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Campbell Takes Second, Borton Joins On Podium

by gohuskies.com
Jun 8, 2023

NCAA Outdoor Championships
June 7-10 | Austin, Texas | Mike A. Myers Stadium
 
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Friday, June 9
Men's Events (plus Women's Heptathlon)
12:45 pm PT – Heptathlon 100m Hurdles – Ida Eikeng
1:45 pm PT – Heptathlon High Jump – Ida Eikeng
3:45 pm PT – Heptathlon Shot Put – Ida Eikeng
5:35 pm PT – Discus – Elijah Mason
6:12 pm PT – 1500m Final – Nathan Green, Luke Houser, Joe Waskom
6:24 pm PT – 3000m Steeplechase Final – Ed Trippas
7:27 pm PT – 400m Hurdles Final – Cass Elliott
7:43 pm PT – Heptathlon 200m – Ida Eikeng
7:55 pm PT – 5000m Final – Brian Fay
 
Saturday, June 10
Women's Events
2:00 pm PT – Heptathlon Long Jump – Ida Eikeng
3:15 pm PT – Heptathlon Javelin – Ida Eikeng
6:12 pm PT – 1500m Final – Sophie O'Sullivan
6:24 pm PT – 3000m Steeplechase Final – Kayley DeLay
7:43 pm PT – Heptathlon 800m – Ida Eikeng

AUSTIN, Texas – The Pac-12 co-Champions in the pole vault came through on the biggest stage once again tonight. Nastassja Campbell took NCAA runner-up honors tonight and Sara Borton tied for a sixth-place finish, as the UW women's team opened up action at the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships. Campbell and Borton finished top-six at the indoor championships in March and scored even more for the team today.
 
Along with the huge showing in the pole vault, the women had Sophie O'Sullivan and Kayley DeLay move through to the finals in the 1,500-meters and steeplechase, respectively. Friday will swing back to men's finals, with the exception of Ida Eikeng starting the women's heptathlon, then Saturday the women will close things out.
 

 
Campbell, a native of New Caney, Texas, was hoping to win her first NCAA title in her home state. She admitted to being more nervous than any meet going in, but settled down once she started jumping. Still, she missed her first two attempts at her opening height of 13-7 ¼ before clearing on her last try to survive the early scare. From there she had a second-attempt make at 14-1 ¼ and cleared 14-5 ¼ on her first jump.
 
Campbell needed another third attempt clearance to keep her title chase alive, jumping at 14-7 ¼, and she again came through to stay in second behind Virginia Tech's Julia Fixsen, who cleared that 14-7 ¼ bar on her first attempt. Going to 14-9, Campbell had close attempts but couldn't get the one more bar she needed. Fixsen also went out at that height, but had not missed until that bar, so she finished as the champion, but Campbell stood second on the podium, her fourth time scoring at nationals but the first time outdoors.
 
Borton had second-attempt makes at her first three bars, the key one being at the 14-1 ¼ height that assured her of a top-eight finish. The sophomore transfer from Tennessee was fifth at indoor nationals, and tonight she tied for sixth outdoors, as she couldn't quite get over the 14-5 ¼ bar.
 

 
The duo scored seven points for the Dawgs at the indoor championships, and tonight they combined for 10.5. Campbell's runner-up finish is the best by a UW woman in the pole vault since Kate Soma won the 2005 NCAA title.
 
Sophie O'Sullivan proved that her West Prelims School Record of 4:08.06 was no fluke. That race was a four-second PR, but today O'Sullivan went right back under the 4:10 mark and got another heat victory. She stayed up in the top-three throughout the heat, and then made her break with around 200 to go, then putting on a last little surge after a group was catching up with her towards the line. Her winning time was 4:09.58, the second-fastest time run by a Husky behind her own record.
 
After the blazing pace of the first 1,500-meter semi, the second semi went out at a much more pedestrian pace. That put the premium on finishing in the top-five, and despite a valiant late push down the homestretch, Anna Gibson finished one spot away from auto-advancing, as she finished sixth in her final race as a Dawg in 4:19.58. That would wind up 17th overall, for Honorable Mention All-America.
 

 
Senior Kayley DeLay fought her way through into the steeplechase final with a fifth-place finish in her semifinal heat. DeLay, last year's national runner-up, will be going for another podium finish on Saturday after she posted a time of 9:50.08 today. DeLay is the second steeple finalist for the women in the past three years, after Katie Rainsberger took third in 2021.
 
In the women's 800-meter semis, the top-four seed times in the NCAA were all packed into the third semifinal. As might have been expected, that produced by far the fastest of the three semifinals, which included junior Carley Thomas. Thomas gave up a couple places right at the end, finishing seventh, but in a PR time of 2:02.02.
 
Her seventh-place time was faster than the winning time of the other two semifinals, and broke her own School Record, also bettering her indoor record of 2:02.15 for her fastest-ever in college. But with the slower auto-advancing times, Thomas wound up 11th overall for Second Team All-America honors.
 
The one men's competitor today was Ollie Thorner completing the final five events of his decathlon. Thorner came into the day in 19th-place, but climbed up to 13th after a 10-hour day of competition to earn Second Team All-America honors.
 
He started with the 110m hurdles, running near his PR in a time of 15.25 seconds. He had the 12th-best mark in the discus, throwing 132-5. In the pole vault, Thorner got a third-attempt make at 15-1 ½ which had him up to 16th-place with two events remaining.
 
In the javelin, Thorner threw 179-4, just a few inches off his PR, placing eighth overall in the event. Finally in the 1,500-meter run, Thorner had a chance to shine, as he blew out the rest of the field by 15 seconds, finishing in a time of 4:17.13, the best time he's ever run at the end of a decathlon. That wrapped up a two-day total score of 7,641 points for Thorner, who improved on his 15th-place finish from a year ago.
 
 
Washington Results – NCAA Outdoor Championships
June 8, 2023
Austin, Texas | Mike A. Myers Stadium
Day 2 of 4 (Women's Events)
 
Women's 800m, Semifinals
Heat 3 of 3: 7. Carley Thomas, 2:02.02 (Second Team All-America)
 
Women's 1,500m, Semifinals
Heat 1 of 2: 1. Sophie O'Sullivan, 4:09.58 (Advances to Final)
Heat 2 of 2: 6. Anna Gibson, 4:19.58 (Honorable Mention All-America)
 
Women's 3,000m Steeplechase, Semifinals
Heat 2 of 2: 5. Kayley DeLay, 9:50.08 (Advances to Final)
 
Women's Pole Vault, Final: 2. Nastassja Campbell, 14-7 ¼ (First Team All-America); tie-6. Sara Borton, 14-1 ¼ (First Team All-America)
 
Decathlon
100m: 19. Ollie Thorner, 11.13
Long Jump: 21. Ollie Thorner, 21-9
Shot Put: 16. Ollie Thorner, 43-8 ¾
High Jump: tie-7. Ollie Thorner, 6-4 ¾
400m: 13. Ollie Thorner, 49.03
Day One Score: 19. Ollie Thorner, 3,864
110m Hurdles: 18. Ollie Thorner, 15.25
Discus: 12. Ollie Thorner, 132-10
Pole Vault: tie-12. Ollie Thorner, 15-1 ½
Javelin: 8. Ollie Thorner, 179-4
1500m: 1. Ollie Thorner, 4:17.13
Final: 13. Ollie Thorner, 7,641 (Second Team All-America)
 
 

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