2024 Track & Field Roster
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Borton, Sara
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Sara Borton
- Position:
- Pole Vault
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Lewis Center, Ohio
- High School:
- Olentangy Orange
- Prev School:
- Tennessee
Bio
2023 Pac-12 Pole Vault co-Champion
2023 All-America First Team (Pole Vault, Outdoors | Pole Vault, Indoors)
2024: Was extremely consistent in the pole vault, going 4.14-meters or higher nine out of ten meets overall β¦ placed fifth at the Pac-12 Championships as UW finished 1-2-3-5 for huge team points, clearing 14-0 Β½ β¦ finished 16th at NCAA West Prelims, one bar shy of making nationals, making 13-9 ΒΌ β¦ cleared 13-9 ΒΎ at the Fresno State Invite for third β¦ runner-up at the Brutus Hamilton Invite, making 13-7 ΒΌ β¦ indoors, was two spots out of reaching indoor nationals, finishing 18th overall in the NCAA, making a season-best of 14-3 ΒΌ at the UW Invitational.
2023:Β Huge first season with the Huskies, earning First Team All-America honors both outdoors and indoors with big PRs and sharing the Pac-12 pole vault title with teammate Nastassja Campbell ... at the NCAA Outdoor meet, tied for sixth-place with a make of 14-1 1/4 to reach the podium ... captured the Pac-12 title, co-champion withΒ Campbell, as each cleared 14-3 ΒΌ, an outdoor PR for Borton that ranks her fifth in school history β¦ qualified for NCAA Outdoors by making 13-10 at NCAA West Prelims in Sacramento β¦ cleared 13-8 ΒΌ at the first two outdoor meets of the season, at the Aztec Invitational and the Stanford Invitational β¦ indoors, earned first career First Team All-America honor with a fifth-place finish at NCAAs, clearing two PRs including a top height of 14-5 ΒΌ to rank fourth in UW history β¦ had first career 14-foot clearance in her first meet as a Dawg, clearing 14-0 Β½ at the UW Indoor Preview β¦ upped her PR to 14-2 ΒΎ at the UW Invitational which earned her first NCAA Indoor ticket.
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2022 (At Tennessee): Qualified for the NCAA East Preliminary round as a freshman, and placed 17th overall with a jump of 13-9 ΒΎ, an outdoor season-best β¦ won the War Eagle Invitational going over 13-8 ΒΌ β¦ indoors, had a season-best of 13-10 to take fourth at the Virginia Tech Challenge β¦ also made 13-9 at the Tyson Invitational for sixth β¦ was 13th at the SEC Indoor Championships, going 12-10 ΒΌ β¦ in NCAA debut, made 13-1 Β½ at the Virginia Tech Invite β¦ named to the 2021-22 SEC Honor Roll.
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High School and Personal: Born in Charlotte, North Carolina β¦ parents are Chat Borton and Kelly Borton β¦ has an older brother, Connor, and older sister, Lauren β¦ placed fifth at the Ohio D1 State Championships as a senior in 2021 β¦ had a high school best of 12-9 set in 2021 β¦ missed her junior season due to Covid-19 β¦ as a sophomore, was seventh at state in the pole vault, and was 24th at New Balance Outdoor Nationals β¦ won the regional title as a sophomore, making 12-4 β¦ also lettered in wrestling, placing at state in 2021 β¦ a National Honor Society member, and National Technical Honor Society (Dental) β¦ pursuing Neuroscience major.
