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Fritsch places 7th at NCAA Indoor Championships
3/13/2021 4:58:00 PM | Track & Field
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — Sam Houston senior Clayton Fritsch capped a stellar indoor track and field season with a strong showing in the pole vault at the NCAA Championships Saturday at the Randal Tyson Center.
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Fritsch turned in a season-best height of 5.50 meters to place seventh and earn All-American honors. His previous best mark this season came at the Southland Conference Indoor Championships where he won gold with a vault of 5.45 meters.
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KC Lightfoot of Baylor won the pole vault national championship with a height of 5.93 meters. BYU's Zach McWhorter was second at 5.80 and Zach Bradford of Kansas took bronze with a mark of 5.70.
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Fritsch actually tied for the fifth-best height with Ethan Bray of South Dakota and Caleb Witsken of BYU, but they reached the mark in fewer attempts.
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Fritsch turned in a season-best height of 5.50 meters to place seventh and earn All-American honors. His previous best mark this season came at the Southland Conference Indoor Championships where he won gold with a vault of 5.45 meters.
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KC Lightfoot of Baylor won the pole vault national championship with a height of 5.93 meters. BYU's Zach McWhorter was second at 5.80 and Zach Bradford of Kansas took bronze with a mark of 5.70.
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Fritsch actually tied for the fifth-best height with Ethan Bray of South Dakota and Caleb Witsken of BYU, but they reached the mark in fewer attempts.
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