Eliza McCartney

Eliza McCartney

Eliza McCartney At Caledonian Ground in Dunedin on 5 March 2016 after clearing 4.80 m
Personal information
Born (1996-12-11) 11 December 1996
Auckland, New Zealand
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Sport
Country New Zealand
Sport Athletics
Event(s) Pole vault
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)
  • Outdoor: 4.80 m (2016 NR)
  • Indoor: 4.70 m (2016 NR)
Updated on 18 March 2016.

Eliza McCartney (born 11 December 1996) is a New Zealand track and field athlete who competes in the pole vault. She is the current outdoor world junior record holder at 4.64 m (15 ft 21⁄2 in) and New Zealand national record holder with 4.80 m (15 ft 83⁄4 in). She was a silver medallist at the Summer Universiade in 2015.

McCartney was born in Auckland,[2][3] where she still lives in the seaside suburb of Devonport. She attended Takapuna Grammar School, and was a successful high jumper in her early teens before beginning pole vaulting in 2011. In 2012 she won the national youth (under 18) title and the New Zealand high school championship.[4] The following year she broke the New Zealand youth record and was selected for the 2013 World Youth Championships in Athletics[5] where she finished fourth.[6]

In July 2014 McCartney took the bronze medal at the 2014 World Junior Championships in Athletics, with a vault of 4.45 m (14 ft 7 in) which was her first New Zealand national record.[3] In 2015 she claimed her first senior national title at the New Zealand Athletics Championships.[4] and gained the silver medal at the Universiade with a height of 4.40 m (14 ft 5 in).[7]

On 19 December 2015 McCartney set a world junior record of 4.64 m (15 ft 21⁄2 in) at Auckland's Mount Smart Stadium.[8] On 17 January 2016 she vaulted 4.65 m (15 ft 3 in) in Brisbane, Australia improving her own national senior and junior records (but not the world junior record).[9]

McCartney won the Emerging Talent category of New Zealand's Halberg awards for 2015.[10]

On 23 February 2016 she jumped 4.71m at the Vertical Pursuit international pole vault competition[11] at Millennium Institute of Sport in Auckland, setting four new records: New Zealand national, New Zealand under 20, New Zealand resident and New Zealand all comers.[12] She was subsequently added to the New Zealand team to the 2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships[13] where she finished fifth.[14]

On 5 March 2016 she jumped 4.80m at the national championships in Dunedin, to surpass her own New Zealand record.[15] It is not clear whether or not this set a new Oceania record. The IAAF normally requires a minimum of three competitors[16] in an event for a record to be ratified and in this case there were only two.

McCartney made her senior international debut at the 2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Portland, Oregon. She placed fifth with a vault of 4.70m,[17] setting a new New Zealand indoor record.


International competitions

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
2013 World Youth Championships Donetsk, Ukraine 4th Pole vault 4.05 m
2014 World Junior Championships Eugene, United States 3rd Pole vault 4.45 m NR
2015 Universiade Gwangju, South Korea 2nd Pole vault 4.40 m
2016 World Indoor Championships Portland, United States 5th Pole vault 4.70 m NR

References

  1. ↑ Hinton, Marc (12 March 2016). "Kiwi pole vault sensation Eliza McCartney staying grounded amid record spree". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 12 March 2016.
  2. ↑ Eliza McCartney Pole Vaulting in Ukraine. Vaulter Magazine. Retrieved on 2015-12-19.
  3. 1 2 Athletics: McCartney vaults to new national record. New Zealand Herald (2014-07-25). Retrieved on 2015-12-19.
  4. 1 2 Eliza McCartney Athlete Profile. Athletics New Zealand. Retrieved on 2015-12-19.
  5. ↑ New Zealand team for World Youth Championships. IAAF (2013-03-28). Retrieved on 2015-12-19.
  6. ↑ Featured Athlete - Eliza McCartney. Athletics Auckland. Retrieved on 2015-12-19.
  7. ↑ Eliza McCartney Wins Silver In Gwangju. New Zealand Olympic Committee. Retrieved on 2015-12-19.
  8. ↑ Minshull, Phil (2015-12-19). New Zealand's Eliza McCartney breaks world junior pole vault record". IAAF. Retrieved on 2015-12-19.
  9. ↑ In New Zealand athletes are eligible to set records based on their age on the day of competition. IAAF records are based on the athletes age at the end of the year in which the competition takes place. Because McCartney will turn 20 in December 2016, she is ineligible to set junior (under 20) world records in any part of 2016.
  10. ↑ "Eliza McCartney wins Halberg Emerging Talent Award". Athletics New Zealand. Retrieved 2016-02-23.
  11. ↑ "Vertical Pursuit International Pole Vault Meet | Facebook". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2016-02-23.
  12. ↑ "Teen pole vault sensation hits new career height with national record". One News Now. Retrieved 2016-02-23.
  13. ↑ "McCartney added to World Indoor team". New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 26 February 2016.
  14. ↑ "Eliza McCartney finishes 5th at world champs". New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 18 March 2016.
  15. ↑ "Red-hot pole vaulter Eliza McCartney smashes more records with leap of 4.80m". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 2016-03-05.
  16. ↑ RUDISHA, BOYD AND DENNY VICTORIOUS AT CHALLENGE OPENER IN MELBOURNE
  17. ↑ "Eliza McCartney finishes 5th at world champs". New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 13 April 2016.

External links

Awards
Preceded by
Regan Gough		 Halberg awards – Emerging Talent Award
2015 		Incumbent
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