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Major Meets
2022 SEC Indoors β 13th, Pole Vault
2022 SEC Outdoors β NH, Pole Vault
2022 NCAA East Prelims β 17th, Pole Vault
2023 NCAA IndoorsΒ β 5th, Pole Vault (All-America First Team)
2023 Pac-12Β β tie-1st, Pole Vault (Pac-12 co-Champion)
2023 NCAA West PrelimsΒ β 8th, Pole Vault
2023 NCAA OutdoorsΒ β tie-6th, Pole Vault (All-America First Team)
2024 Pac-12 - 5th, Pole Vault
2024 NCAA West Prelims - 16th, Pole Vault
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Outdoor Bests
Pole Vaultβ¦β¦.14-3 1/4
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Indoor Bests
Pole Vaultβ¦β¦.14-5 1/4
2023 All-America First Team (Pole Vault, Outdoors | Pole Vault, Indoors)
2024: Was extremely consistent in the pole vault, going 4.14-meters or higher nine out of ten meets overall β¦ placed fifth at the Pac-12 Championships as UW finished 1-2-3-5 for huge team points, clearing 14-0 Β½ β¦ finished 16th at NCAA West Prelims, one bar shy of making nationals, making 13-9 ΒΌ β¦ cleared 13-9 ΒΎ at the Fresno State Invite for third β¦ runner-up at the Brutus Hamilton Invite, making 13-7 ΒΌ β¦ indoors, was two spots out of reaching indoor nationals, finishing 18th overall in the NCAA, making a season-best of 14-3 ΒΌ at the UW Invitational.
2023:Β Huge first season with the Huskies, earning First Team All-America honors both outdoors and indoors with big PRs and sharing the Pac-12 pole vault title with teammate Nastassja Campbell ... at the NCAA Outdoor meet, tied for sixth-place with a make of 14-1 1/4 to reach the podium ... captured the Pac-12 title, co-champion withΒ Campbell, as each cleared 14-3 ΒΌ, an outdoor PR for Borton that ranks her fifth in school history β¦ qualified for NCAA Outdoors by making 13-10 at NCAA West Prelims in Sacramento β¦ cleared 13-8 ΒΌ at the first two outdoor meets of the season, at the Aztec Invitational and the Stanford Invitational β¦ indoors, earned first career First Team All-America honor with a fifth-place finish at NCAAs, clearing two PRs including a top height of 14-5 ΒΌ to rank fourth in UW history β¦ had first career 14-foot clearance in her first meet as a Dawg, clearing 14-0 Β½ at the UW Indoor Preview β¦ upped her PR to 14-2 ΒΎ at the UW Invitational which earned her first NCAA Indoor ticket.
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2022 (At Tennessee): Qualified for the NCAA East Preliminary round as a freshman, and placed 17th overall with a jump of 13-9 ΒΎ, an outdoor season-best β¦ won the War Eagle Invitational going over 13-8 ΒΌ β¦ indoors, had a season-best of 13-10 to take fourth at the Virginia Tech Challenge β¦ also made 13-9 at the Tyson Invitational for sixth β¦ was 13th at the SEC Indoor Championships, going 12-10 ΒΌ β¦ in NCAA debut, made 13-1 Β½ at the Virginia Tech Invite β¦ named to the 2021-22 SEC Honor Roll.
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High School and Personal: Born in Charlotte, North Carolina β¦ parents are Chat Borton and Kelly Borton β¦ has an older brother, Connor, and older sister, Lauren β¦ placed fifth at the Ohio D1 State Championships as a senior in 2021 β¦ had a high school best of 12-9 set in 2021 β¦ missed her junior season due to Covid-19 β¦ as a sophomore, was seventh at state in the pole vault, and was 24th at New Balance Outdoor Nationals β¦ won the regional title as a sophomore, making 12-4 β¦ also lettered in wrestling, placing at state in 2021 β¦ a National Honor Society member, and National Technical Honor Society (Dental) β¦ pursuing Neuroscience major.
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Major Meets
2022 SEC Indoors β 13th, Pole Vault
2022 SEC Outdoors β NH, Pole Vault
2022 NCAA East Prelims β 17th, Pole Vault
2023 NCAA IndoorsΒ β 5th, Pole Vault (All-America First Team)
2023 Pac-12Β β tie-1st, Pole Vault (Pac-12 co-Champion)
2023 NCAA West PrelimsΒ β 8th, Pole Vault
2023 NCAA OutdoorsΒ β tie-6th, Pole Vault (All-America First Team)
2024 Pac-12 - 5th, Pole Vault
2024 NCAA West Prelims - 16th, Pole Vault
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Outdoor Bests
Pole Vaultβ¦β¦.14-3 1/4
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Indoor Bests
Pole Vaultβ¦β¦.14-5 1/4
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