Air Force Academy

2Lt Paul Gensic

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Position: WCAP Volunteer Coach Experience: 3rd Season Events: Pole Vault

2Lt Paul Gensic is entering his third season as a volunteer coach with the Air Force track and field team. He will assist the Academy's pole vault team, while training for the 2008 Olympic Games as a member of the Air Force World Class Athlete Program (WCAP).

Gensic graduated from the Academy in 2005 after an impressive four-year career with the track and field program. A native of Fort Wayne, Ind., Gensic is the Academy's record holder in both the indoor and outdoor pole vault, with matching heights of 18'0½". Tied with David Pike for the program's indoor standard, Gensic remains one of just two Falcons to ever clear the 18-foot mark. He also holds the Freshman (17'5¾"), Junior (18'0½") and Senior (18'0½") Class records.

During his tenure with the Falcons, Gensic earned All-America honors on three occasions, highlighted by a third-place finish at the 2005 NCAA Indoor Championships. He also won the NCAA Regional meet in 2004. The 2002 Mountain West Conference champion in the outdoor pole vault, he never finished lower than third at any of the eight conference meets.

Once named the team's "Newcomer of the Year", Gensic capped off his career with the team's Most Valuable Player award. In addition, he claimed the "Alonzo Babers Performance Award" and the "Falcon Award for Spirit and Enthusiasm".

He has four brothers, including Sam (a videographer), Jake (a 2000 graduate of the Academy), Ben (a 2001 graduate of the Academy) and Matt (a senior decathlete on the team).

Gensic is joined by his brothers, Jake and Ben, on the Academy's all-time pole vault top-marks list, with three of the top seven indoor marks and three of the top eight outdoor marks. In addition, Matt is currently ranked sixth on the Academy's all-time heptathlon scoring list.