Sondre Guttormsen Wins NCAA Outdoor Pole Vault Championship

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EUGENE, Ore. – Sondre Guttormsen of the No. 16 Princeton University men's track & field team added his second national title of 2022, winning the pole vault at the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships Wednesday night at Hayward Field on a night that saw the Tigers capture three All-America honors and send three athletes to the finals.

The Tigers are also currently sitting in third place in the team scores with 15 points, just one point behind Florida State University, which has 16 points. The University of Tennessee is in first, with 21 points.

The NCAA Indoor Champion, the Norwegian record holder, the Ivy League record holder, and now the NCAA Outdoor Champion, Guttormsen cleared a best mark of 5.75 meters and was named First Team All-America for the second time this season. He cleared his first attempt of 5.45 meters with ease, then missed two attempts at 5.65 meters. Guttormsen bounced back, clearing 5.70 meters, then delivered a clutch vault of 5.75 meters to claim top honors in the event. Guttormsen is the Tigers' fourth NCAA Outdoor Champion, and the third coached by William M. Weaver Jr.' 34 Head Coach Fred Samara. His pole vault title also brings Samara's total number of NCAA champions coached to nine.

Also earning All-America honors in the pole vault for the second time in 2022 was Simen Guttormsen, who finished fourth. His best mark was 5.65 meters, tying his PR and the all-time No. 2 mark in school history set at the 2022 Texas Relays. He cleared 5.30 meters on his first attempt, and would later clear 5.50 meters, and 5.65 meters.

C.J. Licata was the third Tiger to collect All-America honors for the second time in 2022, as he was named to the second team after finishing 13^th in the shot put with a best mark of 19.31 meters. Licata was also an All-American at the NCAA Indoor Championships, where he finished eighth.

Sam Ellis finished third overall in the 1,500 meters, advancing to the final and setting a new school record of 3:37.60. He came out of the gates hard, and bested the previous program record of 3:39.34 set by Garrett O'Toole '18 at Swarthmore in 2016. Ellis also topped his PR of 3:39.54, set at the 2022 Princeton Elite Invitational.

Ed Trippas advanced to the final in the 3,000-meter steeplechase, finishing in 8:29.86. He placed seventh, and posted the second-fastest time in school history, topping the previous all-time No. 2 time and his previous PR of 8:30.25, set at the 2022 Penn Relays.

Also earning a spot in the finals was Sam Rodman, who finished seventh in the 800 meters with a time of 1:47.30.

Michael Phillippy clocked in at 46.37 in the 400 meters, finishing 21^st.

In the 4x100 meter relay, the team of Simang'aliso Ndhlovu, Kaden Reynolds, Daniel Duncan and Greg Sholars finished 23^rd with a time of 39.98.

Competing in the 4x400 meter relay was the team of Ladislav Töpfer, William Doyle, Andersen Dimon, and Phillippy; the quartet finished 23rd in 3:09.26.

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Princeton returns to Hayward Field on Friday, June 11 for the discus and high jump, while Trippas, Ellis, and Rodman will compete in their respective finals.

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