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2006 Outdoor Qualified for the Mideast Regional Championships in pole vault ... Placed first in pole vault at the Tom Botts Invitational with a height of 16'06.75" ... Recorded a second-place finish at the Illinois Invitational in pole vault with a height of 16'00.75".
2006 Indoor Finished second in the Big Ten in pole vault with a height of 16'10.75" ... Placed first in pole vault at the Carle/Health Alliance Meet with a vault of 17'01.00" ... Earned another first-place finish in pole vault with a vault of 16'7.2" ... Vaulted 16'08.75" at the Hoosier Open to place second.
2005 Outdoor Recorded first-place finishes at the Cal Relays (16'00.75") and Redbird Invite (16'02.75") ... Finished fifth at the Big Ten Championships with a vault of 15'11.00".
2005 Indoor Had two first-place finishes in pole vault during the indoor season ... Posted a 17'00.75" at the Carle/Health Alliance Classic to move up to ninth on the Illinois all-time record list ... Finished fourth in the Big Ten Indoor Championships with a vault of 16'08.75".
2004 Outdoor NCAA regional qualifier in the pole vault by virtue of his performance at the Big Ten Preview Invite, where he cleared 16'04.75" to win the event ... Scored at the Big Ten Championships with his fifth-place finish (15'11.00") ... Took second at the TSU Relays with a vault of 15'05.00" ... Placed third at the Clemson Invitational (15'11.75") and the May Invite (16'00.75").
2004 Indoor Won the pole vault at the Dartmouth Relays with a season-best vault of 16'06.00" ... Placed in the top-three finishers at seven of eight indoor meets ... Finished fourth at the Big Ten Championships with a vault of 16'02.75".
2003 outdoor Redshirted.
2003 Indoor Placed second with a season-best vault of 15'01.50" at the Carle/Health Classic.
High School
Had the highest vault in Illinois in 2002.. . .Improving throughout the season helped him vault as state finalist....Former School record holder in Pole Vault, 15'2"....Won a letter in track Junior and Senior Year
Personal
Born on May 7, 1984 ... Full Name is Eric DiSilvestro ... Nicknamed Devo ... Son of Serge and Donna DiSilvestro ... Has a brother, Brandon, and sister, Melissa ... Majoring in political science
Career Bests
Indoor
Pole vault: 17'01.00"
Long jump: 19'02.50"
Outdoor Pole vault: 16'04.75"
