South Carolina Gamecocks

Lori Tvarkunas Class: Senior Hometown: Glenwood, MD High School: Glenelg Height: 5-4 Event: Pole Vault Experience: 3L Major: Marketing

OUTLOOK — Having a good fall this year, getting over injuries from last year ... Look for her to improve upon her PR of 12-7, finishing in the top four at the SEC Championships Indoors and Outdoors ... Could also be a national qualifier indoors and outdoors. In her last year of competition, the coaches are looking forward to some strong leadership from her in the pole vault group.

JUNIOR — During the Indoor season, won the pole vault at the USC Indoor Invitational ... Placed sixth in the pole vault at the Five Way SEC Meet ... Finished sixth at the SEC Indoor Championships in the pole vault ... Outdoors, won the Jackson State meet, with teammates Rachel Farabee and Karlee Butler finishing second and third, respectively ... Won the pole vault at the Weems Baskin Sprint Relays ... Was runner-up in the pole vault at the South Carolina State Championships ... Finished fifth in the pole Vault at the Miami Invitational ... Placed seventh in the pole vault at the Four Way SEC Meet, at the Sea Ray Relays, and at the Spec Town Relays ... Competed at the SEC Championships but did not make the finals due to injury.

SOPHOMORE — Indoors, pole vaulter who had five top five finishes ... Best jump came Indoors ... Pole vaulter who had five top five finishes ... At the Florida Fast Times Meet, she placed third with a height of 12' 7 3/4, a personal best ... Outdoors, placed first at University of Miami Invitational in pole vault ... Had two second place finishes in same event at South Carolina State Championships and UTEP ... At the Florida Fast Times Meet, she placed third with a height of 12' 7 3/4, a personal best ... Finished 11th at the SEC Outdoor Championships.

FRESHMAN — Indoors, gained experience in the pole vault ... Placed eighth in the pole vault at the SEC Four-Way ... Finished fifth in the same event at the ETSU Invitational ... At the Five-Way Meet, finished first in the pole vault ... Competed in the SEC Championships placing seventh in the pole vault ... Outdoors, placed second in the pole vault at the SEC Four-Way ... Finished fourth in the same event at the Raleigh Relays ... Competed in the National Team Championships ... Placed eighth in the pole vault at the SEC Championships.

HIGH SCHOOL —  Attended Glenelg High School ... Coached by Mike Selmer (track) and Chris Rohde (pole vault) ... Was the 1999 outdoor state champion in the pole vault ... Lettered in soccer and indoor and outdoor track ... All-county and all-state honorable mention for her senior season in soccer ... All-county indoor track 1997 and 1999 ... Outdoor track all-county and all-state in 1998 and 1999 ... Holds the record for the state (all classifications) in the outdoor pole vault at 11' 2 ... State champions in soccer in 1997 and in indoor track in 1999 ... She was an Army National Guard Scholar Athlete and she received the Maryland Distinguished Scholar Honorable Mention.

PERSONAL —  Majoring in International Business and Marketing... Parents are Dianne and Anthony Tvarkunas ... Siblings are Patrick and Stacy ... Patrick is a former USC pole vaulter ... Career goal is to become a successful business woman in a field that is athletically related ... Born on May 29, 1981 in Wilmington, NC.