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 Defensive Back Davaughn Patterson Postgame vs. SMU (Oct. 25, 2025)
Saturday, October 25
Wake Forest Wide Receiver Chris Barnes Postgame Press Conference vs. SMU (Oct. 25, 2025)
Saturday, October 25
Wake Forest Kicker Connor Calvert Postgame Press Conference vs. SMU (Oct. 25, 2025)
Saturday, October 25
Wake Forest Head Coach Jake Dickert Postgame Press Conference vs. SMU (Oct. 25, 2025)
Saturday, October 25