Michael Fairbanks

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Class:
Graduate Student
Hometown:
Fairfax Station, Va.
High School:
South County
Prev School:
William & Mary

Honors: 2021 CAA Champion (Pole Vault, Outdoor), 2021 All-CAA (Pole Vault, Outdoor), 2020 IC4A/ECAC Champion (Pole Vault, Indoor), 2019 CAA Champion (Pole Vault, Outdoor), 2019 All-CAA (Pole Vault, Outdoor), 2018 CAA Champion (Pole Vault, Outdoor), 2018 All-CAA (Pole Vault, Outdoor)

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2021-22 (Graduate Student)
Outdoor

Cleared 4.89m (16-0.5 feet) at the NCAA East Regional
Earned All-ACC Second Team honors following a fourth-place finish of 5.13m (16-10 feet) at the ACC Championships
Took third at the Virginia Grand Prix Invite with a height of 4.92m (16-1.75 feet)
Notched a mark of 5.25m (17-2.75) feet), No. 3 in Duke history, to earn third place at the Duke Invite
Opened the season with a third-place finish of 5.05m (16-6.75 feet) at the Bob Davidson Memorial Invite

Indoor

Earned the gold medal, All-ACC First Team honors and became the first Duke men's ACC indoor pole vault champion since Mike Shankle's 1978 title after clearing 5.26m (17-3 feet).
Cleared a personal-best mark of 5.32m (17-5.5 feet) at the Virginia Tech Challenge, tied for second in program history
Registered clearances of 5.16m (16-11 feet) in back-to-back meets, placing fifth at the Darius Dixon Memorial Invite and sixth at the Virginia Tech Elite Meet
Won the pole vault event at the JDL College Kickoff behind a clearance of 5.15m (16-10.75 feet)

2020-21 (William & Mary): Kept his winning streak from last season going with a first place pole vault of 5.18m (17-0 feet) at the Navy vs. William & Mary meet (2/5) … Took first again with a pole vault of 5.15m (16-10.75 feet) at the Mason Winter Track Fiesta (2/27) … Finished second in the pole vault with a clearance of 4.76m (15-7.25 feet) at the Bill Webb Multi/Bob Davidson Invite (3/19) … Smashed his personal best to set a new one of 5.43m (17-9.75 feet) and take first at the Navy Spring Meet (3/27) … Placed first in the pole vault with a mark of 5.18m (16-11 feet) at the Colonial Relays (4/2) … Won his third CAA championship with a pole vault of 4.89m (16-0.5 feet) at the CAA Outdoor Championships (4/30 – 5/1) … Took home yet another first place finish with a clearance of 5.15m (16-10.75 feet) at the Aggie Classic Twilight (5/16) … Finished 15th in the pole vault with a mark of 5.25m (17-2.75 feet) at the NCAA East Regional (5/26 – 5/29).

2019-20 (William & Mary): Began the season with a win, taking first in the pole vault with a mark of 5.10m (16-8.75 feet) at the George Mason Patriot Games (1/24) … Took fifth in the pole vault with a mark of 4.91m (16-1.25 feet) at the Sykes & Sabock Challenge (2/8) … Placed second in the pole vault with a clearance of 4.95m (16-2.75 feet) at the VMI Indoor Classic (2/14) … Started a streak of three straight wins, taking first in the pole vault with a mark of 5.00m (16-4.75 feet) at the Navy Select (2/21) … Recorded the same mark of 5.00m (16-4.75 feet) to finish first in the pole vault at the CNU Qualifier & Combined Events (2/29) … Won the IC4A/ECAC title in the pole vault for the first time with a mark of 5.20m (17-0.75 feet) in the pole vault at the IC4A/ECAC Indoor Championships (3/6 – 3/8) … Did not compete in any outdoor events due to the season being cut short by the COVID-19 pandemic.

2018-19 (William & Mary): Opened the year with a second place finish and mark of 4.70m (15-5 feet) in the pole vault at the Navy Winter Invitational (12/1) … Placed second for the second straight week, with a mark of 4.90m (16-0.75 feet) in the pole vault at the Keydet Invitational (1/18) … Finished fourth in the pole vault with a mark of 4.70m (15-5 feet) at the Liberty Kickoff (1/25) … Took fourth place in the pole vault with a clearance of 4.60m (15-1 feet) at the Sykes & Saybock Challenge Cup (2/1) … Placed fifth in the pole vault with a mark of 4.80m (15-9 feet) at the Navy Select (2/8) … Came in fourth in the pole vault with a vault of 4.55m (14-11 feet) at the JDL DMR Invitational (2/15) … Turned in a seventh place finish in the pole vault with a clearance of 4.90m (16-0.75 feet) at the IC4A/ECAC Indoor Championships (3/1) … Won his first event of the season, earning a pole vault of 4.83m (15-10 feet) at the Dan Stimson Memorial Meet (3/23) … Finished ninth in the pole vault with a mark of 4.57m (15-0 feet) at the Raleigh Relays (3/29) … Set a new season best with a pole vault of 4.98m (16-4 feet) to finish third at the Colonial Relays (4/4) … Earned a first place finish in the pole vault with a mark of 4.92m (16-1.75 feet) at the George Mason Spring Invitational (4/13) … Took ninth in the pole vault with a clearance of 4.90m (16-0.75 feet) at the Duke Invitational (4/19) … Smashed his PR and broke five meters for the first time, winning the pole vault with a mark of 5.08m (16-8 feet) at the Virginia Grand Prix (4/26) … Won his second straight pole vault event, hitting 4.85m (15-11 feet) to take home the gold at the CAA Outdoor Championships (5/3 – 5/4) … Finished 31st in the pole vault with a mark of 4.96m (16-3.25 feet) at the NCAA East Regional (5/23 – 5/25).

2017-18 (William & Mary): Redshirted during the indoor season … Made his collegiate debut in the 200m, taking sixth with a time of 25.26 seconds at the 2018 Tribe Invitational (3/16) … Placed 15th in the 100m with a time of 12.24 seconds at the Dan Stimson Memorial Quad (3/24) … Placed third in the pole vault with a clearance of 4.30m (14-1.25 feet) at the Colonial Relays (4/5) … Smashed his PR with a pole vault of 4.66m (15-3.5 feet) to take third at the George Mason Spring Invitational (4/14) … Took fourth in the pole vault with a mark of 4.55m (14-11 feet) at the Duke Invitational (4/20) … Won the CAA title in the pole vault with a clearance of 4.25m (13-11.25 feet), while taking fourth in the javelin with a mark of 36.85m (120-11 feet) at the CAA Outdoor Championships (5/4 – 5/5).

High School: Lettered in track & field at South County High School in Lorton, Va., … Swept the 2017 Virginia 6A (largest schools) state championships in the pole vault in the indoor and outdoor seasons plus the regional and conference meets … Named First Team All-Met by the Washington Post for both the winter and the spring seasons ... Won the conference title in the pole vault in both indoor and outdoor as a junior ... National Honor Society member.

Personal: Son of Walter and Judy Fairbanks