Huskies Go 3-4-5 In Pole Vault At Nationals

NCAA Outdoor Championships

June 5-8 | Eugene, Ore. | Hayward Field
 
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Friday, June 7

Men’s Events

6:12pm – 1500m Final – Nathan Green, Luke Houser, Joe Waskom

 

Saturday, June 8

Women’s Events

2:41pm – 1500m Final – Sophie O’Sullivan

EUGENE, Ore. – Top-five finishes for freshman twins Hana and Amanda Moll were sandwiched around another top-five finish for sixth-year senior Nastassja Campbell, as youth and experience were both served for the Washington women’s vaulters tonight at the NCAA Outdoor Championships. Hana Moll took bronze, Campbell finished fourth, and Amanda Moll tied for fifth as all three earned First Team All-America honors.

 

Taking three of the top-five spots in the pole vault tonight earned the UW women’s team 14.5 points on day two of the four-day NCAA Outdoor meet, hosted by Oregon at Hayward Field. The women will have one more chance to add to that total on Saturday, when Sophie O’Sullivan competes in the 1,500m final. O’Sullivan qualified through a blazingly fast semi today.

 

It was all women’s events on Thursday at Hayward except for the final five decathlon events, where junior Jami Schlueter earned a top-10 finish with a career-best score. Schlueter finished 10th overall for Second Team All-America honors. The men’s meet will wrap on Friday as the Huskies have three men in the 1,500m final to close things out.

 

Vault Trio Shines

Campbell closed her collegiate career with an incredible eighth All-America honor, and the fifth time she’s reached the podium. Her fourth-place finish tonight was the second-best of her career, behind only her runner-up finish a year ago. Campbell was clean at her first three bars, making 13-7 ¼, then 14-1 ¼, and a season-best 14-5 ¼ all on first attempts.

 

Hana Moll was looking to sweep the titles in her freshman season after winning the indoor title back in March. She was one of three women to clear 14-9, but she began having to play catch-up to Chloe Timberg of Rutgers who had no misses and was jumping before Moll in the order. After Moll barely missed at 14-11, she passed up to 15-1 and again just barely knocked off the bar. Some confusion on her final attempt caused Moll to not have her usual…