Ithaca College Student Katherine Pitman Wins National Pole Vault Title

2016 Jun 8

Junior Katherine Pitman of the Ithaca College women's track & field team won the national title in the pole vault at the NCAA Division III Outdoor Championships at Wartburg College, setting the national meet record for pole vault in the process.

Pitman cleared 4.21 meters (13 feet, 9.75 inches) to surpass the best national meet mark set in 2012 by .01 meters (1/2 inch), 4.20 meters, and re-established her own school record. She entered the competition with the top mark in the country and fourth-best all-time at 4.18 meters. It was also a Wartburg College stadium record (3.72 meters).

Take a listen to Pitman's interview on ESPN Ithaca's "Between the Lines".