Abby Bilsbury

Position:
Pole Vault
Height:
5-8
Class:
Redshirt Senior
High School:
Plainview HS
Hometown:
Ardmore, Okla.

2021 NCAA Outdoor West Preliminary Qualifier (Pole Vault)

OU Indoor Collegiate Bests:
Pole Vault: 12-9.5 (3.90 meters), 2020

OU Outdoor Collegiate Bests:
100-Meter Dash: 12.96, 2018
Pole Vault: 13-3.5 (4.05 meters), 2021

2022
(Outdoor) Cleared 11-9 (3.58m) for 12th place in PV at the Arkansas Twilight ... Competed at the Alumni Muster in PV ... Took fifth at the John Jacobs Invitational in PV, clearing 12-2.5 (3.80m) ... Placed ninth in PV at the Hurricane Alumni Invitational with a height at 11-4.5 (3.47m) ... Opened the outdoor season with a 12th-place finish in PV at the TCU Invitational, clearing 11-1.75 (3.40m).

(Indoor) Finished 14th at the Big 12 Indoor Championships with a height at 12-4.50 (3.77m) ... Placed 11th, clearing a season-best 12-7.5 (3.85m) at the Texas Tech Shootout ... Claimed sixth with a height of 12-0.5 (3.67m) at the Husker Invitational ... Placed fourth with a 12-6 (3.81m) at the J.D. Martin Invite ... Took 11th in pole vault with a height of 11-5.75 (3.50m) at the Arkansas Invite.

2021
(Outdoor) Represented the Sooners at NCAA prelims in pole vault, clearing 12-10.25 (3.92m) … Competed at the Big 12 Championships in pole vault, clearing 12-9.5 (3.90m) and placing 12th … Claimed a personal best in pole vault at the 2021 Desert Heat Classic, clearing 13-3.5 (4.05m) for first place … Took first place at John Jacobs Invitational, clearing 12-9.5 (3.90m) in pole vault … Cleared 11-11.75 (3.65m) in pole vault at the North Texas Classic for fifth place … Competed at the TCU Invitational 2021 with a third-place finish, clearing 12-3.5 (3.75m) in pole vault.

2020
(Indoor) Competed in the pole vault at the Big 12 Championships, clearing 12-3.5 (3.75m) … Took fifth in the Tyson Invitational, clearing 12-1.5 (3.70m) in pole vault … Recorded a personal-best 12-9.5 (3.90m) mark at the J.D. Martin Invitational, earning third place … Cleared 11-6.5 (3.52m) at the Razorback Invitational … Placed second at the Mark Colligan Memorial, clearing a mark of 12-8.25 (3.87m) … Cleared 12-1.5 (3.70m) in pole vault at the Vanderbilt Invitational.

2019
(Outdoor) Took 14th in the pole vault at the Big 12 Outdoor Championships, clearing 11-10.5 (3.62m) … Competed at the National Relay Championships in pole vault, finishing 14th with a height of 11-11.75 (3.65m) ... Placed fourth in the PV with a height of 12-11.5 (3.95m) at the John Jacobs Invitational ... Finished with a height of 12-3.25 (3.74m) to take fifth place at the Rafer Johnson & Jackie Joyner-Kersee Invitational ... Took eighth at the Roadrunner Invitational, clearing 12-1.5 (3.70m) ... Finished seventh at the TCU Invitational with 12-6 (3.81m).

(Indoor) Placed first at the UCO Alumni Classic with a height of 12-4 (3.76m) ... Competed at the J.D. Martin Invitational, finishing sixth with a height of 11-7.75 (3.55m) ... Placed fifth, clearing 12-3.5 (3.75m), at the Sooner Challenge ... Finished fifth in the pole vault at the Corky Classic at 12-0.5 (3.67m).

2018
(Outdoor) Competed in the pole vault at the 2018 Big 12 Outdoor Championships, taking 16th and clearing the bar at 12-3.25 (3.74 meters)… Competed in the pole vault at Penn Relays, clearing 11-5.75 (3.50 meters)… Took sixth in the pole vault at the John Jacobs Invitational, going over the bar at 12-1.5 (3.70 meters)… Ran in the 100-meter dash at the John Jacobs, crossing the line in 12.96 seconds to take 21st… Placed third in the Crimson Tide Invite pole vault, clearing 12-2.5 (3.72 meters)… Cleared 11-8.5 (3.57 meters) at the Aztec Invite to take 14th… Placed ninth in the pole vault at the TCU Invite with a clearance of 12-0 (3.66 meters)…

(Indoor) Took third in the PV at the J.D. Martin Invitational with a height of 12-0.5 (3.67 meters)… Finished eighth in the Texas Tech Classic pole vault competition with a height of 11-6.5 (3.52 meters).

HIGH SCHOOL
Two-time All-State track honoree (2016, 2017) ... Placed seventh at 2016 Nationals ... 2016 regional pole vault champion ... Helped her team win the 2015 state championships and finish as runner up in 2016 ... Ran in the 4x100 meter and 4x200 meter relays, earning fifth place in the 4x100 twice (2015, 2016) and fourth and fifth place finish in the 4x200 (2015, 2016, respectively) at the state track meets ... Also played basketball, earning All-State recognition in 2016 and helping her team win regional and area championships, and was a member of Hunter Jumpers Horse Back Riding.

CLUB
Spent one year with Elite Sportz, finishing as runner-up in pole vault at the state meet.

PERSONAL
Daughter of Kim and Steve ... Has two siblings, Katherine and Stephen ... Father Steve competed at Ohio State University ... Plans on majoring in international business.