Chelsea Bingham

Class:
Senior
High School:
Effingham
Hometown:
Effingham, Ill.

Career Bests
Indoor
Pole Vault - 3.82m/12-6.25

Outdoor
Pole Vault - 3.85m/12-7.50

2014-15: Competed in the 200m and pole vault during the indoor season and the pole vault in the outdoor season ...cleared a season best mark of 3.75m at the Vanderbilt Indoor Invitational …took second in the pole vault at the Lenny Lyles/Clark Wood Invitational …placed third in the 2015 Indiana University Relays and the 2015 Kentucky Track and Field Invitational clearing the bar at 3.70m.

2013-14: Competed in the 200m and pole vault in the indoor season and the pole vault in the outdoor season … placed 12th in the 200m at the 2014 Gene Edmunds Cup with a time of 29.06 … cleared an indoor career-best 3.82m/12-6.75 at the Akron Invitational … won the 2014 Gene Edmunds Cup indoor pole vault competition by clearing the bar at 3.80m/12-5.5 … cleared a career-best 3.85m/12-7.50 at the Bellarmine Classic … qualified for both the AAC Indoor and Outdoor Championships in pole vault.

2012-13: Competed in the pole vault in the indoor and outdoor seasons ... qualified for the BIG EAST Indoor and Outdoor Championships in the event ... cleared an outdoor season best of 3.57m/11-8.50 at the Cardinal Twilight ... took second in the pole vault at the Lenny Lyles/Clark Wood Invitational ... went over the bar at an indoor-best 3.65m/11-11.75 at the Rod McCravy Memorial ... took seventh in the meet.

Prep: Three-time Apollo conference champion at Effingham High under coach Danette Williamson ... named to 2012 first-team National Elite ... pole vault champion at the 2012 Mattoon Girls Invitational ... placed second the previous year ... fourth-place finish at the 2012 indoor states ... placed fifth in pole vault at the 2012 outdoor state finals ... set a school record for the 4x400, 4x800, and pole vault at 3.65m/12-0 ... third-place finish at the 2011 AAU regionals.

Personal: Daughter of Dean and Colleen Bingham ... birthday is Jan. 27 ... has one brother and one sister ... majoring in early childhood education.