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  Adam Linkenauger
Adam Linkenauger

Player Profile
Class:
Senior

Hometown:
Fincastle, VA

Height:
5-10

Event:
Jumps

Major:
PRTM

2006 Honors: NCAA Qualifier, Outdoor High Jump; ACC Champion, Outdoor High Jump; NCAA East Region Qualifier, High Jump; NCAA Qualifier, Indoor High Jump; ACC Champion, Indoor High Jump. 2005 Honors: NCAA Qualifier, Indoor High Jump; ACC Champion, Outdoor High Jump; ACC Champion, Indoor High Jump. 2004 Honors: NCAA Qualifier, Outdoor High Jump; NCAA East Region Qualifier, Outdoor High Jump; ACC Champion, Outdoor High Jump; NCAA Qualifier, Indoor High Jump; ACC Champion, Indoor High Jump; ACC Indoor Freshman of the Year.

Clemson Highlights
Ranks first on Clemson's all-time list in the indoor high jump.

2005-06
Outdoor: Won his sixth overall and third straight outdoor high jump title at the ACC Championships...his six ACC Championships are more than any other Tiger field event athlete in school history...after not competing all season due to medical reasons, cleared 6'11.75" in Winston-Salem to claim high jump title...that mark was a regional-qualifying effort for him...earned All-Region honors with fourth-place finish in Greensboro...cleared 6'11" at that meet...cleared 6'10.75" at the NCAA Championships. Indoor: Moved into a tie for first in Clemson indoor history with a clearance of 7'3.75" in the high jump at the Iowa State Classic...runner-up at that meet after posting that NCAA automatic qualifying mark...won his third straight ACC indoor high jump title and fifth straight in his career after clearing 7'2.5" at Virginia Tech's Rector Field House...cleared 7'3" and won the high jump at Notre Dame's Meyo Invitational...named ACC Performer of the Week after posting that mark...posted a provisional mark with a leap of 7'2.25" at the Virginia Tech Invitational...he finished first place at that meet in the high jump...cleared 6'11.5" at the Clemson Opener in December...won the high jump in the Clemson Invitational after clearing 6'11.75".

2004-2005
Outdoor: Regional qualifier in the high jump with a mark of 7'1" at the ACC Championships...with that mark, crowned Conference Champion for the second consecutive year...won the event at Clemson Invitational with a mark of 6'11.75"...cleared 6'9" at the East Region meet...had a leap of 6'6.25" at the Solid Orange Classic, winning the event...ankle and knee injuries prevented him from competing at full strength. Indoor: NCAA provisional qualifier in the high jump...had a season-best leap of 7'2.25" at the Clemson Opener, winning the event...recorded a mark of 7'0.25" to win at the Kentucky Invitational...placed second at the Virginia Tech Invitational with a jump of 6'10.75"...earned his second ACC Championship in the high jump with a leap of 6'11.75".

2003-2004
Outdoor: NCAA Outdoor Championships qualifier in the high jump...finished tied for second in the high jump at the East Region Championship to advance to the NCAA meet...cleared 6'11" at the regional...at the national meet, cleared 6'10.75" in the preliminaries...captured the ACC title in the high jump with a mark of 7'1", his season-best...at the Clemson Invitational, recorded a mark of 6'11" to win the high jump...also won the high jump at the Orange & Purple Classic with a mark of 6'10.75"...won the high jump at the NC-SC All-Star meet. Indoor: NCAA qualifier in the high jump...ACC Champion and All-ACC in the high jump with a mark of 7'2.25"...fifth on Clemson's all-time list in the event...cleared 6'11" at the Tiger Invitational to to win the event...finished second in the high jump at Illinois' Carle/Health Alliance meet with a mark of 6'9.5"...also second in the event at the Clemson Opener with a mark of 6'9".

Lord Botetourt High School Highlights:
A two-time high school All-American...earned the accolade at the 2003 Nike Indoor Championships, placing third with a clearance of 6'10.75"...finished fourth at Adidas Outdoor meet with a mark of 7'0.25"...the 2003 Penn Relays high school champion with a clearance of 6'9.75"...owns a personal-best of 7'1".

Personal
Born 12/13/84.

Best Marks
High Jump - 7'3.75"


 
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