Galloway, N.J. – Two-time NCAA national pole vault champion and Stockton Athletics Hall of Famer Kim Marino was one of six inductees in the 2026 class of the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) NCAA Division III Athlete Hall of Fame.
 
Marino earned a total of five All-American honors and two national titles in the pole vault while competing for Stockton in indoor and outdoor track & field. She became Stockton's first female track & field All-American in 2002 and won national titles in the pole vault at the 2003 NCAA indoor and outdoor meets.
 
Marino cleared 4.09 meters in 2004, setting an NCAA Division III record and becoming the first woman to surpass four meters indoors. Overall, Marino set four NCAA Division III records during her career. She established indoor and outdoor DIII marks and set NCAA Championship meet records indoors and outdoors.
 
In addition to her national success, Marino was a six-time NJAC champion in the pole vault as well as the 2003 NJAC Female Athlete of the Year and a 2004 CoSIDA Academic All-American. Her top career heights of 4.09 meters indoors in 2004 and 4.01 meters in 2003 outdoors still stand as Stockton school records today.
 
In 2006, Marino was named to the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Silver Anniversary Team, which commemorated 25 years of women competing in the NCAA championships. She was part of Stockton's inaugural Athletics Hall of Fame class in 2010.