Career Bests
2020-21
Indoor Track & Field
No eligibility remaining … placed in the top-10 of all five meets.
Outdoor Track & Field
All-American in the pole vault … earned all-Summit League honors … placed 10th at the NCAA Championships with a vault of 13-9 ¼ (4.20m) for second-team All-America honors … finished runner-up in a jump-off at the Summit League Championships with a make of 13-10 (4.22m) … placed fourth at the Italian National Championships in the pole vault with a clearance of 13-11 ¼ (4.25m) … vaulted a personal best of 14-6 (4.42m) to win the Sioux City Relays … the height ranks third in USD program history for the pole vault … named Summit League Field Athlete of the Week on April 20 following the Sioux City Relays … successfully defended her Drake Relays crown and brought home another white flag … also won the pole vault at the South Dakota Challenge with a clearance of 14-1 ¾ (4.31m) … took first at the South Dakota Tune-Up meet … vaulted past 14 feet at the NCAA West Preliminary and secure a fourth trip to the NCAA Outdoor Championships … member of the Coyotes’ nationally second-ranked women’s pole vault squad during the season … placed in the top-10 of all 10 meets during the outdoor season and collected four meet titles … voted to the Academic All-Summit League team … named USTFCCCA All-Academic … made the Summit League honor roll … named to the Summit League Commissioner’s List of Academic Excellence.
2019-20
Indoor Track & Field
All-American in the pole vault … qualified for the NCAA Indoor Championships in the pole vault with the 12th position in the field … it would have been her sixth NCAA Championships before it was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic … vaulted an indoor best of 14-3 ½ to win the pole vault at the Adidas Classic … moved to third on the Coyote top-10 list for the pole vault with the height of 14-3 ½ … earned all-Summit League honors with a runner-up finish of 13-8 ½ in the pole vault at the Summit League Championships … member of the nationally second-ranked pole vault squad by the USTFCCCA … captured the pole vault at the Dakota Realty Alumni Meet with another 14-foot vault of 14-1 ¾ … also victorious in the pole vault at the SDSU Holiday Invitational … vaulted 13-8 ½ at the Iowa State Classic … placed in the top-three of the pole vault at all seven meets, winning three, during the season … named USTFCCCA All-Academic … made the Summit League honor roll … named to the Summit League Commissioner’s List of Academic Excellence.
Outdoor Track & Field
Season cancelled by NCAA and The Summit League due to COVID-19 pandemic … voted to the Academic All-Summit League team.
2018-19
Indoor Track & Field
All-American in the pole vault … earned second-team honors with a 10th-place finish at the NCAA Championships … finished runner-up in the pole vault at the Summit League Championships, vaulting 13-9 for all-Summit League honors … vaulted an indoor best of 14-2 to win the Jack Johnson Classic … the height moves her to third in the pole vault on the Coyote top-10 list … also named the Summit League Athlete of the Week (1/29) following the Jack Johnson Classic … won the pole vault at the Dakota Realty Alumni Meet with a vault of 13-9 ¼ … also cleared 13-9 ¼ to win the Jim Emmerich Alumni Invitational … won the vault at the Nebraska Tune-Up with a clearance of 13-7 ¾ … placed in the top-10 of the pole vault at all nine meets during the indoor season … earned Academic All-Summit League honors … named USTFCCCA All-Academic.
Outdoor Track & Field
All-American in the pole vault … earned first-team All-America honors with a seventh-place finish at the NCAA Championships after clearing 14-3 ¼ … vaulted a personal best 14-5 ¼ at the Howard Wood Dakota Relays … the height ranks third in the pole vault on the Coyote top-10 list … also named the Summit League Athlete of the Week (5/5) after the Howard Wood Dakota Relays … took home a Drake Relays flag by winning the pole vault in 14-1 ¼ … won the “B” section of the pole vault at the Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays with a jump of 14-3 ½ … leaped 14-2 in the pole vault at the NCAA West Preliminary … placed in the top-10 of the pole vault at all nine meets during the outdoor season … vaulted past 14 feet at six meets during the outdoor season … member of the nation’s second-ranked pole vault squad by the USTFCCCA with an average height of 14-1 ¼ … named USTFCCCA All-Academic … made the Summit League honor roll … named to the Summit League Commissioner’s List of Academic Excellence.
2017-18
Indoor Track & Field
All-American in the pole vault … earned second-team All-America accolades with a 14th-place finish after clearing 13-5 ¾ in the pole vault at the NCAA Indoor Championships … Summit League Indoor Field Athlete of the Year … Summit League Champion in the pole vault with a jump of 13-7 ¼ … cleared a season best of 14-0 ¾ to win the pole vault at the Tyson Invitational … the height ranks third in USD program history in the women’s pole vault … earned Summit League Athlete of the Week honors following Tyson Invitational … captured the Dakota Realty Alumni Meet with a vault of 13-4 ½ … also won the pole vault at the Hawkeye Invitational and the Jim Emmerich Alumni Invitational … finished runner-up at the Jack Johnson Classic with a vault of 13-6 ½ … placed in the top-10 at eight meets during the season with five event wins ... named USTFCCCA All-Academic.
Outdoor Track & Field
All-American in the pole vault … vaulted a season best of 14-1 ¼ to tie for ninth place and garner second-team All-America honors at the NCAA Outdoor Championships … ranks third in USD program history with the height of 14-1 ¼ … Summit League Champion in the pole vault with a jump of 13-9 ¾ … won the pole vault at the NCAA West Preliminary by clearing up to 13-8 ½ without a miss in the competition … advanced to her second-straight NCAA Outdoor Championships and first as a Coyote … won the USD Twilight with a vault of 14-0 … captured the pole vault at the Howard Wood Dakota Relays with a jump of 13-9 ¼ … also victorious at the Sioux City Relays after clearing 13-7 ¼ in the pole vault … opened the season with a victory at the Baldy Castillo Invitational with a vault of 13-5 ¼ … placed third in the pole vault at the Drake Relays and seventh at the Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays … recorded 11 top-10 finishes during the season with six event wins ... named USTFCCCA All-Academic … made the Summit League honor roll.
UT Arlington
A first-team All-American as a true freshman ... placed eighth at the 2017 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships ... set UT Arlington and Sun Belt Conference records in both the indoor and outdoor seasons ... holds personal bests of 13-9 ¼ indoors and 14-4 ½ outdoors.
Prep
Competed for the track club CUS Pisa back home in Italy ... entered freshman campaign with a personal best of 13-5 ¼ ... claimed three Italian junior titles and made six Italian youth national teams to compete at the European Junior Championship and World Junior Championship.
Personal
Daughter of Antonio and Elina Falda ... Spanish major.
