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Linda Hadfield                  Hometown: Yorkville, N.Y. High School: New York Mills Height: 5-4 Event: Pole Vault Year (In/Out): So./So.

PERSONAL RECORDS

Indoors
Pole Vault: 12-5.50/3.80m (2012)

Outdoors
Pole Vault: 13-4.25/4.07m (2012)

HADFIELD'S SEC SCORING

2011 Outdoor Pole Vault: 6th, 13-1.75/4.01m
2012 Outdoor Pole Vault: 5th, 13-4.25/4.07m

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: Member of 2011 SEC Outdoor All-Freshman Team...Named to 2011 USTFCCCA All-Academic squad and SEC Academic Honor Roll...Set UT outdoor freshman record in the pole vault...Received 2011 James Snow Award, which goes to outstanding academic Lady Vol freshman...2012 Helen B. Watson Female Scholar of the Year for UT Athletics.

2012: Honors - 2012 Helen B. Watson Female Scholar of the Year for UT Athletics...Indoors - Cleared 11-11 3/4 and placed 11th at the SEC Indoor meet...Matched her career best with a 12-5 1/2 mark to place sixth in the college division pole vault at the New Balance Collegiate Invitational...Cleared 12-2 1/2 to finish fourth at the Texas A&M Mondo Challenge...Placed 10th at the Kentucky Invitational with a clearance of 12-2 1/2...Outdoors - Matched her PR of 13-4 1/4 to place fifth at SEC Outdoor Championships...Sailed over a then-personal-best height of 13-4 1/4 to finish second at the Vanderbilt Invitational...Cleared 13-1 1/2 to finish second in the college division pole vault at her first Penn Relays as a Lady Vol...Had a clearance of 13-1 1/2 to place fourth in the pole vault at the Sea Ray Relays...Soared over 13-0 3/4 to check in third at the UCLA/Washington State Double Dual...Notched a runner-up showing at the Tennessee Challenge, traversing 12-7 1/2...Began the outdoor campaign with a third-place clearance of 12-3 1/2 at the SEC/Big Ten Challenge.

2011: Honors - Member SEC Outdoor All-Freshman Team...Named to USTFCCCA All-Academic squad and SEC Academic Honor Roll...Received James Snow Award, which goes to outstanding academic Lady Vol freshman...Indoors - Finished 10th at the SEC Indoor Championships with an indoor career-best clearance of 12-5 ½...Was ninth at the Rod McCravy Memorial at 11-9...Outdoors - Set the UT outdoor freshman record in the pole vault with a 13-1 ¾ effort that earned her sixth place at the SEC Championships...Qualified for the NCAA East Preliminary Round with that mark and wound up 20th at that meet at 12-1 ½...Finished 12th at the Sea Ray Relays with an effort of 11-5 ¾...Was a qualifier for the USA Junior Championships.

HIGH SCHOOL: 2009 New York Indoor Section 3 champion in the 55m hurdles, pole vault and long jump, notching personal best of 9.68 in the hurdles, 11-6 in the pole vault and 16-2 in the long jump...Victorious at the 2009 New York Outdoor State Championships clearing a personal-best 12-6 in the pole vault...Also won N.Y. Division II state titles in 2007 and 2008...Placed third in the pole vault at the 2008 New York State Championship with a mark of 12-0...Tied for 11th at 2009 National Scholastic Indoor Championships at 11-6 1/4...Missed nearly all of 2010 season due to an ACL tear sustained in her left knee while playing field hockey in 2009.

PERSONAL: Born Sept. 12, 1992, in New Hartford, N.Y....Enrolled in the College of Arts & Sciences...Parents are Gary and Diane Hadfield...Has four siblings: Gary Jr., James, Brian and Robyn.