The Phoenix pole vaulter came away with two first-place finishes and a second place in Elon’s three indoor track and field competitions in February, including the Southern Conference Meet. In the process, she broke her own school record twice during the month and established a new league milestone.

Clendenning finished the month ranked 24th in the nation among NCAA Division I pole vaulters at 3.97 meters. The first-ever Elon provisional qualifier for the NCAA Indoor Track Championships, she will compete in a last-chance meet Saturday at Virginia Tech to improve upon her performance for a chance to earn a trip to the national meet on March 8-10 in Fayetteville, Ark.

Arizona State’s April Kubishta (4.30 meters) currently ranks first in the country, followed by Kansas’ Kate Sultanova (4.28), UCLA’s Ingrid Kantola (4.22), Montana State’s Elouise Rudy (4.20), Nebraska’s Brysun Stately (4.18), Arkansas’ Stephanie Irwin (4.18), Arkansas’ Jodi Unger (4.17), Florida’s Natalie Moser (4.17), Miami (Ohio)’s Sarah Landau (4.15), Idaho’s Melinda Owen (4.11), Indiana State’s Kylie Hutson (4.10), Eastern Washington’s Sarah Hegna (4.08), Arizona’s Gabriella Duclos (4.08), Kansas’ Britany Parker (4.07), Bucknell’s Melanie Buczko (4.07), Purdue’s Mallory Peck (4.06), Washington’s Kelley DiVesta (4.06), Sam Houston State’s Jennie Sewell (4.01), Minnesota’s Andrea Smith (4.01), Eastern Michigan’s Janice Keppler (4.01), Virginia Tech’s Erin Mahony (4.00), Brigham Young’s Kelly Furr (3.99), Texas Tech’s Amanda Alley (3.98), Clendenning (3.97), Virginia Tech’s Abbey McGrath (3.97), Brigham Young’s Ashley McCallister (3.97), Texas Tech’s Lindsey Walesheck (3.97), Cincinnati’s Tara Meier (3.96), Oregon’s Eniko Eros (3.96), Washington’s Stevie Marshalek (3.96), Oregon’s Emily Enders (3.96), Wichita State’s Brooke Demo (3.95) and Wisconsin’s Jenny Soceka (3.95).

On Feb. 3, Clendenning won the pole vault title at the North Carolina Invitational at the Eddie Smith Field House in Chapel Hill, N.C., finishing first out of 29 athletes with a leap of 3.65 meters (11-11.75) while narrowly missing her then-program milestone of 3.75 meters (12-03.50) from earlier in the season.

On Feb. 10, Clendenning turned in a then-program-best performance at the Tiger Invitational at the Clemson Field House in Clemson, S.C., breaking her own school record in the pole vault with a leap of 12-05.50 (3.80 meters) to place second out of 24 pole vaulters. She had actually tied Clemson's Caroline Kennedy for first place, ultimately falling to Kennedy following an exciting jump-off for the title.

Clendenning captured the pole vault crown at the Southern Conference Championships on Feb. 18, placing first out of 12 athletes. She vaulted to a school-record and conference-record performance of 3.97 meters (13-00.25). The previous league record was 3.95 meters, set by Western Carolina's Laura Tieszen in 2004. Appalachian State's Shea Snow vaulted to 3.65 meters (11-11.75) for second place in the event.

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All-Time Verizon Wireless Elon Performers of the Month
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October 2004 – Emily Lucci, Volleyball
November 2004 – Calvin Sutton, Football
December 2004 – Scottie Rice, Men's Basketball
January 2005 – Tierra Bumbrey, Women's Basketball
February 2005 – Grant Rembert, Baseball
March 2005 – Morgan Olds, Women's Golf
April 2005 – Chris Price, Baseball
May 2005 – Dani Concepcion, Softball
September 2005 – Anna Mae Flynn, Women’s Cross Country
October 2005 – Taylor Saxe, Men’s Soccer
November 2005 – Kitara McMoore, Women’s Basketball
December 2005 – Dominique Price, Women’s Indoor Track
January 2006 – Kitara McMoore, Women’s Basketball
February 2006 – Scottie Rice, Men’s Basketball
March 2006 – Donny Jobe, Baseball
April 2006 – Sebastian Bredberg, Men’s Tennis
May 2006 – Robert Rodebaugh, Baseball
September 2006 – Nick Aparicio, Men’s Soccer
October 2006 – Britany Westphal, Volleyball
November 2006 – Chad Nkang, Football
December 2006 – Tierra Bumbrey, Women's Basketball
January 2007 – LeVonn Jordan, Men's Basketball
February 2007 – Jessica Clendenning, Women's Indoor Track