
Hana Moll Wins NCAA Pole Vault, Amanda Moll 3rd
June 12, 2025 | Track & Field
June 11-14 | Eugene, Ore. | Hayward Field
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Friday, June 13
Men's Events (plus Women's Heptathlon)
11:45am – Heptathlon 100m Hurdles – Sofia Cosculluela
12:45pm – Heptathlon High Jump – Sofia Cosculluela
2:45pm – Heptathlon Shot Put – Sofia Cosculluela
5:12pm – 1500m Final – Nathan Green
6:43pm – Heptathlon 200m – Sofia Cosculluela
Saturday, June 14
Women's Events
3:30pm – Heptathlon Long Jump – Sofia Cosculluela
4:45pm – Heptathlon Javelin – Sofia Cosculluela
6:11pm – 1500m Final – Chloe Foerster, Sophie O'Sullivan
6:24pm – 3000m Steeplechase Final – Maggie Liebich
7:43pm – Heptathlon 800m – Sofia Cosculluela
7:55pm – 5000m Final – Julia David-Smith, Amina Maatoug
EUGENE, Ore. – Hana Moll put together one of the greatest pole vault seasons in NCAA history in 2025, but for much of it had to settle for silver behind twin sister Amanda. At Hayward Field on day two of the NCAA Outdoor Championships, Hana got back on top of the podium, winning her second national title and her first outdoors, and breaking sister Amanda's outdoor NCAA Record on her final jump.
Amanda Moll took the bronze to give the Dawgs a big 16 team points, setting up for a big Saturday where UW will have five women in finals on the track along with a heptathlete.
Three of those women moved through semifinals today, as Sophie O'Sullivan and Chloe Foerster advanced in the 1,500-meters, and Maggie Liebich moved through in the steeplechase. Amina Maatoug and Julia David-Smith will also have the 5k final on Saturday, and Sofia Cosculluela will also start her two-day heptathlon tomorrow.
Hana Moll's Collegiate Record-Setting, NCAA Meet Record-Shattering, Hand-Me-The-Crown Clearance ??
— Washington Track & Field and Cross Country (@UWTrack) June 13, 2025
15-8.50#GoHuskies pic.twitter.com/gcYzCOaVVw
Hana Moll Takes Turn At The Top
Hana Moll got her first outdoor championship today, and after securing the win, she put the cherry on top with a new Meet Record and NCAA Outdoor Record to close out the competition.
Moll had also won the 2024 NCAA Indoor title before taking third at outdoors last year, and runner-up to her sister indoors this season. Her win today is the first individual NCAA Outdoor title by a Husky woman in any event since Katie Flood won the 2012 1,500-meter title, and it's the first in the outdoor pole vault since Kate Soma back in 2005.
Soma's winning mark twenty years ago was 14-1 1/4; in a sign of just how far the sport has come, Moll won today clearing 15-8 1/2. That mark was a quarter-inch, or one centimeter higher than Amanda's NCAA outdoor record which she set in winning Big Ten Outdoors.
The twins had to battle hard for their spots today. After they entered at 13-11 with first attempt clearances, both ran into trouble at their next bar, 14-4 3/4. Each one missed their first two tries, and a third miss would have left them well out of the mix. Amanda came up first with a clean jump to stay alive, and Hana was right behind her in the order, and she also cleared.
Hana then had a first-attempt clearance of 14-8 3/4 and that put her into the lead. Amanda was still sitting in ninth place and had another third-attempt on her hands, but she came through clutch again to rise up into third-place with only three women moving up.
Hana kept her grip on the lead as she had another first-attempt make at 15-0 3/4. Chloe Timberg of Rutgers, the 2024 NCAA Outdoor Champion, missed one at that bar then passed up to the next height, as she couldn't pass Hana without a higher clearance. Amanda took all her three attempts at 15-0 3/4, but this time her third-jump magic ran out, and she settled for third with the same height as Timberg.
Collegiate record at 4.79m ?
— NCAA Track & Field (@NCAATrackField) June 13, 2025
NCAA Title ?
Watch @UWTrack's Hana Moll win the 2025 women's pole vault title, from the bleachers#NCAATF pic.twitter.com/51qvapEfyO
At 15-2 3/4, Hana cleared again, her fourth make in a row, and Timberg used her last two attempts at that bar and bowed out. Moll then asked for the bar to be raised to 4.79-meters, or 15-8 1/2, one centimeter above Amanda's college outdoor record, and several inches above the Meet Record that Timberg set last year. She missed her first two attempts, but on her third try, Hana got up and over, brushing the bar but leaving it standing. With the new record in hand, she ended her competition at that point.
