Bailee McCorkle - Women's Track & Field - Arkansas Razorbacks

Bailee McCorkle

Sr./Sr. | 5-4 | Pole Vault | Greenwood, Arkansas | Greenwood HS

Career Highlights

  • First-team NCAA All-America | Indoor (1)
  • 2020 SEC Indoor Bronze | Pole Vault

Sophomore (2021)
Outdoor: Set outdoor career best vault of 13-9 (4.19) to place seventh at SEC Championships … Cleared 13-8 1/4 as 11th qualifier in NCAA West … Then finished in a tie for 16th at NCAA Championships (13-3 1/2) … Started outdoor season placing 10th in Texas Relays (13-7 3/4) and sixth in LSU Invitational (13-6 1/2) … Won Arkansas Twilight (12-8 3/4).

Indoor: Earned first team All-America honor placing eighth at NCAA Indoor with season best clearance of 14-3 1/2 (4.36), the top mark by a Razorback during the indoor season … Finished fifth at SEC Championships (14-1 1/4) … Opened season placing third at Arkansas Invitational (13-9 1/4), then fourth at Wooo Pig Classic (13-10), and second at Razorback Invitational (14-1 1/4) … Won Arkansas Qualifier with a 14-2 1/2 and placed first at Tyson Invitational with a 14-2 clearance.

Sophomore (2020)
Indoor: Claimed bronze medal in pole vault at SEC Indoor Championships, clearing a pair of career best heights on the way to making 14-7.5 (4.46) … Moves to equal No. 5 on the Arkansas all-time list, sharing the position with Desiree Freier … Qualified for the NCAA Indoor Championships … Competed in seven meets during indoor season, placing runner-up in five meets and third in the other two … Totaled eight career best heights during the course of the indoor season, and in three separate meets she produced a pair of career best marks … Improved upon her previous indoor best of 13-1.75 (4.01) in December meet, placing second with a height of 13-3.75 (4.06) … Then improved to 13-7.75 (4.15) as runner-up in Arkansas Invitational … Placed third in Red Raider Invitational (13-5.75 | 4.11) … Claimed 14-0 (4.27) as runner-up in Razorback Invitational … Placed second in New Mexico Collegiate Classic, reaching a best of 14-2.75 (4.34) … Runner-up in Tyson Invitational with a mark of 14-2.5 (4.33).

Red-Shirt Freshman (2019)
Competed in 10 meets… Set a lifetime-best at the NCAA West Prelims clearing 4.07m (13-4.25)… 10th-place finish at the SEC Outdoor meet… 12th-place finish at the SEC Indoor Meet… nine top-10 finishes…

Freshman (2018)
Did not compete

High School
2017 bronze medalist at the AHSAA 6A State Championships with a clearance of 11-4 … Went on to finish fifth in the pole vault at the Arkansas Meet of Champions with a 11-6 clearance … Holds a best outdoor of 12-1 and a best indoor of 12-9, the latter which earned her a gold medal at the 2016 Arkansas HS Indoor State 5A-7A State Championships … Four-time top-five finisher at the Arkansas Meet of Champions …  Three-time top-three finisher at the AHSAA 6A State Championships.

Personal
Born on April 19, 1999 … Daughter of Todd and Tressi McCorkle … Has one sister; Emma … Majoring in Biology.

Bailee McCorkle | Career Stats

Career best marks

Indoor

PV | 14-7 1/2 (4.46) [=No. 5 UA]

Outdoor

PV | 13-9 (4.19)