Keaton Daniel Completes Sweep of NCAA Pole Vault Championships
EUGENE, Ore. – Senior Keaton Daniel secured the first medal of the NCAA Division I Outdoor Championships for the Wildcats this afternoon winning the pole vault competition at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon.
The title was secured for the Nevada native after he cleared a height of 18’7.25”/5.67 meters equaling his outdoor season best. After deciding to skip the first couple of heights, Daniel entered the competition at a height of 17’7.25”/5.37 meters clearing the bar on his first attempt. Daniel cleared the next three heights remaining perfect as the field condensed around him. He was untouchable in the final stages as he held off Kansas’s Clayton Simms for the gold medal.
The title is the first NCAA Outdoor Championship for Daniel after two previous attempts saw him place third in 2022 and eighth in 2023. Daniel, who also won his first NCAA Championship title this year at the NCAA Indoor Championships in Boston, Massachusetts becomes the first Wildcat in program history to win both indoor and outdoor NCAA pole vault championships in the same season.
After the victory, the men concluded day one of the championships in sixth place with 10 points. UKTF will continue the NCAA Outdoor Championships tomorrow with the women’s side of competition starting at 6 p.m. ET with the hammer throw.
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Event Results
| NCAA Outdoor Championships: Wednesday, June 5: ALL TIMES IN EASTERN TIME | |||
| Men’s 4×100 Meter Relay | 7:32 p.m. | Semifinal | 11. Shavique Bascus, Clinton Muunga, Miles Jones, Kennedy Lightner: 38.78 |
| Men’s Pole Vault | 8:00 p.m. | FINAL | 1. Keaton Daniel: 18’7.25”/5.67m
T-17. Dalton Shepler: 17’1.50”/5.22m |
| Men’s 200m | 9:44 p.m. | Semifinal | 14. Kennedy Lightner: 20.39 (+0.0) |
| NCAA Outdoor Championships: Thursday, June 6: ALL TIMES IN EASTERN TIME | |||
| Women’s Hammer Throw | 6:00 p.m. | FINAL | Kate Powers |
| Women’s Pole Vault | 9:00 p.m. | FINAL | Payton Phillips |
| Women’s 400m | 10:00 p.m. | Semifinal | Jania Martin
Oneika McAnnuff |
| Women’s 800m | 10:14 p.m. | Semifinal | Sydney Steely |
| Women’s 4×400 Meter Relay | 11:48 p.m. | Semifinal | Alexis Glasco, Cha’iel Johnson, Jania Martin, Oneika McAnnuff, Reynei Wallace |
| NCAA Outdoor Championships: Friday, June 7: ALL TIMES IN EASTERN TIME | |||
| Women’s Hep. 100mH | 4:00 p.m. | FINAL | Charity Hufnagel |
| Women’s Hep. High Jump | 5:00 p.m. | FINAL | Charity Hufnagel |
| Women’s Hep. Shot Put | 7:00 p.m. | FINAL | Charity Hufnagel |
| Women’s Hep. 200m | 10:43 p.m. | FINAL | Charity Hufnagel |
| Women’s Hep. Friday Standings | Charity Hufnagel | ||
| NCAA Outdoor Championships: Friday, June 7: ALL TIMES IN EASTERN TIME | |||
| Men’s Triple Jump | 9:20 p.m. | FINAL | Luke Brown |
| NCAA Outdoor Championships: Saturday, June 8: ALL TIMES IN EASTERN TIME | |||
| Women’s Hep. Long Jump | 1:30 p.m. | FINAL | Charity Hufnagel |
| Women’s Hep. Javelin Throw | 2:45 p.m. | FINAL | Charity Hufnagel |
| Women’s Hep. 800m | 7:13 p.m. | FINAL | Charity Hufnagel |
| Women’s Hep. Final Standings | Charity Hufnagel | ||
| NCAA Outdoor Championships: Saturday, June 8: ALL TIMES IN EASTERN TIME | |||
| Women’s High Jump | 5:00 p.m. | FINAL | Charity Hufnagel |
| Women’s 400m | 6:32 p.m. | FINAL | Jania Martin
Oneika McAnnuff |
| Women’s 800m | 6:44 p.m. | FINAL | Sydney Steely |
| Women’s 4×400 Meter Relay | 7:51 p.m. | FINAL | Alexis Glasco, Cha’iel Johnson, Jania Martin, Oneika McAnnuff, Reynei Wallace |
