2022 Track and Field Roster

Elaina Roeder 2022 Headshot

Elaina Roeder

  • Class:
    Senior
  • High School:
    Springfield Central
  • Hometown:
    Springfield, MO

Career Records

Top 10 Wake Forest Marks
No. 6 - Pole Vault (Indoor) - 3.66m (12)
No. 9 - Pole Vault (Outdoor) - 3.61m 

Collegiate PR
PV: 3.66m (12’ 0”)

2022 (Senior)
Outdoor:
Placed 10th in the pole vault at the VertKlasse (4/1) ... Grabbed a 13th place finish at the Duke Invite (4/7).

Indoor: Placed fifth in the pole vault at the Mondo College Invitational (1/21) … Grabbed a ninth place finishes at the Camel City Invitational (2/4).

2021 (Junior)
Outdoor: 
Had three top-15 finishes at the Raleigh Relays (3/25), Virginia Challenge 4/16), and Charlotte Invitational (4/23). 

Indoor: Placed 17th in the South Carolina Invitational (2/5). 

2020 (Sophomore)
Indoor: 
Top pole vaulter on the team as a sophomore … Cleared a season-best 3.66m (12-0) in winning the Mondo College Invitational (2/2) … Also placed first among college competitors at the Camel City Invitational (2/7) … Finished in the top three in four of six meets as a sophomore … Credited with each of the top five pole vault marks on the team in 2019-20.

2019 (Freshman)
Outdoor: 
Grabbed a seventh place finish at the Charlotte 49er Classic (3/14) … Placed second in the HPU VertKlasse Meeting (3/21) … Made another top-10 finish at the Charlotte Invitational (4/12). 

Indoor: Made Wake Forest debut and placed 11th in the pole vault at the Dick Taylor Carolina Cup (1/12) … Grabbed a fourth place finish in the pole vault at the Wake Forest Invitational (1/19) … Made back-to-back top-10 finishes at the Camel City Invitational (2/1) and JDL DMR Invitational (2/15). 

High School
Earned four varsity letters in track and two in basketball at Springfield Central HS where she holds the school record in the pole vault…Four-time All-State…2018 Class 5 State Champion…2017 Springfield Newsleader Track and Field Athlete of the Year…2018 Missouri Hall of Fame Female Track Athlete of the Year finalist…Two-time New Balance Nationals qualifier…Four-time district champion…Vaulted for the Just Vault club program from 2015-2018.

Personal
Daughter of Edwin and Kristin Roeder…Born June 8, 1999…Chose Wake Forest over West Point and UNC…Uncle Kyle Wargo competed at Baylor from 1978-1982…Father competed at Stanford from 1984-1988...Double Majoring in Biology and Spanish.
 

Wake Forest Football 2025 Week Two Trailer
Friday, September 05
Football Media Availability (9/3/25)
Wednesday, September 03
Football Media Availability (9/2/25)
Tuesday, September 02
Coach Jake Dickert Weekly Press Conference (Sept. 1, 2025)
Monday, September 01