Jacob "Jake" Blankenship (born March 15, 1994) is an American track and field athlete who competes in the pole vault.
[1] Blankenship missed most of the 2014 indoor season, but returned to form outdoors with a win at the Penn Relays and a new personal record of 5.64 m (18 ft 6 in) to place second at the SEC Championships.
[3] He went unmatched at the 2014 NACAC Under-23 Championships in Athletics, however, easily taking the gold medal some thirty centimeters ahead of compatriot Chase Wolfle.
[4] Heading into his third year for the Tennessee Volunteers, he had runner-up placings at both the SEC and 2015 NCAA Indoor Championships, being beaten at the latter competition only by an American collegiate record performance by Shawnacy Barber.
[1] Blankenship established himself at the top national level at the 2015 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships, taking third place in the open event behind Sam Kendricks and Brad Walker.