Excelling in the pole vault and 4x400m relay, five Aztecs have earned All-America honors for women athletes from the U.S Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCA). Senior pole vaulter Bonnie Draxler was named to the first team. The Aztec 4x400m relay team—Sakura Roberson, Lisa-Anne Barrow, Jalyn Harris and Nyjari McNeil—earned second-team honors. Student-athletes…
San Diego State pole vaulter Bonnie Draxler earned the silver medal at the NCAA Outdoor Championships this week. The senior from Wrightstown, Wisc. tied her own school record by clearing 14-09.50 at the meet in Austin, Tex. This was the second time this year Draxler has finished as the NCAA runner-up, this time…
AUSTIN, Texas — University of South Dakota’s Chris Nilsen is now a three-time NCAA pole vault champion. On Wednesday, Nilsen had to defend his NCAA Outdoor pole vault title against against LSU’s Armand Duplantis, who had the highest jump in the nation this season of 19-8.25. Nilsen’s best jump this…
GREENSBORO, N.C. – Putting a bow on his career at Virginia Tech, redshirt senior Torben Laidig earned ACC Men’s Outdoor Field Athlete of the Year, as announced by the league office on Friday morning. Laidig was part of a history-making trio at the NCAA Outdoor Championships, taking the bronze medal in the men’s pole vault…
EUGENE, Ore. | Chris Nilsen has pole-vaulted 19 feet six times this season, five of those efforts coming outdoors. Wednesday night at historic Hayward Field on the University of Oregon campus, the University of South Dakota sophomore broke the NCAA Championships meet record in the event, clearing 19 feet, 1…
One year after winning the indoor pole vault at the NCAA Indoor Track Championships, South Dakota sophomore Chris Nilsen has added the outdoor title to his resume. Nilsen captured his second national championship in record-breaking fashion, clearing an NCAA Championship best 19 feet, 1½ inches, at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon. Read More
UC Davis senior Marc Toney finished his 2018 outdoor track and field season on a high note after claiming the UC Davis school record outright in the men’s pole vault with a 5.45m/17-10.50 clearance, highlighting his action the NCAA Championships that took place at Oregon’s History Hayward Field on Wednesday…
After winning an NCAA indoor pole vault title in March, Kansas junior Hussain Al Hizam tied for fifth at the NCAA outdoor championships on Wednesday at Oregon’s Hayward Field. Al Hizam cleared 5.45 meters to become the first Jayhawks to earn all-America honors at the four-day meet, which will run…
EUGENE, Ore. – Air Force senior Dylan Bell capped his final collegiate season with a sixth-place finish in the pole vault at the 2016 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships, which began today (June 8) in Eugene, Oregon. Bell was one of several Falcons to compete on the…
