Craig Krcal

Height:
5-11
Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Cleveland, Ohio
High School:
St. Ignatius

2014 All-BIG EAST Indoor Team
1x BIG EAST Track and Field Athlete of the Week - 1/28/2014

2013-14: Participated in seven events during the indoor season ... Ran the 60m at the Oiler Opener with a time of 7.75 ... Competed in the pole vault five times, placing in the top 10 in each meet ... Placed first with a vault of 4.29m at the IPFW Duals ... Also finished first at the BIG EAST Indoor Championship with his season best vault of 4.70m ... Competed in javelin and pole vaulting during the outdoor season ... Had a season-best mark for javelin (51.46m) at the All-Ohio Championship to place fifth ... Placed eighth in javelin at the BIG EAST Outdoor Championship with a throw of 50.61m ... Also brought home a first place finish in javelin from the Bulldog Opener ... Competed twice in pole vault during the outdoor season, setting his season-high mark of 4.73m at the Beach Invitational.

2012-13: Competed in three events during the 2012-13 indoor season and finished in the top-10 each time ... Broke the school record in the pole vault with a height of 4.80-meters (15-09.00) at the Atlantic 10 Championship ... Won the pole vault event at the A-10 Championships, making the junior the first Musketeer to ever win first overall in a field event in a conference championship meet ... Was one of two Musketeers named to the A-10 Academic All-Conference team for the indoor season after his impressive academic semester and finish at the A-10 Indoor Championship ... Other top-10 finishes include eighth in the pole vault at the Indiana Relays with a height of 4.40-meters (14-05.25) and tenth at the Hoosier Hills Invite with a height of 4.52-meters (14-10.00) ... Competed in seven events during the 2013 outdoor season ... Had five top-10 finishes including second overall in the javelin at the Early Bird Relays with a distance of 52.15-meters ... Finished fifth in the javelin at the Oliver Nikoloff Invitational with a distance of 46.49-meters ... Finished seventh in the pole vault twice in the pole vault at the Miami Invitational (4.50-meters) and the Atlantic 10 Championships (4.50-meters) ... Finished ninth in the pole vault with a height of 4.60-meters and fifteenth in the javelin with a distance of 40.80-meters at the Sea Ray Relays

2011-12: Competed in six events during the 2011-12 indoor season ... Earned two top-10 finishes in the pole vault, including second overall at the Atlantic 10 Championship with a personal best distance of 4.50-meters ... Ran a personal best of 23.44 in the 200-meter at the Golden Flash Gala ... Competed in four events during the 2012 outdoor season ... Earned a third place finish, personal best, and school record in the pole vault at the Atlantic 10 Championship with a distance of 4.65 meters

2010-11: Competed in ten events during his rookie year as a Musketeer ... Ran personal bests of 12.12 in the 100-meter at the Oliver Nikoloff Invitational, 24.84 in the 200-meter at the Golden Flash Invitational ... Personal bests of 4.54-meters in the pole vault at the Cedarville Invitational, and 40.38-meters in the javelin throw at the All-Ohio Championship

High School: Named most valuable field athlete at St. Ignatius for 2010 ... A school record holder in the pole vaulter with a best mark 14' 9" ... A District Champion pole vaulter his junior and senior seasons ... A member of the football team for two seasons and cross country squad for one year

Personal: Born June 27, 1992 ... A Biology major... Has two siblings ... Son of Craig and Erica Krcal ... A part of the Honors Bachelor of Arts program