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Jason Hinkin is a retired American pole vaulter. He won the NCAA Division I Indoor Pole Vault title in 1997. He attended Long Beach State University where he was a 5x All-American. His personal best is 5.70m/ 18'8 1/4". He also attended high school at Saint Francis, Mountain View, CA with Whitecaps and MLS goal keeper Joe Cannon.
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Hinkin was Long Beach State's last individual champion in Track and Field, winning the 1997 NCAA indoor pole vault championship with a mark of 18'6.5". A five-time All-American, Hinkin was also a two-time Big West Champion in outdoor track and field. His NCAA-winning mark was the seventh best in the world in 1997, and still remains as the indoor Long Beach State record by six inches, while he recorded a career-best 18'7.5" mark that also still remains as the Long Beach State University record. He was inducted into the LBSU Hall of Fame in 2013.