LIGHTFOOT Kc

11 Nov 1999
21
Male

Events and Medals

Discipline Event Rank Medal
ATH Athletics Men's Pole Vault 4

Schedule

Change
Start Time Location Event Status
Olympic Stadium - Pole Vault A
Finished
Olympic Stadium - Pole Vault A
Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

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World Athletics Championships
YearLocationPole Vault
2019Doha, QATQual. (5.60)

Diamond League overview - Three best ranks per season and event since 2017
YearPole Vault
20211 x 7th

Diamond League - Ten best performances since 2020
RankYearEventLocationResult
72021Pole VaultStockholm, SWE5.62

World Athletics Continental Tour - Ten best performances since 2020
RankYearEventCompetitionLocationResult
42021Pole VaultWorld Athletics Continental TourWalnut, CA, USA5.60


Legend
SF - Semifinal, QF - Quarterfinal, 1R - 1st Round, Qual. - Qualification, QR - Qualification Round, DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, DQ - Disqualified, NM - No Mark, [Relay athlete without time] - Did not run in final
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Playing baseball, cliff and bridge jumping. (worldathletics.org, 12 Dec 2020)
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Athlete, Student
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Exercise Science, Kinesiology - Baylor University, Waco, TX, USA
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English
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His father Anthony competed in athletics [pole vault] at collegiate level. (The Take Off Magazine, 01 Feb 2021)
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He took up pole vaulting at age 13. (sicem365.com, 24 Jun 2021)
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To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (Instagram profile, 22 Jun 2021)
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French pole vaulter Renaud Lavillenie, US pole vaulter Sam Kendricks. (The Take Off Magazine, 01 Feb 2021)
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While representing Baylor University in the United States of America, he was named 2021 Big 12 Men's Performer of the Year and 2021 Division I South Central Region Men's Indoor Field Athlete of the Year. (baylorbears.com, 01 Jun 2021)

While at Lee's Summit High School in Missouri, United States of America, he was named 2017/18 Gatorade Missouri Boys' Track and Field Player of the Year. (playeroftheyear.gatorade.com, 21 Jun 2018)

General Interest

General
LEARNING FROM OTHER SPORTS
Growing up he was a competitive dirt bike racer and baseball player. He says both sports gave him skills he transferred into pole vault. "I got my first four-wheeler when I was three years old. I loved riding; I rode them in the back yard every day and did so for no other reason than it was fun. I really enjoyed that sense of exhilaration from [dirt bike] racing, and the fact you need to be a little bit crazy. I guess that is similar to vaulting, particularly that no sense of fear. When you are out there vaulting, you're out there on your own hoping everything works out. It was a similar situation on the dirt bikes. It was possible a lot could go wrong, but it was also a lot of fun. In baseball, when batting, you need to make some quick decisions as you are swinging the bat. As the ball comes towards you, you have to act quickly. In a similar way when vaulting, you have to make quick decisions on the pole to make sure the jump works out." He enjoys bridge and cliff jumping with friends, but says this pursuit has less to do with pole vault. "I love to go out with friends and jump in the water and do some back flips, nothing too insane. The highest height I've jumped off in a cliff in Arkansas at around 85 feet. [It is] more a reflection of my fearlessness and of wanting to embrace an adrenaline rush." (worldathletics.org, 12 Dec 2020)

NAME
KC is his full given name. "KC doesn't stand for anything. It could have been spelt C-a-s-e-y, but we just happen to be a little different. The ongoing joke is that my father was a kindergarten teacher for 29 years, and that's only as far as he could spell it out." (sicem365.com, 24 Jun 2021)

Legend
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Gold Medal Event
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Silver Medal Event
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Bronze Medal Event
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