WSU CAREER. JUNIOR (2004-05): Indoor - Cleared PR and NCAA Provisional Qualifying height of 1.78m/5-10i at Cougar Indoor (1/29.05, Pullman)...finished tied for 10th in high jump at MPSF Championships with height of 1.66m/5-5 1/4i (2/26/05, Seattle)...Outdoor - Won Pac-10 Championships high jump with PR and improved NCAA Regional Qualifying mark of 1.78/5-10 (5/15/05, Los Angeles)...mark is sixth-best in school history...at NCAA West Region Meet, cleared opening high jump height of 1.71m/5-7 1/4 on second try but missed all three attempts at 1.76m/5-9 1/4...finished tied for ninth (5/28/05, Eugene).
SOPHOMORE (2003-04): Indoor - Reached her lifetime-best high jump height of 1.70/5-7 three times this season...tied for sixth place at the MPSF Championships (2/28/04, Seattle) after clearing 1.67m/5-5 3/4i...Outdoor - Equaled her lifetime-best effort with a leap of 1.75m/5-8 3/4 at the Trojan Invite (3/20/04, Los Angeles)...mark is tied for eighth-best in school history...had second-best jump at the Pac-10 Championships (5/15/04, Tucson) but finished third-place at 1.73m/5-8...tied for 11th at the NCAA West Regional (5/29/04, Northridge) after clearing 1.69m/5-6 1/2. FRESHMAN (2002-03): Indoor - Top clearance of season was 1.68m/5-6i at adidas Classic (2/8/03, Lincoln)...finished 11th at the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Championships with a height of 1.62m/5-3 3/4i (2/22/03, Nampa)...Outdoor - Fourth place at the Pac-10 Championships with a leap of 1.75m/5-8 3/4 (5/18/03, Los Angeles)...at the NCAA West Regional Meet, tied for 17th with teammate Briana Willis with a height of 1.66m/5-5 1/4.
HIGH SCHOOL CAREER. Earned 11 varsity letters at Auburn Riverside High - four in track for coaches Megan Ellis and David Goethals, four in gymnastics for coach Karyn Peterson, and three for swimming and diving coach Crystal Hilbert...won the Washington state 4A girl's high jump title three consecutive years...high jump PR is 5-8...at 2002 state meet also finished eighth in the 100m hurdles in 15.69 seconds in the final and 15.63 in the prelims...South Puget Sound League Field Athlete of the Year...WIAA Scholar Athlete all four years...heptathlon accolades include winning Intermediate Division and second at state meet as freshman, third place in Women's Division as a sophomore...junior and senior years participated in state diving championships and swam 50-free and 200-medley relay...advanced to district competition in gymnastics freshman, sophomore and senior years in all-around, vault, and bars events.
PERSONAL. Born Robin Dyan Mikesh 8/13/83 at Bellingham, Wash...father John is a self-employed tool dealer...mother Vicky is a homemaker...brother Grant (6/28/85)...sister Nicole (12/14/80)...received WSU Academic Achievement Award and Scholar in Residence Award...3.82 GPA assisted Riverside High in receiving the 2002 Washington state 4A academic team championship for girls track and field...majoring in hospitality business management.
MIKESH'S WSU BESTS
High Jump - 1.78m / 5-10 (2005)
PAC-10 CHAMPIONSHIPS PERFORMANCES 2005 High Jump 1st 1.78m / 5-10 2004 High Jump 3rd 1.73m / 5-8 2003 High Jump 4th 1.75m / 5-8 3/4
NCAA WEST REGIONAL PERFORMANCES 2005 High Jump T9th 1.71m / 5-7 1/4 2004 High Jump T11th 1.69m / 5-6 1/2 2003 High Jump T17th 1.66m / 5-5 1/4
