Justine Bird

Position:
Jumps
Height:
5-10
Class:
Sophomore
High School:
Westview HS
Hometown:
Portland, Ore.

PRs
High Jump – 5-1/1.55m
Linfield Twilight
McMinnville, Ore., 5/4/12
High Jump – 5-1/1.55m (i)
UW Preview
Seattle, Wash., 1/18/14
400m Hurdles – 1:15.03
Willamette Invitational
Salem, Ore., 4/6/13

TRACK AND FIELD
2014 Outdoors: Pac-12 All-Academic Second Team … Competed eight times in the high jump and had her best clearance at the Oregon Preview on March 22 (4-11.75) … Finished third at the Linfield Open (May 10) with a mark of 4-10.50. 2014 Indoors: Tied her high jump PR of 5-1 in the season’s first meet at the UW Preview (January 18), which tied for 13th overall … Followed up that performance with a leap of 4-9.75 at the Husky Classic on Feb. 15 to tie for 22nd overall. Season Bests: Outdoors - High Jump – 4-11.75/1.52m, Oregon Preview, Eugene, Ore. (3/22/14). Indoors – High Jump – 5-1/1.55m, UW Preview, Seattle, Wash. (1/18/14).

2013 Outdoors: Pac-12 Honorable Mention All-Academic … Kicked off the outdoor campaign with a jump of 4-11.50 at the Willamette Opener (March 2) … Backed that up with a season-best mark of 4-11.75 at the first-ever meet at the Whyte Track and Field Center on March 23 … Pulled double duty at the Willamette Invitational, finishing 20th in the high jump (4-9.75) and ninth in the 400m hurdles (1:15.03) … Also competed in the same pair at the John Knight Twilight on April 12, coming in 13th in the high jump (4-9.50) and fifth in the hurdles (1:16.50) … Cleared 4-10 for the final time during the outdoor season at the OSU High Performance Meet when she jumped 4-10.25 to claim ninth (April 26) … Tied for 11th at the Pacific Twilight with a mark of 4-9.50 (May 4) … Wrapped up her season at the West Coast Invitational with a fifth-place clearance of 4-8.25 (May 11). 2013 Indoors: Posted an indoor PR of 4-11.75 in the season’s first meet at the UW Invite, which tied for 19th overall … Followed up that performance with a leap of 4-10.25 at the Husky Classic on Feb. 9 to tie for 30th overall. Season Bests: Outdoors - High Jump – 4-11.75/1.52m, OSU/UP/Willamette, Corvallis, Ore. (3/23/13); 400m Hurdles – 1:15.03 (PR), Willamette Invitational, Salem, Ore. (4/6/13). Indoors – High Jump – 4-11.75/1.52m, UW Invitational, Seattle, Wash. (1/20/13).

2012 Outdoors: Made her collegiate debut at the John Knight Twilight on April 13, finishing tied for eighth after clearing 4-9 … Jumped 4-7 at the Pacific Twilight on April 27 to come in seventh … Wrapped up her season at the Linfield Twilight with a PR of 5-1 (May 4) to tie for first. Season Bests: Outdoors - High Jump – 5-1/1.55m (PR), Linfield Twilight, McMinnville, Ore. (5/4/12).

WESTVIEW HS: Earned four varsity letters as a high jumper and hurdler for coaches Robert Casteel, Jim Vella and Ana Dillard … Finished 10th in 6A state finals in the high jump in 2010 and ninth in 2011 … Also came in 13th at nationals in 2010 … Served as a two-time team captain … Personal bests include 19.94 in the 100m hurdles, 48.79 in the 300m hurdles, 5’3” in the high jump and 28’9.75 in the triple jump … Also earned two letters in cheerleading for coach Melissa Hoekert … Cheer team won a state title in 2011 and finishing second in 2010 … Also came in seventh at nationals in 2007.

PERSONAL: Daughter of Susan Kendrick and Brad Bird ... Has a twin sister, Kayla, who attends OSU, and a younger brother, Jacob … Father is a civil engineer and mother works for the Oregon Department of Agriculture… Both parents attended Oregon State … Grandfather, Robert Cooke, played football and ran track and North Carolina State University in the 1950’s … Member of the National Honor Society … Westview Scholar … Engineering Career Pathway … Architectural Department Award … Lists OSU alum and Olympic gold medalist Dick Fosbury as her favorite athlete growing up … Describes qualifying for junior Olympic nationals in 2010 and competing in Sacramento as her biggest athletic thrill to date … Chose Oregon State because of her major and “it has a great campus atmosphere and student body.”