Michael Ponikvar Class: RS Sophomore Hometown: Crescent, Ontario High School: Denis Morris Event: High Jump Birthdate: 12/26/1978

Stanford: Sat out the 2000 season to train for the Olympics … Will look to add to the Pac-10 high jump championship he won as a freshman in 1999.

2000 Track & Field Season: Redshirted .

1999 Track & Field Season (Freshman): The Pac-10 champion in the high jump (7-0 1/2) … He became the school’s first Pac-10 high jump champion since Brian Marshall in 1988 … Jumped a freshman school record 7-3 at the Big Meet … His 7-3 jump is second-best in school history.

High School: The Canadian high school record holder and state champion in the high jump … Won the gold medal in the high jump at the Junior Pan Am Championships in 1997 at 7-4 1/2 … At the 1998 Junior World Championships, placed second in the high jump, following a fourth place showing the year before as a junior.

Cardinal Catalogue: Engineering major … Attained a perfect 4.0 gpa at Denis Morris High School … Born December 26, 1998.

Collegiate Career Bests: High jump (7-5)