Washington's Hana Moll wins national award after yet another record

Hana Moll's electric junior season has yet to let up.

The Washington pole vaulter was named co-National Women's Athlete of the Week by the USTFCCCA on Monday after once again re-setting the NCAA record in her event, this time at the Mt. SAC Relays in California on Saturday.

Saturday was Moll's first competition representing Washington since winning her third NCAA title at NCAA Indoors in March. Her spring break took her to Melbourne, Australia for a World Athletics competition where she represented the United States, but Saturday was also Moll's first competition in April.

She picked up right where she left off, setting the meet record at Mt. SAC by eight inches and tying the stadium record previously set by Olympic gold medalist Ekaterina Stefanidi in 2021. Moll also now leads the NCAA rankings by that same eight-inch margin.

Hana's twin sister Amanda, the 2024 NCAA Indoor champion, returned to collegiate action on Saturday after missing most of the indoor season due to injury. Her clearance of 14-3 1/4, a below-average day for the Moll twins, was still good enough to put her into the 10th position in the NCAA's West Region. Sara Borton and Veronica Vacca also cleared 13-9 1/4 to likely secure NCAA West Regional bids next month.

The 4.80 meter clearance by Hana would also be tied for the fourth-best mark in the world this year, had Hana not cleared 4.88 meters in January to take the world lead, a mark that has not been seriously threatened in about a month after British vaulter Molly Caudery cleared 4.85 meters in Poland on March 22.

The Moll twins could return to action for Washington as early as the Penn Relays in Philadelphia from April 23-25. The Big Ten Outdoor Championships begin Friday, May 15.

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