2017-18 Track & Field Roster
Rebekah Lafata
- Height:
- 5-7
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Morgantown, W.Va.
- High School:
- Morgantown HS
2016-17 (Jr.)
Outdoor Season- Academic All-Big 12 First Team
- Placed sixth in the pole vault with a mark of 3.50 meters at the Raleigh Relays
- Finished ninth in the pole vault, clearing 3.33 meters at the Virginia Challenge
- Tied for 10th in pole vault with a clearance of 3.40 meters at the Mason Spring Invitational
- Took 13th in the pole vault with a season-best mark of 3.55 meters at the Bison Classic
- Cleared 3.28 meters in the pole vault, finishing in 13th at the Virginia Grand Prix
- Placed 14th at the 49er Classic with a vault of 3.35 meters
- At the Big 12 Championship, she tied for 16th in the pole vault, marking 3.48 meters
- Tied for fourth in the pole vault, marking of 3.50 meters at the Marshall Invitational
- Tied for fifth in the pole vault with a season-best mark of 1.60 meters at the Akron Invitational
- Placed eighth in the pole vault with a season-best 3.51 meters at the Penn State Tune-Up
2015-16 (So.)
Outdoor Season- Placed third in the pole vault, soaring 3.32 meters, at the Wake Forest Open
- Finished in 11th in the pole vault with an outdoor career-best mark of 3.40 meters at the Mason Spring Invite
- Took fifth in the pole vault, marking an overall career-best mark of 3.45 meters at the Penn State Tune Up
- Finished in 13th place, pole vaulting a mark of 3.24 meters at the Nittany Lion Challenge
- Placed 17th with a pole vault mark of 3.21 meters at the Akron Invitational
2014-15 (Fr.)
Outdoor Season- Finished in 25th place with a 3.20-meter mark in the pole vault at the Mason Spring Invite
- Fourth place in the vault, marking 3.05 meters at the Ohio Cherry Blossom
- Placed 19th overall, pole vaulting 3.05 meters in the UNF Spring Break Invite
- Placed 10th in the pole vault, marking 3.30 meters at the Thundering Herd Invite
- Vaulted 3.22 meters, placing 13th overall at the PSU Relays
- Ninth place in the pole vault with a mark of 3.20 meters at the Youngstown State College Invite
- Competed for coaches Steve Blinco and former Mountaineer pole vaulter Jeff Core at Morgantown High
- Placed first in the pole vault 3.23 meters at the 2014 WVSSAC AAA State Championships
- Finished fifth in the long jump at the 2014 WVSSAC AAA State with a leap of 16-3.50
- Personal-best vault of 3.35 meters at the South Hills Classic as a junior
- Career-best long jump of 16-10 at the 2014 Ohio Valley Athletic Conference Championship
- Daughter of Vincent and Helene Lafata
- Has two brothers and one sister
- Birthday is July 4
- Majoring in communications
- Big 12 Commissioners Honor Roll
- Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll
T&F: DMR Team Big 12 Championship Post-Race Interview
Saturday, March 01
Petal Palmer - 2024 Wilma Rudolph Award Recipient
Monday, June 10
A Conversation with Wren Baker
Monday, December 05
Life as a Mountaineer - Haley Jackson
Monday, May 16
