Athletics Hall of Fame

Eike

James Eike

  • Class
  • Induction
    2005
  • Sport(s)
    Track and Field

Jim Eike won the 1984 National Collegiate Athletic Association Division III pole vault championship, at the time just the second individual champion in track and field for UW-Whitewater.  In 1983 Eike won the WIAC indoor pole vault title, setting a conference record at 15-7, when he also qualified for the NCAA III championship.  One year later he added his second league crown, upping the WIAC indoor record to 15-9.5.  Later that spring he made it three championships, winning the pole vault at the WIAC outdoor meet.  He was the team captain in 1984, when his individual national title led UW-W to twenty-first place in the NCAA III team standings.  One year earlier Eike was part of the team that finished thirtieth in the national meet.  Eike is a dentist, and a resident of Neenah, Wisconsin.

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