Paul Goosen
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    Paul Goosen

    Class:
    Senior

    Hometown:
    Toledo, OH

    High School:
    Whitmer

    Event:
    Pole Vault

    Collegiate: 2002 -Selected 2003 team captain…Indoor personal record of 16'2¾" in pole vault at Penn State ranks seventh on all-time list…Placed sixth in MWC Outdoor Championships with vault of 16'0." 2001 Outdoors -Placed fifth in MWC championships (15' 11 ¾")…Best vault of season came at Stanford (16-0 ¾)…Vault ranks fifth on school's all-time list…Named teams Most Improved Athlete. 2000 -Best Indoor vault of the season (15' 11") came at Air Force Invitational…Placed fourth in MWC Indoor championships… Tied for fourth in point scoring for the Falcons during the Indoor season. 1999-Best vault of the season was 14' 1" at Colorado College and CSU…Walked onto team as a decathlete.

    High School:: Lettered in track three years and wrestling four years…As senior wrestler in the 152-lb weight class was conference champion, and a runner-up in both the sectional and district competition… Earned team's MVP award… Posted 27-7 record… Earned All-Academic League award… In track as senior was league champion in pole vault… Received honorable mention all-league in the 110 hurdles and 300-meter hurdles… Best vault height of season was 14' 0"…Served as team captain.

    Personal:: Member of HS National Honor Society… Graduated in top five percent of class…Is majoring in Humanities…Nicknamed "Goose"… Son of Dwight and Ruth Goossen.

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