Friday, March 9
College Station, TX
TBD
University of Washington
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NCAA Indoor Championships
Smith Takes Tenth At Nationals
March 09, 2018 | Track & Field
NCAA INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS
March 9-10 | College Station, Texas | Gilliam Indoor Stadium
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COLLEGE STATION, Texas – Junior Chase Smith returned to the NCAA Indoor Championships for a second time today, placing tenth nationally in the pole vault to earn All-America Second Team status. Smith made the first two heights at the Gilliam Indoor Stadium but the field was extremely strong and deep today, as nine vaulters cleared 18-feet, a height that won the title two years ago when former Husky Jax Thoirs took the title.
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Smith, the only vaulter from the MPSF or Pac-12 in the field, made the opening height of 17-4 ½ on his second attempt, and then had a first-attempt make of 17-8 ½ to move up to sixth-place at the time. But he missed his three tries at 18-0 ½, just a half inch below his career-best of 18-1. Smith moves up one spot from 2017 when he tied for 11th at NCAA Indoors.
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On Saturday, the indoor season concludes for the Huskies with Colby Gilbert in the men's 3,000-meters at 4:10 p.m. Pacific time and Amy-Eloise Neale in the women's 3k at 4:25.
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