Moll, Distance Relay Both Win National Honors
February 17, 2025 | Track & Field
SEATTLE – For the first time, Washington won both the men's and women's National Athlete of the Week awards given by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association. Amanda Moll is a co-winner on the women's side after her series of NCAA Records in the pole vault. The men's win is a joint effort, as the distance medley relay group ran the fastest time in world history on Friday in the Dempsey.
The men's DMR was comprised of Ronan McMahon-Staggs on the 1,200m leg, Bodi Ligons on the 400m leg, Kyle Reinheimer on the 800m leg, and Nathan Green on the 1,600m leg. The Huskies ran the fastest time in world history on Friday at the Husky Classic in the Dempsey, posting a 9:14.10. That time bettered the World Record of 9:14.58 set by the Brooks Beasts professional track club outdoors in Eugene in 2024, and is the fastest time ever run by a collegiate squad, bettering the 9:16.40 mark of Oklahoma State.
Unofficial splits for the relay were 2:50.52 for McMahon-Staggs on the 1,200-meters, 46.86 for Ligons on the 400m, then a 1:46.57 for Reinheimer on the 800m and Green anchored the 1,600m in 3:50.15.
How to top a world record? Amanda Moll gave it her best shot one day later at the Don Kirby Elite Invitational in New Mexico. The sophomore who was fifth at the U.S. Olympic Trials last summer, proceeded to break a 10-year-old NCAA Record in the pole vault, and then break that new record two more times.
Moll first broke the 15-7 collegiate record with a clearance of 15-7 1/4 and then followed that with a first-attempt make at 15-9 1/4 for record number two. Moll then became the first collegiate ever over 16-feet, as she made 16-0 on her second attempt. All told she increased the NCAA Record by five inches in one day, and also raised her PR by 8.5 inches.
Moll now ranks No. 1 in the world this year and she is just the fourth American ever to clear 16-feet all-time.
Washington's last USTFCCCA National Athletes of the Week were another DMR, the women's squad, from February 20, 2024.
The men's DMR was comprised of Ronan McMahon-Staggs on the 1,200m leg, Bodi Ligons on the 400m leg, Kyle Reinheimer on the 800m leg, and Nathan Green on the 1,600m leg. The Huskies ran the fastest time in world history on Friday at the Husky Classic in the Dempsey, posting a 9:14.10. That time bettered the World Record of 9:14.58 set by the Brooks Beasts professional track club outdoors in Eugene in 2024, and is the fastest time ever run by a collegiate squad, bettering the 9:16.40 mark of Oklahoma State.
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— Washington Track & Field and Cross Country (@UWTrack) February 14, 2025
9:14.10 is the fastest distance medley relay ever run. Period.#MileCity x #DMRcity pic.twitter.com/8NUFYMOKe4
Unofficial splits for the relay were 2:50.52 for McMahon-Staggs on the 1,200-meters, 46.86 for Ligons on the 400m, then a 1:46.57 for Reinheimer on the 800m and Green anchored the 1,600m in 3:50.15.
How to top a world record? Amanda Moll gave it her best shot one day later at the Don Kirby Elite Invitational in New Mexico. The sophomore who was fifth at the U.S. Olympic Trials last summer, proceeded to break a 10-year-old NCAA Record in the pole vault, and then break that new record two more times.
Moll first broke the 15-7 collegiate record with a clearance of 15-7 1/4 and then followed that with a first-attempt make at 15-9 1/4 for record number two. Moll then became the first collegiate ever over 16-feet, as she made 16-0 on her second attempt. All told she increased the NCAA Record by five inches in one day, and also raised her PR by 8.5 inches.
Stunning. Inspiring. Historic!
— Washington Track & Field and Cross Country (@UWTrack) February 16, 2025
The greatest pole vault series in NCAA history.
The @NCAATrackField record stood at 15-7 in 2015.
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Moll now ranks No. 1 in the world this year and she is just the fourth American ever to clear 16-feet all-time.
Washington's last USTFCCCA National Athletes of the Week were another DMR, the women's squad, from February 20, 2024.
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