It's a 1-2 finish for UW's Moll twins as Amanda unseats Hana as NCAA outdoor pole vault champ...

EUGENE--Washington's Amanda Moll (Paul Merca photo), who struggled through the winter with ailments that derailed her chance to defend her NCAA indoor title, bounced back to win her second career NCAA pole vault crown to end day two of the NCAA Track and Field Championships at Hayward Field on the University of Oregon campus.

Amanda entered the competition at a modest 13-11 (4.24m) while sister Hana, the defending NCAA outdoor champion and current world leader, came in at 14-4.75 (4.39m), clearing on her first attempt.

The Moll twins, who were not in the lead when the bar went to 15-2.75 (4.64m), both cleared it on their first attempts along with South Dakota's Anna Willis. Louisville's Ashley Callahan cleared on her second attempt.

The twins then passed the next bar of 15-4.5 (4.69m), while Willis and Callahan missed on all three attempts.

Amanda cleared the next bar of 15-6.5 (4.74m) on her first attempt to take the lead, while Hana needed a second attempt to extend the competition.

Amanda got the win with a clutch third attempt make of the winning height at 15-10.5 (4.84m), to set a new collegiate record held by Hana of 15-10 (4.83m) set at last month’s B1G Ten championships, while her sister missed on all three tries.

With the win in hand, Amanda then took two attempts at a personal best of 16-1.75 (4.92m), then called it a day.

Teammate Sara Borton missed a spot on the podium on misses, finishing ninth with a jump of 14-8.75 (4.49m), which was a personal best.

Freshman Veronica Vacca finished 15th at 14-4.75 (4.39m), while former Husky Sarah Ferguson of Kentucky tied for 23rd at 13-5 (4.09m).

THURSDAY FINALS RECAP...

In the one running event final Thursday night, Gonzaga's Rosina Machu finished eleventh in a season best 32:26.18 over 10000 meters.

Washington's Chloe Thomas was 20th in 33:05.54.

In the javelin, former WSU Cougar and defending NCAA champion Valentina Barrios Bornacelli of Missouri finished fourth with a best of 187-6 (57.17m). Washington's Saydi Orange was eleventh with a best of 170-2 (51.86m), while Kelso's Erin Tack of Arizona was 16th with a throw of 163-7 (49.87m).

Former Husky Kaia Tupu-South, now a grad student at Louisville, finished 15th in the shot put with a throw of 54-0 (16.46m).

QUALIFYING ACTION...

In the 1500 meters, Washington State's Rosemary Longisa (Paul Merca photo) and former Husky Wilma Nielsen of Oregon advanced to Saturday's final, going 1-3 in the first of two semifinal heats.

Longisa took the win in 4:06.41, while Nielsen was third in 4:06.78.

In the same heat, Washington senior Chloe Foerster was out of contention, finishing tenth in 4:13.02.

Carnation native Braelyn Baker of Duke secured the final time qualifier for Saturday's final in the 400 meters, running 51.15 to finish third in her heat.

Baker was also part of Duke's 4 x 100 relay, which ran 43.46 to finish third in their heat, and on the Blue Devils' 4 x 400 relay which qualified for Saturday's final with the third fastest time of the day, a clocking of 3:25.14.

Former Cougar Micaela De Mello of Oregon was fourth in her heat of the 100 hurdles, clocking 12.93.

Washington State sophomore Caroline Jepkorir was tenth in her heat of the 3000 steeplechase, running 10:08.78.

Former WSU Cougar Brooke Lyons ran the second leg of Arizona's 4 x 100 relay that finished sixth in their heat in 44.51.

ON TAP FRIDAY...

The men return to Hayward Field for their final day of competition. Former Washington State Cougar Kai Twaddle-Dunham of Auburn starts Friday off in the finals of the discus at 2:15 pm. Also in the field of the discus is Eastern Washington's Cort Gebbers.

Washington's Reuben Reina races in the finals of the 1500 meters at 5:12 pm. Reina was one of two time qualifiers Wednesday.

Bellingham native Andre Korbmacher of Florida State is in the finals of the 110 hurdles, where he'll line up with the new world record holder in the event, Auburn's Ja'Kobe Tharp. His race goes at 5:42 pm.

Former WSU Cougar Mason Lawyer of Arizona runs in the finals of both the 100 and 200 meter dashes. The 100 is scheduled for 5:52 pm, while the 200 is at 6:37 pm. 

At 6:55 pm, Evans Kurui of Washington State shoots for a second top eight finish in this meet, as he runs in the finals of the 5000 meters. Kurui was sixth in Wednesday's 10000 meters.

In the relays, a pair former WSU Cougars are in the 4 x 100 and 4 x 400.  Louie Hinchliffe of Houston goes in the 4 x 100 at 5:02 pm, while LSU's Grant Buckmiller and his Tigers are the final event of the day at 7:21 pm.

The heptathlon starts the day with the first of four events at 11:45 am. Washington's Sofia Cosculluela and Puyallup native JaiCieonna Gero-Holt of Illinois will do the 100 hurdles, high jump, shot put and 200 Friday, then contest three more events Saturday.

The start list and time schedule for day 3 of the NCAA Track and Field Championships is available here.

Day 3 of the meet will be televised (running events) on ESPN2 starting at 5 pm Pacific time. ESPN+ ($) will offer a dedicated feed for the field events.

NOTE: The NCAA, the sports information offices of Washington, Washington State, and Gonzaga, contributed to this report.

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