LSU Gold
Position
Jumps
Height
5'6
Class
5th-year Senior
Hometown
Paris, France
High School
Lycee Notre Dame
Previous School
Virginia Tech

Career Record

2x NCAA Champion (2021 indoor pole vault, 2021 outdoor pole vault)
2020 SEC Indoor Champion (pole vault)
3x All-SEC Performer
2021 USTFCCCA Indoor & Outdoor Scholar Athlete of the Year
2021 SEC Scholar Athlete of the Year (outdoors)
2x CoSIDA First Team Academic All-American (2020, 2021)
2020 USTFCCCA Academic Award
5x All-American (2018 indoor pole vault, 2018 outdoor pole vault, 2020 indoor pole vault, 2021 indoor pole vault, 2021 outdoor pole vault)
2x Spring SEC Academic Honor Roll (2020, 2021)
3x SEC Athlete of the Week
2018-19 USTFCCCA All-Academic Honoree
2018 USTFCCCA Southeast Region Women’s Outdoor Field Athlete of the Year
World U18 Record Holder – Pole Vault – 4.50m
World U20 No. 4 – Pole Vault (outdoors) – 4.60m
Swedish U20 Record Holder – Pole Vault (outdoors)
2018 U20 World Runner Up
2018 ACC Indoor Champion (Pole Vault)
2017 European U20 Champion (Pole Vault)

LSU Top 10 Marks
No. 1 – Pole Vault (indoors) – 14’ 11.50” (4.56m)
No. 1 – Pole Vault (outdoors) – 14’ 9” (4.50m)

2021 Outdoor (JUNIOR)
Competed solely in the pole vault … won her second career NCAA title with bar of 14’ 5.25” (4.40m) at the NCAA Championships … became first woman since Kylie Hutson (Indiana State) to completed the NCAA indoor/outdoor sweep of pole vault national titles … set the LSU school record with a clearance of 14’ 9” (4.50m) at the Texas Relays to earn bronze … captured silver at the SEC Championships with a final mark of 14’ 8.75” (4.49m) … won titles at the LSU Invitational (14’ 8.25”/4.48m) and LSU Alumni Gold (14’ 5.50”/4.41m).

2021 Indoor (SENIOR)
Competed solely in the pole vault … won her first career NCAA title with a clearance of 14’ 11.50” (4.56m) at the NCAA Championships … the height of 14’ 11.50” is the LSU school record … scored points for LSU at the SEC Championships with clearance of 14’ 3.25” (4.35m) for third place … captured titles at the Wooo Pig Classic (14’ 9”/4.50m) and Purple Tiger invitational (14’ 10”/4.52m).

2020 INDOOR (JUNIOR)
Competed solely in the pole vault … won first-career SEC title with clearance of 14’ 7.50” at the SEC Championships … claimed gold at the Pole Vault Summit with clearance of 14’ 9” … earned gold medal at the Purple Tiger Invitational with a clearance of 14’ 7.25” … picked up second-place finishes at the LSU Twilight (13’ 11.25”) and MLK Jr. Invitational (14’ 3.25”) … placed fourth at the Razorback Invitational with clearance of 13’ 8.25” … ended the season with the No. 6 pole vault clearance in the NCAA (14’ 7.50”).

2019 OUTDOOR (SOPHOMORE)
Scored points for the Tigers at the SEC meet with a sixth-place finish in the pole vault with a clearance of 13’ 7.75” … the clearance of 13’ 7.75” is the second best in program history.

2019 INDOOR (SOPHOMORE)
Set the school record in the pole vault at the Razorback Invitational with a clearance of 14’ 9.50” for a third-place finish.

Prior to LSU
Competes solely in the pole vault … competed at Virginia Tech in 2018 as a freshman … finished second at the 2018 IAAF U20 World Championships while representing Sweden with a clearance of 4.35 meters (14-3.25) … only freshman in 2018 to score in both the indoor and outdoor pole vault at the NCAA meet on the women’s side … garnered bronze at the 2018 NCAA Outdoor Championships with a mark of 4.40 meters (14-5.25) … took fourth at the 2018 NCAA Indoor Championships with a clearance of 4.41 meters (14-5.50) … cleared 4.35 meters (14-3.25) to claim gold at the 2018 ACC Indoor Championships … claimed silver at the 2018 ACC Outdoor Championships with a height of 4.45 meters (14-7.25) … won the first three meets of her collegiate career at the Nittany Lion Challenge, Gladstein Invitational and Bob Pollack Invitational … prior to coming to America, she trained at Lycee Notre Dame in France.

Personal
Daughter of Ulrika and Mats Gunnarsson … has two siblings, Eric and Filip … chose LSU because it has a great training atmosphere and there are other high-level athletes that will push her to be better … majoring in mechanical engineering.

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