South Dakota senior Emily Grove and junior Emily Brigham finished the collegiate season tied for 15th in the pole vault at the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships at a rainy Hayward Field Thursday.
Grove and Brigham were two of sixth athletes to tie for 15th place at 13-3 ½ in the women’s pole vault. All six athletes cleared the opening bar of 13-3 ½ on their second attempt while missing all three attempts at 13-9 ¼. Only 10 athletes in the field cleared 13-9 ¼.
Arkansas freshman Alexis Weeks captured her second pole vault title of 2016 with a height of 14-9. Weeks won the indoor title in March.
Grove, a Pontiac, Ill., native is a four-time first-team All-American. Grove captured a Summit League title with an outdoor best 14-2 ½ that broke the championship record. A native of Shawnee, Kan., Brigham qualified for her first-ever NCAA Championships after clearing a season best 13-6 ¼ at the NCAA West Preliminaries.
South Dakota senior Teivaskie Lewin took 21st in the 110 hurdles Wednesday.
Grove, recently granted a sixth year of eligibility by the NCAA due to medical reasons, will join Brigham with one outdoor season remaining with a chance to return to Eugene in 2017.
