Biography
2025 Outdoor Season
2025 NCAA Division II Women's Pole Vault National Champion
Cleared 4.52 meters (14-feet, 10-inches) to repeat at the NCAA Division II Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Pueblo, Colo., on May 24 to repeat as women's pole vault champion becoming fourth woman in history to repeat as NCAA DII champ ... Named the NCAA Division II Academic All-American of the Year for women's track and field and cross country by the College Sports Communicators (CSC) ... First-team All-America selection by U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association ... Named East Coast Conference Female Scholar Athlete of the Year and ECC Scholar-Athlete of the Year for Women's Outdoor Track and Field ... Received Academic All-District Honors from the CSC ... Repeat selection as NCAA Division II East Region Women's Outdoor Field Athlete of the Year by the USTFCCCA ... Unanimous selection as East Coast Conference Track and Field Female Athlete of the Year ... Received All-East Region recognition from the USTFCCCA in pole vault ... Named Rich Funke Jr./Jerry Flynn Local College Athlete of the Year Award winner by the Rochester Press-Radio Club ... Set the all-time collegiate outdoor record in women’s pole vault by soaring over the 4.75-meter bar (15-feet, 7-inches) at the 97th Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays on March 29. The mark was a new personal record for King, Olivia Gruver of the University of Washington held the previous overall NCAA mark of (4.73m, 15-6¼), set at the Stanford Invitational on March 29, 2019 ... Cleared 4.5m (14-9) to win Brockport Multi & Invitational on April 13 ... Selected East Coast Conference Women's Field Athlete of the Week on March 25, April 1 and 15 ... Selected U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Division II Women’s Athlete of the Week on April 1 ... Named National Christian College Athletic Association Division I Female Athlete of the Week on March 24, 31 and April 14 ... Opened season with effort of 4.67 meters (15-3 3/4), second only to her NCAA DII record, at the Redhawk Invitational on March 19.
Brynn King’s Division II Record Breaking Outdoor Vaults
4.75 meters (15-feet, 7 inches): March 29, 2025: Texas Relays
4.68 (15-4 1/4): March 30, 2024: Texas Relays
4.60 (15-1): March 14 2024: Redhawk Invitational
2024 Outdoor Meet Records Set
4.68 (15-4 1/4): March 30, Texas Relays
2024-25 Indoor Season
2025 NCAA Division II Women's Pole Vault National Champion
After battling sickness most of the season, King claimed her third NCAA Division II National championship,breaking her own NCAA Division II and meet record by clearing 4.66 meters (15-feet, 3 ½ inches) at the Fall Creek Pavilion at the Indiana State Fairgrounds on March 13. King's previous best indoor mark was 4.65m (15-3) set while winning the 2024 title in Pittsburg, Kan. ... Named First-Team All-America and All-East Region by the United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association ... King opened the season by clearing 4.5 meters (14-9) to win the Haynes Lancaster Open at the University of Akron on Dec. 6. King was named East Coast Conference Women's Field Athlete of the Week and National Christian College Athletic Association National Field Athlete of the Week after her performance in Akron ... Won the women's event in a field of 17 at 4.45m (14' 7 1/4") at the Susquehanna Early Season Invite and Multi on Dec. 13 ... Named the United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Division II Women’s Athlete of the Week for her efforts at Susquehanna ... Named ECC co-Field Athlete of the Week on Jan. 14 after capturing first place in the elite division at the East Coast Pole Vault Festival in Akron, Ohio, with an effort of 4.45m (14-7 1/4) on Jan. 10 ... Finished first at the Brockport Rust Buster on Jan. 17 by clearing 4.3 meters (14-1 1/4) ... Captured first place by clearing a season-best 4.52m (14-10) at the Midwest Open at Spire Academy in Geneva, Ohio, on Jan. 25 ... Named ECC Field Athlete of the Week on Jan. 21 and 28 and NCCAA Field Athlete of the Week for a second time this season on Jan. 28. ... Set facility record while clearing 4.60 meters (15-1) to win Youngstown State University Last Chance Invitational on Feb. 14 ... King placed fifth at the USATF Indoor Championships at the Ocean Breeze Athletic Complex on Staten Island with a top height of 4.55 meters (14-11) ... Named the Roberts Wesleyan University Female Scholar-Athlete for January.
Brynn King’s Division II Record Breaking Indoor Vaults
4.66m (15-3 1/2): March 13, 2025, Fall Creek Pavilion at the Indiana State Fairgrounds, NCAA Division II Championships
4.65m (15-3): March 8, 2024, Pittsburg State University, NCAA Division II Championships
4.61m (15-1 1/2): February 10, 2024, Grand Valley State University Big Meet
4.60m (15-1): January 20, 2024, Golden Eagle Winter Welcome Back Invitational
4.52m (14-10): January 20, 2024, Golden Eagle Winter Welcome Back Invitational
4.46m (14-7 1/2): January 12, 2024, Utica Winter Opener
4.45m (14-7 1/4): January 6, 2024, Sharon Anderson Memorial
4.42m (14-6): December 8, 2023, Nazareth Alumni Opener Invitational
4.41m (14-5 1/2): December 1, 2023, Akron Haynes Lancaster Open
2024 Summer Olympics
King represented Team USA in Paris, France. She cleared 4.40 meters on her second attempt and finished in a tie for 22nd in the qualifying round.
