Rachel Valentine

Career Honors and Recognition

3x SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll (2024, 2023, 2022)

Season and Career Results
2024
Indoor
Battled injury throughout the offseason and came back to pole vault in three meets, recording a mark at the USC Indoor Open when she cleared 3.41m (11-2.25) to finish 13^th overall.

Outdoor
Pole vaulted in three outdoor meets, clearing bars in the first two home meets … Opened her season with an 11^th-place finish in the Weems Baskin Invitational, clearing a season best 3.40m (11-1.75) … Finished fifth at the Gamecock Invitational, pole vaulting 3.35m (10-11.75).

2023

Indoor

Appeared in six meets during the indoor season, registering marks in each of the events that she pole vaulted in … Opened the season with a third-place finish at the Clemson Opener, clearing 3.50m (11-5.75) … Concluded the indoor season with a third-place finish at the USC Indoor Open, clearing a season-best height of 3.70m (12-1.5).

Outdoor

Competed in six outdoor meets on the season, posting marks in four of the six … Appeared in the SEC Outdoor Championship in Baton Rouge, but was unable to clear the opening height … Best finish of the outdoor season was seventh at the USC Open when she vaulted 3.56m (11-8) … Recorded a new outdoor PR in the pole vault at the coveted Penn Relays, clearing 3.63m (11-10.75) to finish 11^th overall.

2022

Indoor

Pole vaulted in eight meets during the indoor season … Made her Gamecock debut in the Clemson Opener, finishing sixth with a height of 3.45m (11-3.75) … Finished third in the Orange and Purple Elite when she cleared 3.67m (12-0.50) … Had her best finish at the Gamecock Opener when she placed second with a mark of 3.65m (11-11.75) … Set her indoor pole vault personal-best mark of 3.80m (12-5.50) in the South Carolina Invitational … Turned in four attempts over 3.70m.

Outdoor

Did not compete.

Pre-South Carolina
High School

Participated at the New Balance Nationals Emerging Elite section in the pole vault and the USATF Junior Nationals … Was named her team’s Field MVP three years … Earned three top-five finishes at the state meet in the pole vault … Helped her team win a 7A state title her senior year … Holds the school and region record in the pole vault … Earned four letters in track and field and one gymnastics letter for competing in it her freshman year.

Personal

Her father, George, pole vaulted for South Carolina … Has one younger sibling, her sister Ava … Was born to her parents George and Paige on July 30, 2002.

Personal Records
Indoor

Outdoor