Ellison Colarossi

Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Dove Canyon, Calif.
High School:
Tesoro

Personal Records

Indoor Track

Pole Vault: 4.05m (2025)

Outdoor Track

Pole Vault: 3.95m (2023)

SEC Scoring

Indoor Track

2024 - Pole Vault - 18th - 3.82m
2023 - Pole Vault - T-8th - 3.96m

HONORS

2025 TRACK & FIELD

Indoor

Scored second place with a PR of 4.05m (13-3.5) at the Virginia Tech Challenge (2/22)
Lifted up to 4.02m at the Vanderbilt Invitational (1/17), for a new personal best

2024 TRACK & FIELD

Outdoor

Vaulted 3.88m (12-8.75) at the SEC Outdoor Championships (5/11)
Placed fourth at the Clark Wood Open (4/27), vaulting 3.92m (12-10.25)
Vaulted 3.89m (12-9) and placed fourth at the Tom Jones Memorial Invitational (4/13)
Placed fifth at the Tennessee Invite (4/6), vaulting 3.85m (12-7.5)

Indoor

Competed at the SEC Indoor Championships (2/24), vaulting 3.82m (12-6.25)
Vaulted 3.81m (12-6) at the Music City Challenge (2/10)
Placed third with a clearance of 3.90m (12-9.5) at the South Carolina Invitational (2/3)
Competed in the Clemson Bob Pollock Invitational (1/27) and vaulted 3.85 (12-7.5)
Vaulted 3.67m at the Vanderbilt Invitational (1/20)
Placed sixth at the Gamecock Opener (1/13) with a clearance of 3.62m

2023 TRACK & FIELD

Outdoor

Saw action at the SEC Championships (5/12), leaping 3.80m (12-5.5) in the pole vault
Set a new personal best in the pole vault at the Tennessee Invite (4/7), vaulting 3.95m (12-11.5)
In first outdoor meet of the year, set a personal best in the pole vault with a leap of 3.77m (12-4.5) during the VertKlasse Meeting (3/31)

Indoor

Appeared at five indoor meets for the Lady Vols
Vaulted 3.96m (12-11.75) in the pole vault, a new personal best, at the SEC Championships (2/24)
Placed fifth at the Tiger Paw Invitational (2/11) with a clearance of 3.75m (12-3.5)
Tied for fourth in the pole vault with a jump of 3.72m (12-2.5) at the Bob Pollock Invitational (1/27)
Collected her first collegiate first-place finish in the pole vault at the Vanderbilt Invitational (1/21), clearing the bar with a vault of 3.80m (12-5.5)
Set a new personal best of 3.85m (12-7.5) in the pole vault at the Clemson Invite (1/13), placing second

2022 TRACK & FIELD

Outdoor

Did not compete during the outdoor season

Indoor

Did not compete during the indoor season

2021 TRACK & FIELD

Outdoor

Participated in four meets during the outdoor season
Placed eighth at the Virginia Challenge in the pole vault, vaulting 3.56m (11-8)
Set a new personal-best mark of 3.76 meters (12-4) in the women's pole vault at the Tennessee Relays (4/9)

Indoor

Appeared at five indoor meets during the 2021 campaign
Achieved a new lifetime-best mark of 3.74 meters (12-3.25) in the women's pole vault, coming in third at Virginia Tech's Doc Hale Elite Meet (2/5)
Had a season-best performance in the pole vault at the Bob Pollock Meet (1/29) with her clearance of 3.50m (11-5.75)
Made her Tennessee track & field debut at the Commodore Indoor (1/16), competing in the women's pole vault with a clearance of 3.40m (11-1.75)

HIGH SCHOOL/PERSONAL

Ranked as the No. 8 HS pole vaulter from the state of California for the 2020 season
Placed third at the 2020 California Winter State Championships with a clearance of 11-11 (3.63m)
Won back-to-back titles at the USATF Southern California Junior Olympic Championships in 2018 and 2019
Graduated from Tesoro HS in Orange County as valedictorian with a 4.2 GPA
Finished high school with a personal record of 12-3 (3.73m) in the Pole Vault

Colarossi: "I have always been interested in the track program at Tennessee, but when I started looking into academics it became very clear that UT had what I wanted to pursue in life. I also wanted to try a new and exciting place for college."

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Wednesday, May 22

Track & Field | Tennessee Invite Recap

Wednesday, April 10

Track & Field | Battle on the Bayou Recap

Saturday, March 30

Welcome To Rocky Top - Hadrien Choukroun

Ross Hires Hadrien Choukroun As Assistant Coach For Sprints, Hurdles & Jumps

Friday, August 08

Ross Hires Deanna Hill As Assistant Track & Field Coach

Friday, August 01

Ross Hires Jeff Chakouian To Lead Throws Unit For Tennessee Track & Field

Wednesday, July 09

Donna Douglas - 2025 NCAA Outdoor Championships

Donna Douglas Earns Discus All-America Distinction To Wrap NCAA Championships

Saturday, June 14

University of Tennessee | Official Athletics Site

2023-24 Track & Field Roster

Roster

Yaseen Abdalla

Aron Alvarez Aranda

Nigel Ancrum

Canaan Anderson

Layla Anderson

Teegan Anderson

Seth Apple

Msgana Araya

Tyler Arnold

Nathan Atchue

Lily Baker

Carolyn Barksdale

Myreanna Bebe

Aaron Bell

Nakhi Benjamin

Hudson Betts

Brett Brady

Kalib Branch

John Bruder

Kylah Buckle

Allison Buemi

Kevin Burr Jr.

Emmanuel Bynum

Will Cahill

Grant Campbell

Jillian Candelino

Dean Casey

Brody Chapman

Christopher Cherry

Trevor Coggin

Ellison Colarossi

Emily Covert

Jette Davidson

Brooke Dixon

Clement Ducos

Emily Ellis

Kendall Ford

Kayla Gholar

Brendan Gomez

Cade Gray

Myla Greene

Rasheeme Griffith

Ja'Kwan Hale

Emma Kate Hamby

Javonte' Harding

Kiland Harrison

Ka’Myya Haywood

Kameron Helmlinger

Dalton Hengst

Davonte Howell

Ella Johnson

Andie-Marie Jones

Ashley Jones

Julia Kaufman

Nate Kawalec

Emily Knight

Carter Knox

Jacob Lewis

Joella Lloyd

Caroline Lyerly

Yahnari Lyons

T'Mars McCallum

Sam McLendon

DaJour Miles

Isaiah Monroe

Brock Moore

Matthew Morrison

Eli Nahom

Kyler Nichols

Zyaire Nuriddin

Medwin Odamtten

Brandon Olden

Avaunt Ortiz

Dennisha Page

Christian Parker

Lexi Pavese

Brandon Pottinger