UW Invitational
Friday-Saturday, Jan. 31-Feb. 1
Dempsey Indoor
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SEATTLE – Twin sisters Amanda and Hana Moll celebrated their 20th birthday in style today, soaring into a tie for the top spot in the NCAA in the women’s pole vault, as each of the twins vaulted over a matching career-high mark. For the first time, the sophomores from Olympia are twinning at the top of the collegiate ranks, making for the biggest highlight on day one of the UW Invitational.
Hana, the reigning NCAA Indoor Champion, and Amanda, who was top-five at NCAA Outdoors and the U.S. Olympic Trials, each cleared 15-feet, 3.50-inches on their second attempts today in the Dempsey Indoor. That broke the UW Invitational Meet Record, the Big Ten Indoor Conference Record, and ties both of them for the No. 4 spot in NCAA Indoor history. It also ties for the second-highest clearance in the world so far this year.
The twins had each made 15-3 at the National Pole Vault Summit in Reno, Nev. two weeks ago, but that meet was not sanctioned for NCAA qualification, so only now are the Molls officially on top of the collegiate rankings.
???? Birthday PRs and the two best clearances in @NCAATrackField for the Moll twins!!
Amanda ?? and Hana ?? both made 15-3.50 to break the Meet Record and they are now tied at #??4?? in NCAA history!
Also a new @bigten record!#GoHuskies // @UWAthletics pic.twitter.com/JmUOgHKCHS
— Washington Track & Field and Cross Country (@UWTrack) February 1, 2025
Transfer senior Scott Toney also soared into the Dempsey rafters, as he went 18-1 ¾ in the men’s pole vault to go to No. 3 in UW history and climb to a tie for ninth in the NCAA this season. Junior Avril Wilson also had a career-best vault today, as she made 13-7 3/4 on a second attempt.
There were five more new top-10 marks posted by the Dawgs on the first of the two days of action in the Dempsey, along with a fantastic first day of the heptathlon from Jami Schlueter as he will chase a PR score on Saturday.
Sophomore Jonathan Frazier got a second-straight home win in the 60-meter hurdles, and dropped his PR down to 7.92 seconds in the win, moving up to No. 4 in school history.
The triple jumps saw the Huskies go four-for-four in indoor PRs. Trevontay Smith and
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