| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1983-02-20)February 20, 1983 (age 42) |
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) |
| Weight | 66 kg (146 lb) |
Spouse | Warren Harper 2012 |
| Sport | |
| Country |  United States |
| Sport | Athletics |
Event | Pole Vault |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personalbest | 15 ft 3 1/2 in |
| Updated on 6 August 2012 | |
Lacy Janson (born February 20, 1983) is an Americantrack and field athlete who specialized in thepole vault. She was the 2010USA indoor champion in the event and represented her country at the2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships. At college level, she won both an outdoor and an indoor NCAA title forFlorida State University.
Born inNorfolk, Virginia, she attendedCardinal Mooney High School inSarasota, Florida. She was the 2001 United States high school champion in the pole vault and went on to win thegold medal at thePan American Junior Championships in Athletics that year.[1] She was the 2002 USA Junior Champion in the pole vault and reached the final of the2002 World Junior Championships in Athletics, although she failed to record a height in the last round.[2]
She joinedFlorida State University in 2002 and, representing theFSU Seminoles, she wonNCAAAll-American honours indoors and out that year. She also broke theAtlantic Coast Conference (ACC) pole vault records at the indoor and outdoor championships. Janson repeated the ACC double in 2003 and took her first major college title at theNCAA Women's Indoor Track and Field Championship. She gained two further NCAA All-American honours in 2004 and 2005.[1] In her final year at FSU she was the runner-up at the NCAA Indoor meet and became the 2006 ACC Outdoor champion with a personal record vault of 4.58 meters. She won the NCAA Outdoor title later that season, defeatingChelsea Johnson on countback.[3]
Upon graduation, she began to compete as a professional and in her first year she was the runner-up at the 2007USA Indoor Track and Field Championships and won thebronze medal at theUSA Outdoor Track and Field Championships. She improved her best that year to 4.60 m, which ranked her as the second best American in the discipline that year afterJenn Stuczynski. Janson had less success the following year, finishing just outside the medal at the indoor nationals and placing tenth at the 2008Olympic Trials.[3]
Her progress stalled in the 2009 season – she was eighth at the USA Outdoors and her best that year came at theSparkassen Cup in February, where she cleared 4.50 m.[2] In spite of this, the following year proved to be a big step forward in her career. She took her first national title in 2010, winning at the USA Indoor Championships.[4] She also cleared a new career best height of 4.66 m in February that year at theTyson Invitational – a mark which ranked her in the top ten women vaulters that year.[2][5] This led to her making her global debut at the2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships. Her first appearance was disappointing, however, as she took three attempts at 4.35 m but missed all three and finished in last place.[6] She competed on the2010 IAAF Diamond League circuit and her best outdoor performance that year came at theHerculis meeting, where she finished third.[3]
In 2011, she won at theAdidas Grand Prix in New York and placed third nationally at the2011 USA Championships. This gained her a place on the team for the2011 World Championships, but she did not get past the qualifying stage.[2]
In 2012, she qualified for the USA Olympic team and competed in the London Olympic Games, finishing in 15th place in the qualifying round and therefore not progressing further.[7]
