Monday, January 18, 2010

Rice's Colwick Makes NCAA Cut in Pole Vault

(Image courtesy of Rice University Sports Information Office)
By Robert H. Kelly
Copyright 2010 TexSport Publications

HOUSTON, TEXAS (January 18, 2010) Rice University’s Jason Colwick set a new school indoor record for the pole vault as he cleared 5.62 meters (18 feet 5.25 inches) in winning at the University of Houston's Leonard Hilton Memorial Indoor Track and Field Meet.

Colwick's performance is an automatic qualifying mark for the NCAA Indoor Championship and is the fourth-best mark in the world for 2010.

Rice’s Chris Kato was fifth in the pole vault with a mark of 4.80 meter (15 feet 9 inches) and teammate Clay Baker placed seventh in the weight throw with a mark of 15.65 meters (51 feet 4.25 inches).

Colwick, a senior from San Marcos, Texas, won the NCAA Indoor Championship with a vault of 5.60 meters (18 feet 4.5 inches) and NCAA Outdoor Championship with a 5.70 meter (18 feet 8.25 inches) in 2009.

Prior to the NCAA Outdoor Championship, Colwick had cleared the nation's number one height and fourth in the world for 2009 at 5.72 meters (18 feet 9.25 inches).

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