Congrats to Ellie Rudy from Montana State on becoming the first bobcat female to win a national championship. As an avid Griz fan, and a collegiate athlete myself, I cannot really convey how incredible this achievement was.
For those of you who don't know how the pole vault works:
-UM and MSU are D-1 in Track and Field (So Ellie can claim she is the BEST collegiate female pole vaulter in the country).
-You compete, in the pole vault, on the basis of 'misses'. In a field of 18, whoever goes the highest, with the fewest misses, wins. (Which is important because rarely, at a National Championship, is their only one individual who clears the highest bar).
-What makes this so amazing is that she had to win by going to a sudden death jump off, with 3 other jumpers!
1 Elouise Rudy SO Montana State 14-01.25
3.85 4.00 4.10 4.20 4.30 4.40
O O O O O XXX
2 Natalie Moser JR Florida 14-01.25
3.85 4.00 4.10 4.20 4.30 4.40
O O O O O XXX
3 Kate Sultanova JR Kansas 14-01.25
3.85 4.00 4.10 4.20 4.30 4.40
PPP O O O O XXX
So basically, these three made their first five jumps, and then each missed the last bar three times (the Xs). Usually, whoever made the most jumps would be declared the winner. But because all of them made the same jumps, they had to go back down in height and have a 'jump-off'. All of them missed the first two, and Ellie made her third and final jump (the other two missed on their last attempts). Pretty special, and as a Griz, my hats off to you Ellie!
For those of you who don't know how the pole vault works:
-UM and MSU are D-1 in Track and Field (So Ellie can claim she is the BEST collegiate female pole vaulter in the country).
-You compete, in the pole vault, on the basis of 'misses'. In a field of 18, whoever goes the highest, with the fewest misses, wins. (Which is important because rarely, at a National Championship, is their only one individual who clears the highest bar).
-What makes this so amazing is that she had to win by going to a sudden death jump off, with 3 other jumpers!
1 Elouise Rudy SO Montana State 14-01.25
3.85 4.00 4.10 4.20 4.30 4.40
O O O O O XXX
2 Natalie Moser JR Florida 14-01.25
3.85 4.00 4.10 4.20 4.30 4.40
O O O O O XXX
3 Kate Sultanova JR Kansas 14-01.25
3.85 4.00 4.10 4.20 4.30 4.40
PPP O O O O XXX
So basically, these three made their first five jumps, and then each missed the last bar three times (the Xs). Usually, whoever made the most jumps would be declared the winner. But because all of them made the same jumps, they had to go back down in height and have a 'jump-off'. All of them missed the first two, and Ellie made her third and final jump (the other two missed on their last attempts). Pretty special, and as a Griz, my hats off to you Ellie!
