WALNUT, Calif. -- Both Missouri S&T entries in the men's pole vault competition earned All-America honors Saturday at the NCAA Division II Track & FIeld Championships at Mount San Antonio College.
Jordan Henry, who was the national runner-up during the indoor season, added a fourth place finish in the event for the outdoor season with a clearance of 16-4 in the finals of the event, while sophomore Peter Hollenbeck ended up in a tie for sixth place by clearing 16-feet.
The finishes among the top eight by Henry and Hollenbeck landed each of them All-America awards from the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association.
Henry cleared the opening height of 16-feet on his second try, then went over at 16-4 on his first effort. However, he was unable to make the clearance at 16-8 as one of the four competitors remaining in the competition at that time.
Hollenbeck also cleared the opening height on his second attempt, but missed all three tries at 16-4, which was just a shade over his personal best mark of 16-3 1/2 that got him into the national meet. The 16-foot clearance landed Hollenbeck in a four-way tie for sixth place.
Grand Valley State's Bryant Wilson took the national championship in the event by clearing 17-feet with fewer misses than Ashand's Dan Tierney, who also hit the 17-foot mark but had four misses to Wilson's three in the competition.
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