outdoors (5.60m/18-4.50); USA Indoor runner-up (5.70m/18-8.25); 1st at St. Charles (5.72m/18-9); 9th at Rome (5.52m/18-1.25); ranked #4 in U.S. by T&FN
2005: Did not compete at USA Outdoor Champs; 5th at Modesto (5.65m/18-6.5); ranked #6 in U.S. by T&FN
2004: USA Indoors runner-up (5.75m/18-10.25); no-height at Olympic Trials qualifying; 1st at Jonesboro on 2/22 (5.88m/19-3.5); 1st at Jonesboro on 2/18 (5.80m/19-0.25); 1st at Nike Prefontaine Classic (5.80m/19-.25); Tied for 2nd at Verizon Millrose Games (5.60m/18-4.5); 2nd at Drake Relays (5.61m/18-4.75); 2nd at Payton Jordan US Open (5.80m/19-0.25); 1st at Jonesboro (5.86m/19-2.75); 2nd at Modesto Relays (5.75m/18-10.25); ranked #10 in world (#4 U.S.) by T&FN
2003: USA Outdoor champ (5.70m/18-8.5); 9th in qualifying group at World Outdoors, where he was injured (5.50m/18-0.5); 2nd indoors at Lieven (5.73m/18.95); 1st at Oracle U.S. Open Outdoors (5.70m/18-8.5); 1st at Jonesboro (5.80m/19-0.25); 2nd at Zurich (5.70m/18-8.25); 2nd at Malmo (5.70m/18-8.25); ranked #9 in the world (#2 U.S.) by T&FN.
2002: Set American indoor record of 6.00m/19-8.25 on Feb. 25 in Donetsk, Ukraineon; Mar. 9, he set the record again in Bad Oinhausen, Germany by clearing 6.01m/19-8.75; on Mar. 10, he upped the record to 6.02m/19-9 in Sindelfingen, Germany; broke his own meet record at Verizon Millrose Games (5.87m/19-3); USA Outdoor champion (5.84m/19-2); cleared 5.90m/19-4.25 in winning at Athens and at Jonesboro, Arkansas; 2nd at World Cup (5.70m/18-8.5); 1st at Grand Prix Final (5.75m/18-10.25); 1st in Lausanne (5.85m/19-2.25); 1st in Monaco (5.80m/19-0.25); 1st in Thessaloniki (5.80m/19-0.25); ranked #1 in the world by T&FN
2001: Tied for 6th at USA Indoors (5.55/18-2.5); no-height at USA Outdoors; 4th at Goodwill Games (5.60/18-4.5); 1st at Tyson Invitational (5.80/19-0.25); ranked #2 in world & #1 in U.S. by T&FN
2000: 3rd at USA Indoors (5.71, 18-8.75); won adidas D.C. Invitational; won Millrose Games (5.70, 18-8.25); 3rd at U.S. Indoors (5.71/18-8.75); no-height at 2000 Olympic Trials; had six of the top seven marks in the U.S. in 2000; ranked #3 in world (2nd U.S.) by T&FN
1999: Second at World Indoors (19-6.25) ; won USA Indoors and Outdoors (19-9 AR); did not advance from prelims at World Outdoor Champs (18-2.5); 2nd in GP Final (19-0.25); ranked #2 in world (#1 U.S.) by T&FN
1998: Won USA Outdoors (19-2.25); won Prefontaine (19-5); the first American ever over 6 meters (19-8.25), a mark he cleared in St-Denis, France in June; improved that American record with his 19-8.5 to win the Goodwill Games; won seven Grand Prix meets; placed 7th in GP Final; topped 19 feet in 22 out of 31 meets; ranked #2 in world by T&FN (#1 U.S.)
1997: 4th in the USA Outdoors; ranked #5 in U.S. by T&FN
1996: Best of 19-0.25; started season with 18-4.5 at Reno Pole Vault Summit; 2nd in the Olympic Trials; tied for 11th in the Olympic final; ranked #4 in U.S. by T&FN.
1995: 7th in the USA Outdoors; tied for 9th at the USA Indoors; had arthroscopic knee surgery over the winter; ranked #9 in U.S. by T&FN
1994: Won Olympic Festival; no-heighted at the USA Indoor and finals of the USA Outdoors
1993: No-heighted in the qualifying round at the USA Outdoors
1992: Placed 13th in the Olympic Trials
1991: Best of 17-6.5.
1990: No-heighted in his second NCAA Indoor appearance