U.S. Olympic Trials
King cleared a career-best 4.73 meters (15-feet, 6 1/4 inches) on June 30 at the University of Oregon's Hayward Field to catapult from eighth in the standings to finish third and earn a spot on Team USA for the 2024 Paris Olympics.
King made her first attempt at 4.28m (14-0 ½) and passed at 4.43m (14-6 ¼) before clearing 4.53 meters (14-10 ¼) on her second jump to advance to the final eight.
After missing her first attempt at 4.63m (15-2 ¼), King passed on her final two attempts at 4.63 and also skipped 4.68 (15-4 1/4) before making the Olympic Standard on her first attempt. King's effort is tied for the 10th best in U.S. history.
2024 Outdoor Season
2024 NCAA Division II Women's Pole Vault National Champion
King concluded her first year at Roberts Wesleyan University by winning her second NCAA Division II championship, and she did it in record-breaking fashion at Emporia State University on May 23, 2024. After missing on her first two attempts, King rebounded to set meet and facility records while clearing 4.60 meters (15-feet, 1-inch). She is the only student-athlete from Roberts to win an NCAA individual championship and the first from the East Coast Conference to win multiple individual NCAA titles.
King picked up where she left off after her historic indoor season, setting a Division II record by clearing 4.60 meters (15-1) at the Redhawk Invitational on March 14, just six days after she won the indoor national championship.
King followed that up with another record-breaking performance at the Texas Relays on March 30, setting a personal, meet and NCAA Division II record by clearing 4.68 meters (15-4 1/4) in her home state.
She also broke a 13-year-old meet record (4.51 meters, 14-9 1/2) by winning the Kansas Relays on April 19. King then shattered the East Coast Conference record by four feet (15-1) on May 2. King was named the ECC Outdoor Track and Field Female Athlete of the Year on May 17 and took first place in the 2024 adidas Atlanta City Games on May 18 with an effort of 4.54 meters (14-10 3/4).
She was named First-Team All-America by the USTFCCCA on May 28 and East Region Division II Field Athlete of the Year on June 3.
2024 Outdoor Meet Records Set
4.68 (15-4 1/4): March 30, Texas Relays
4.60 (15-1): March 14, Redhawk Invitational
4.60 (15-1): May 2, East Coast Conference Championships
4.60 (15-1): May 23, NCAA Division II Championships
4.51 (14-9 1/2): April 19, Kansas Relays
United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Division II Women’s Athlete of the Week
March 26
April 2
East Coast Conference Women’s Field Athlete of the Week
Week 3: April 1
Week 6: April 22
2023-24 Indoor Season
2024 NCAA Division II Women's Pole Vault National Champion
King made history on March 8, 2024, becoming Roberts Wesleyan University's first NCAA Division II champion. King broke her own NCAA Division II indoor pole vault record in clearing 4.65 meters (15-3) at the NCAA Division II Championships in Pittsburg, Kansas. She finished with the top jump in all levels of the NCAA for the 2023-24 season and was named First Team All America by the United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association.
King’s career at Roberts got off to a fast start as she set the DII record of 4.41 meters (14-5 ½), breaking a 14-year old NCAA record, in her first meet as a Redhawk. She finished seventh at the USATF Indoor Nationals on Feb. 17 with an effort of 4.5 meters (14-9)
King went on to break her own record several times, eventually becoming the first woman in Division II to clear 15 feet. King also qualified for the United States Olympic Trials after clearing 4.60 meters on Jan. 20.
She also made history by becoming the first Division II athlete to win the United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) National Athlete of the Week four consecutive times during the indoor season.
On March 1, King was named the 2024 ECC Indoor Track & Field Women's Athlete of the Year. She was also honored at the USTFCCCA Division II East Region Women's Field Athlete of the Year and USTFCCCA DII Women's National Field Athlete of the Year.
United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Division II Women’s Athlete of the Week
Dec. 5
Dec. 12
Jan.16
Jan. 23
East Coast Conference Women’s Field Athlete of the Week
Week 1: Dec. 4
Week 2: Dec. 11
Week 4: Jan. 16
Week 5: Jan. 22
Week 8: Feb. 12
Before Roberts
King spent 11 years as a flier in competitive cheerleading before deciding to try pole vaulting during her junior year of high school.
“Every sport I have ever done has had that element of being in the air,” King said. “It’s an adrenaline rush.”
King first heard Roberts Wesleyan alum and pole vaulter Jenn Suhr’s name from her club coach in her very first practice. Wondering if it was too late to try a new sport, the coach told her that Suhr, a three-time Olympian and the 2012 gold medalist, didn’t even try pole vault until she was 22.
King attended a clinic with Suhr and her husband, Rick, later that year and has kept her eyes on the Suhrs ever since.
“From that day on I liked them a bunch,” she says.
King’s career took off fast as she vaulted 13-feet, 1-inch to win the Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools outdoor championship as a senior at Concordia Lutheran High School in Tomball, Texas in 2019. She was the first girl to clear 13 feet in state competition and headed off to Duke, where her father, Michael, played baseball and her mother, Cara, played soccer.
King red-shirted her freshman year and qualified for the NCAA East Regionals in outdoor the next two seasons. She cleared 13-5 at the ACC meet as a junior to earn second-team All-ACC.
Her career best at Duke was 13-11 ¼.
King earned a degree in Evolutionary Anthropology at Duke. She entered the transfer portal and committed to Roberts Wesleyan University in the Spring of 2023.
