Palmer Wins Pole Vault and Breaks School Record on First Day of NCAC Championships

Gambier, Ohio - Dilan Palmer's pole vault title highlighted DePauw's opening day at the North Coast Athletic Conference Championship. The Tigers finished the first of two days with 19 points and are in sixth place among the eight schools.

Palmer and Oberlin's Ave Spencer were deadlocked with best vaults of 3.50 meters (11-5.75) and each missed at 3.65 meters. Palmer won the "vault-off" after clearing 11-2. Palmer's vault of 3.50 meters broke the DePauw school record.

Ashley Hash earned all-NCAC honors after finishing third in the high jump with a best mark of 1.60 m (5-3).

The Tigers' distance medley relay of Sarah Selzer, Hallie Bechtel, Gabrielle Coffing and Claudia Monnett finished sixth in 13:32.48.

Ellie Sheffield was DePauw's lone finals qualifier from today's prelims after she was ninth in the 60-meter hurdles in 9.79 seconds.

Saturday's competition starts with field events at 10 a.m. and running events slated to begin at 2:15 p.m.

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Players Mentioned

Hallie Bechtel: Sprints; Sophomore

Ashley Hash: Jumps; Sophomore

Claudia Monnett: Distance; Junior

Dilan Palmer: Pole Vault; Freshman

Sarah Selzer: Distance; Freshman; My parents are both from the Midwest hailing from Edina and Albert Lee Minnesota. My mother went to Butler and my father went to University of Minnesota so we decided to tour colleges in the Midwest. I fell in love with DePauws vibrant campus and all it has to offer in terms of its cross country program. I also loved how community oriented the school strives to be, and the fact that DePauw caters to educate the person as a whole.

Ellie Sheffield: Hurdles; Senior

Players Mentioned

Hallie Bechtel
: Sophomore
: Sprints

Ashley Hash
: Sophomore
: Jumps

Claudia Monnett
: Junior
: Distance

Dilan Palmer
: Freshman
: Pole Vault

Sarah Selzer
: Freshman; My parents are both from the Midwest hailing from Edina and Albert Lee Minnesota. My mother went to Butler and my father went to University of Minnesota so we decided to tour colleges in the Midwest. I fell in love with DePauws vibrant campus and all it has to offer in terms of its cross country program. I also loved how community oriented the school strives to be, and the fact that DePauw caters to educate the person as a whole.
: Distance

Ellie Sheffield
: Senior
: Hurdles