Pole Vault Trio Moves On To Nationals

NCAA WEST PRELIMINARY CHAMPIONSHIPS
May 22-25 | Fayetteville, Ark. | John McDonnell Field
 
ESPN+ Live Streams: Friday (12-4pm PT) | Saturday (5-9 pm PT)
 
Live Results
 
Friday (Pacific) (TIMES ADJUSTED DUE TO FORECAST)
12:15 pm – Men’s 1500m, Quarterfinals –Nathan Green, Luke Houser, Joe Waskom
12:40 pm – Men’s Steeplechase, Quarterfinals – Sam Affolder
1 pm – Men’s Triple Jump – Trevontay Smith (flight 3)
2:25 pm – Men’s 400m Hurdles, Quarterfinals – Jonathan Birchman
3:10 pm – Men’s 5000m, Semifinals – Leo Daschbach
 
Saturday
11 am – Women’s Discus – Kaia Tupu-South (flight 1), Beatrice Asomaning (flight 2)
3:15 pm – Women’s 1500m, Quarterfinals – Chloe Foerster, Sophie O’Sullivan
4 pm – Women’s Triple Jump – Lauren Heggen (flight 1)
5 pm – Women’s Shot Put – Kaia Tupu-South (flight 3)
5:05 pm – Women’s 800m, Quarterfinals – Samantha Friborg, Wilma Nielsen
6:10 pm – Women’s 5000m, Semifinals – Julia David-Smith

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – The three Dawgs that swept the pole vault podium at the Pac-12 Championships all were flying high again today at NCAA West Prelims in Arkansas. Nastassja Campbell, and sisters Hana and Amanda Moll became the first three members of the UW women’s team to earn their tickets to the NCAA Outdoor Championships via top-12 finishes at John McDonnell Field.

 

The second day of the four-day meet saw the women take over after the men’s competition began on Wednesday. Friday will be the final day for the men and Saturday will be the women wrapping things up. The West Prelim meet cuts fields of 48 athletes in every individual event down to 12, who will move on to the NCAA Outdoor Championships in Eugene, Ore. on June 5-8.

 

Along with the three pole vault qualifiers, the Huskies had four women move into the quarterfinal rounds on the track, two apiece in the 800-meters and the 1,500-meters. They must all get through one more round on Saturday to join the fun in Eugene.

 

The Huskies had four women looking to crash the top-12 in the vault in what proved to be a long, tough competition.

 

Sara Borton was the first Husky to come in at 12-11 ½ which she cleared. The two-time All-American then made 13-5 ¼ and cleared 13-9 ¼ on a first attempt but Borton couldn’t get the next bar at 14-1 ¼ and would up 16th overall.

 

Amanda Moll and Nastassja Campbell both needed third attempt makes at their opening heights to get things going. Moll…