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2025-26 Track and Field Roster

Clara Billing

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Rudbecksskolan, Sweden

Biography

2025 Indoor: Competed in nine meets, including the NCAA DI West Regional meet...Secured 10 top 10 finishes including winning the pole vault in four meets...She opened the season placing in the top 10 in the 100m hurdles (5th, 14.99s), in the pole vault (4th, 12' 8.25") and the 4X400m relay (6th, 4:17.63s)...Her first win in the pole vault came in the Pacesetter Sports Invitational with a mark of 12' 11.5" (3.95m)...At the Memphis Tiger Invitational she won the PV with a mark of 13' 8.5" (4.18m) while also finishing sixth in the 100m hurdles (14.35m)...She won the PV again at the Billy Hayes Invitational (12' 11.5")...At the OVC Championships she won the PV for the third consecutive meet with a vault of 13' 4.5", while also setting a PR in the 100m hurdles in the prelims with 13.96s before finishing fourth in the finals with a time of 13.99s...At the NCAA West regional meet she vaulted to 13' 8.25" (4.17m) in the prelims.

2025 Indoor: Competed in eight meets...Notched 10 top 10 finishes...She started the season with three top two finishes in the pole vault. Opening the season at the Indiana Early Bird meet she finished second with a mark of 12' 11.5" (3.95m). At the Redhawks Invite she wont he event with a vault of 12' 5.5 (3.80m), and at the Show-Me Showdown she won the event again with a higher mark of 13' 1.5" (4.00m)...She placed in the top 1o twice at the Rick McGuire Invitational with a seventh place finish in the pole vault (12' 10.25", 3.92m) and ninth in the 60-meter hurdles (8.87s)...She won the pole vault again at the second home meet the Redhawks Open with a height of 13' 1.5"...At the OVC Championships she set a PR int he 60m hurdles with a time of 8.72s and a fifth place finish while also winning the pole vault with a mark of 12' 11.5" (3.95m).

2024 Outdoor: Vaulted at nine meets…Earned Ohio Valley Female Field Athlete of the Week twice…Chalked up 13 top ten performances with nine being top five and four being first place finishes…Started the season at the Richard Martin Invite with a silver finish in the pole vault (11' 11.25")...Notched two top ten finishes in the 100H (14.31, 8th) and in the pole vault (13' 3.5") where she took the top of the podium at the Ole Miss Invite…Recorded three top five performances three weeks in a row in the pole vault…The first at the Tennessee Invite (12' 7.5") for bronze, the second at the Gary Wieneke Memorial (12' 4.5") for fifth and the third at the Georgia Tech Invite (12' 11.5") for silver…Cleared a height of 13' 2.5" in the pole vault and and crossed the line at 14.15 in the 100m hurdles for first and sixth at the Memphis Tiger Invite…Broke the SEMO pole vault record after clearing a height of 13’ 9.25” (1st) at the Billy Hayes meet…Won her fourth OVC pole vault title after vaulting over a height of 13' 5.25" and placed sixth with a finishing time of 14.22 in the 100H…Ended the season at the NCAA West First Round, finishing with a 12' 11.5" vault for 36th.   

2024 Indoor: Vaulted at eight meets…Recorded 12 top ten finishes with five being first place finishes…Started the season with a gold medal in the pole vault (12’ 7.5”) and crossed the line at 9.00 in the 60m hurdles to take fifth at the Edmunds-Wilt Invite…Vaulted over heights of 12’10.25” and 12’ 9.5” for third and fourth in back-to-back weeks…Crowned the pole vault champion, two weeks in a row with heights of 13' 0.25" and 13' 4.5", the latter being the new SEMO indoor pole vault record…Achieved a new personal best at the Redhawks open in the 55m hurdles (1st) with a time of 8.28…Broke SEMO pole vault record again at the OVC indoor championships, vaulting over a height of 13’ 5.25” while wearing the gold.

2023 Outdoor: Competed in eight meets…Posted 11 top-three finishes including seven first place finishes…Named OVC Female freshman athlete of the week a league best twice…Named OVC female freshman of the year...Opened the season with a first place finish in the pole vault getting to the height of 12’ 8” (3.86m) and placed eighth in the 200-meter (25.85) at the South Alabama Invitational…Finished third in the pole vault at the 2023 Mississippi State Bulldog Relays with a vault of 12’ 5.5” (3.80m)...Recorded two first place finishes at the Joey Haines Invitational, one in the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 14.68 and one in the pole vault 12’ 5.5” (3.80m)...Took the top spot on the podium at the Joe Walker Invitational 2023 in the pole vault clearing a height of 12’ 10.25” (3.92m)...At the Cougar Classic placed first in the pole vault with a vault of 12’ 2” (3.70m), fourth in the 4x400 with a time of 4:13.47, and fourth in the 100-meter hurdles (14.55)...Finished first in the pole vault, set a new PR, and the broke the school record at the Georgia Tech Invitational with a vault of 13’ 1.75” (4.01m)...Recorded a second place finish in the pole vault 13’ 0.25” (3.97m) and placed fourth in the 100-meter hurdles crossing the line at 14.67 at the Memphis Tiger Invitational…Set a PR in the pole vault 13’ 3.5” (4.05m) which broke the school record again and earned a first place finish and set a PR in the 100-meter hurdles placing third for a time of 14.23 at the 2023 Outdoor OVC championships…Ended her season at the NCAA West Preliminary Round where she placed 30th in the pole vault, clearing a height of 13' 0.25" (3.97m).

2023 Indoor: Competed in eight meets…Notched nine top five finishes and six first place finishes…Set a PR at the Edmonds-Wilt Invitational in the 200 meter finishing ninth with a time of 27.12, finished sixth in the 4x400 (4:09.16), and placed seventh in the pole vault with vault of 11’ 9.25” (3.59m)…At the Redhawks Invite Finished first in the pole vault with a vault of 12’ 3.5” (3.75m), first in the preliminaries of the 55 meter hurdles and in the finals of the 55 meter hurdles finished first while setting a new PR with a time of 8.41…At the John Gartland Invitational set a new personal best in the pole vault 12’ 11.75” (3.96m) for a first place finish… At the 2023 Indiana University Relays earned a new PR and placed 10th in the 60 meter hurdles with a run of 9.21. She would also claim 4th in the pole vault event with a vault of 12’ 4.75’’ (3.78m)...Set another PR in the 60-meter Hurdles at the PNC Bank Bellarmine Classic with a run of 8.95 and in the pole vault placed fourth 12’ 5.5” (3.80m)...During the 2023 Hoosier Hills placed sixth in the pole Vault 12’ 2.5” (3.72m) and seventh in the 4x400 with a time of 4:11.59…Finished first in the pole vault at the Redhawks open with a vault of 12’ 3.5” (3.75m)...Took the top spot on the podium in the pole vault 12’ 9.5” (3.75m) and placed fifth in the 60-meter hurdles with a run of 8.90 at the 2023 Indoor OVC Championships.

Prep: Is from Rudbecksskolan, Stokholm, Sweden.

Personal: Born November 19, 2002...Daughter of Ola and Anita Billing...Majoring in Environmental Science.

Historical Player Information

  • 2022-23Freshman

    Pole Vault/Hurdles
  • 2023-24Sophomore

    Pole Vault/Hurdles
  • 2024-25Junior

    Pole Vault/Hurdles
  • 2025-26Senior

    Pole Vault/Hurdles