Gruver, Stevenson Win West Region Honors
March 06, 2020 | Track & Field
SEATTLE - After a record-breaking indoor season, senior Olivia Gruver has been named the West Region Women's Field Athlete of the Year by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association. Not only that, but Associate Head Coach Toby Stevenson earned Women's Assistant Coach of the Year honors for the region. The two will now be eligible for the USTFCCCA national awards.
Gruver heads into her final collegiate competition, next week's NCAA Indoors, as the top-ranked women's pole vaulter in the NCAA. She has cleared a height of 15-feet, 5-inches this season, the second-highest clearance indoors in NCAA history. The native of Reisterstown, Md. now has three of the top-five indoor clearances in NCAA history. She won a bronze medal last month at the USATF Indoor Championships, set the Dempsey facility record with a clearance of 15-3 1/2, and also won the MPSF title last weekend with a meet record.
A two-time NCAA Outdoor Champion while at Kentucky, Gruver will look for her first indoor title next Saturday in Albuquerque.
Stevenson has been by Gruver's side since her time at Kentucky, developing her into one of the best vaulters in collegiate history. In his second season at Washington, Stevenson also coached Hannah Rusnak to her first NCAA Indoor meet in the pentathlon. Rusnak broke the UW school record by more than 200 points, scoring 4,190 points to win the MPSF title and climb to No. 6 in the NCAA this season. As a group, Stevenson's women's pole vaulters rank No. 3 in the nation, as Makenna Barton and Ashleigh Helms both reached new PRs this season. Stevenson also coached Jelani Heath to an indoor PR in the long jump and a third-place finish at MPSFs.
Washington will have 10 individual entries and one relay vying for national titles next week at the NCAA Indoor Championships on Mar. 13-14.
Gruver heads into her final collegiate competition, next week's NCAA Indoors, as the top-ranked women's pole vaulter in the NCAA. She has cleared a height of 15-feet, 5-inches this season, the second-highest clearance indoors in NCAA history. The native of Reisterstown, Md. now has three of the top-five indoor clearances in NCAA history. She won a bronze medal last month at the USATF Indoor Championships, set the Dempsey facility record with a clearance of 15-3 1/2, and also won the MPSF title last weekend with a meet record.
A two-time NCAA Outdoor Champion while at Kentucky, Gruver will look for her first indoor title next Saturday in Albuquerque.
Stevenson has been by Gruver's side since her time at Kentucky, developing her into one of the best vaulters in collegiate history. In his second season at Washington, Stevenson also coached Hannah Rusnak to her first NCAA Indoor meet in the pentathlon. Rusnak broke the UW school record by more than 200 points, scoring 4,190 points to win the MPSF title and climb to No. 6 in the NCAA this season. As a group, Stevenson's women's pole vaulters rank No. 3 in the nation, as Makenna Barton and Ashleigh Helms both reached new PRs this season. Stevenson also coached Jelani Heath to an indoor PR in the long jump and a third-place finish at MPSFs.
Washington will have 10 individual entries and one relay vying for national titles next week at the NCAA Indoor Championships on Mar. 13-14.
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