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2016-17 Track and Field Roster

Ellery Young-Sprague

Ellery Young-Sprague

  • Position:
    Multi
  • Height:
    5-10
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Orem, Utah
  • Highschool:
    Orem HS

Summary

Biography

At Utah Valley...

Senior (2017): Indoor:  Finished the pentathlon with a career-best score of 3,054 at the WAC Indoor Championships in Boise, Idaho… set a personal record in the long jump 4(.97m) at the Mountain States Games…added a season-best mark of 1.58 meters in the high jump at the WAC Championships… tallied a season-best mark with a 9.87-meter throw in the shot put at the Boise Jacksons Open Invite… placed fourth in the pentathlon (2,906) at the BYU Cougar Indoor Invitational… ranked seventh in the WAC in the heptathlon… 13th in the high jump… 23rd in the WAC in the shot put. Outdoor: Recorded the 10th farthest javelin throw (39.27m) in program history at season-opening UNLV Spring Invitational… set a career-high score in the heptathlon with 4,307 points at the WAC Championships in Edinburg, Texas… finished second in the shot put portion of the heptathlon at the WAC Championship with a 10.58-meter throw… finished with a personal record of 2:36.62 in the 800-meter at the WAC Championships… added a personal best of 27.49 in the 200-meter at the WAC Championships… ran a career-best time of 15.23 in the heptathlon 100-meter hurdles at the BYU Robison Invitational… also added a season-best mark in the high jump portion of the heptathlon at the BYU Robison Invitational… ranked fifth in the WAC in the javelin throw… ninth in the WAC in the heptathlon… 18th in the WAC in the high jump… 19th in the WAC in the shot put…

Junior (2016): Indoor:  Tallied a third-place finish in the high jump (1.58m) at the BYU Cougar Indoor Invitational… added a fifth-place finish in the high jump (1.55m) at the Mountain States Games… finished indoor season 13th in the WAC in the high jump. Outdoor:  Tied for program’s all-time ninth best high jump (1.62m) in fourth-place finish at the Utah Spring Classic… placed 10th in the heptathlon at the WAC Championships with a season-best score of 3,519… recorded a season-best throw of 29.92 meters in the javelin at the WAC Championships… ranked fifth in the WAC in the high jump… 18th in the WAC in the javelin throw. 

Sophomore (2015): Indoor: Placed first at the Snake River Open 2015 in the high jump with a mark of (1.50m or 4'-11") ... finished seventh at sixth at the 2015 BYU Cougar Indoor with a leap of (1.48m or 4'-10.25") in the high jump ... recorded season best with a mark of (1.52m or 4'-11.75") at the Wildcat Indoor in the high jump ... Outdoor: Named First Team All-WAC after finishing third in the high jump at the WAC Outdoor Championships with a mark of (1.57m or 5'-1.75") a season best ... placed ninth in the high jump at the UNLV Spring Invitational with a jump of (1.55m or 5'-1"). 

Freshman (2014): Indoor: Placed sixth in the high jump at the Wildcat Indoor Invite with a leap of (1.55m or 5'-01"). Outdoor: Finished sixth in the high jump at the UNLV Classic with a mark of (1.58m or 5'-02.25").

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Historical Player Information

  • 2014-15Sophomore

    High Jump
    5'10"
  • 2015-16Junior

    High Jump
    5'10"
  • 2016-17Senior

    Multi
    5'10"

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