"My 4.39 (meters) attempt was a third-attempt, so I was not 'on' all day today," said Hana. "It wasn't a perfect meet, it really never is. But I think I really cleaned it up at the end and focused on jumping and not winning, so I think that's what got me to clear that 4.79 bar. It gave me a big boost of adrenaline (to clear that early third-attempt) so that was a plus. I was just focused on not changing anything just because it's a third attempt, and just giving it my all."
"It means a lot. First outdoor championship so I'm really happy for the win and to go home with the gold."
Hana Moll on her record-setting performance at the @NCAATrackField National Championships ?? pic.twitter.com/wzzSsw20V7
— Washington on BTN (@WashingtonOnBTN) June 13, 2025
Amanda couldn't have been happier for her sister's win today. "She's really been working, and I don't want to say behind the scenes, but I feel like I've had a little more of the spotlight," Amanda said. "She's still out there, not that she needs to prove that to anyone, but I think she was able to do that today. And she's been working super hard on her technique so I'm just super happy for her."
Three Dawgs March On To Finals
The day kicked off with UW's trio of semifinalists in the 1,500-meters. Amina Maatoug was up first in an extremely deep first semi. Maatoug moved up well on the final lap into the top-five, but couldn't quite hold that spot down the final stretch and she slipped into eighth in a time of 4:12.71. She will earn All-America Second Team for that finish, but will have another big chance in the 5,000-meters final on Saturday.
Heat two featured both Sophie O'Sullivan and Chloe Foerster. The two went to the front together and ran side by side in the lead for much of the race. On the final lap, a few other runners made their moves and pushed the Huskies back in the pack. O'Sullivan slid back through into the lead of the group and kicked hard to the finish and came out with another win, running 4:09.39, and earning a third-straight trip to the final.
Foerster finished just one second back as a wave of women crossed together. Her time was seventh overall, but still faster than the winner of the first heat, as Foerster got the last time qualifier into the final in 4:10.62. It will be her first career outdoor final.
Two DAWGS are heading to the 1500m finals! ????
— Washington Track & Field and Cross Country (@UWTrack) June 12, 2025
Sophie O'Sullivan makes a third-straight final by winning the second semi in 4:09.39!
Chloe Foerster makes her first NCAA 1500m final with a time qualifier of 4:10.62 ??#GoHuskies // ?? ESPN pic.twitter.com/DwLtzIoZ6p
In the women's steeplechase semis, Maggie Liebich, in her NCAA Outdoor debut, continued to amaze and extend her senior season. She took another huge chunk off her career-best, running 9:37.40 to take fifth in her heat and advance to Saturday's final. Liebich became just the second Husky to break 9:40 in the steeple, going to No. 2 all-time behind only Katie Rainsberger, who took third in the 2021 NCAA final.
We've got a first-time NCAA finalist on our hands!
— Washington Track & Field and Cross Country (@UWTrack) June 13, 2025
Maggie Liebich moves on with a blazing fast 9:37.40, just the second Husky ever to break 9:40!
She's now #?2? in school history after making her steeple debut in early May ??#GoHuskies // ?? ESPN pic.twitter.com/pIdeE1L1oH
Washington Results – NCAA Outdoor Championships
Eugene, Ore. | Hayward Field
Day 2 of 4 (Women's Events)
Women's 1,500m, Semifinals (top-5 advance to final + next two best times)
Heat 1 of 2: 8. Amina Maatoug, 4:12.71 (16th overall; All-America Second Team)
Heat 2 of 2: 1. Sophie O'Sullivan, 4:09.39Q (advances to final); 7. Chloe Foerster, 4:10.62q (advances to final)
Women's 3,000m Steeplechase, Semifinals (top-5 advance to final + next two best times)
Heat 2 of 2: 5. Maggie Liebich, 9:37.40Q (advances to final)
Women's Pole Vault, Final
1. Hana Moll, 15-8 1/2 (NCAA Champion; NCAA Outdoor Record; Meet Record; First Team All-America)
3. Amanda Moll, 14-8 3/4 (First Team All-America)