Hana Moll
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| Nationality | American | ||||||||||||||
| Born | (2005-01-31) January 31, 2005 (age 21) | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Track and field | ||||||||||||||
Event | Pole vault | ||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | Pole Vault: 4.88m (Seattle, 2026) | ||||||||||||||
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Hana Moll (born January 31, 2005) is an American track and field athlete who competes in pole vault. She won the 2022 IAAF World Junior Championships and won the 2025 NCAA Outdoor Championships.
Her twin sister Amanda Moll is also a pole vaulter, and the pair finished tied for sixth overall competing at the senior 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo.
Moll attended Capital High School in Olympia, Washington and the University of Washington. Her twin sister Amanda is also a competitor in pole vault and set a world under-18 best, and a world leading junior height going into the 2022 World Junior Championships in which she finished fifth. Their parents are Eric and Paula Moll.[1][2]
Career
Twice in January 2022, Moll broke her personal best, first at the Texas Elite Pole Vault EXPO Explosion on January 1, 2022, and second as she won the age group category at the 2022 Pole Vault Summit in Reno, Nevada. She cleared 4.47m with her twin sister Amanda finishing second in the event.[3] Both twins were coached by Mike Strong in high school in Olympia, Washington and by Tim Reilly, NW Pole Vault.[4] Moll won the gold medal at the 2022 IAAF World Junior Championships in Cali, Colombia, clearing 4.35m on the day.[5]
In February 2023, while still a high-schooler, she consisted fifth at the US National Indoor Championship, held in Albuquerque, New Mexico.[6] In July 2023, Moll set a new personal best, clearing 4.61m in Eugene, Oregon whilst finishing third at the 2023 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships. It was a new national high-school record.[7] She was selected for the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest in August 2023.[8] She qualified for the final with a personal best clearance of 4.65 meters.[9]
Competing at the 2024 NCAA Indoor Championships in Boston, Massachusetts, she won the pole vault title with a height of 4.60m.[10][11] She qualified for the final at the US Olympic Trials in June 2024, before placing sixth overall with a clearance of 4.63 metres.[12][13]
She set a personal best 4.81 metres in Indianapolis on 1 March 2025 to move to second on the all-time collegiate list, behind only her twin sister Amanda.[14] She finished second at the NCAA Indoor Championship on 14 March 2025 in Virginia Beach, behind her sister Amanda on countback.[15] She cleared 4.79 to set a new meeting record at the 2025 NCAA Outdoor Championships in Eugene, Oregon in June 2025.[16][17][18] She was named women's field athlete of the year at the 2025 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field National Awards.[19]
She cleared 4.73 metres to place fourth at the 2025 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Eugene on count-back after clearing the same height as sister Amanda and Katie Moon. With Moon receiving a wildcard as reigning world champion for the upcoming Tokyo World Championships both twins were guaranteed to make their first senior appearance together for the United States in Japan, fitness permitting.[20][21] She cleared 4.74 metres to place third in the 2025 Diamond League event, the 2025 Memorial Van Damme in Brussels, Belgium, behind Katie Moon and Molly Caudery.[22] She was a finalist at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan, in September 2025, placing sixth in a tie with her sister Amanda, with both clearing 4.65 metres.[23]
In January 2026, Moll cleared 4.88 metres in Seattle, to join her sister Amanda as the only two collegians to clear a height of 16 feet.[24] Competing at the Big Ten Indoor Championships Moll won the pole vault with a clearance of 4.60m in February 2026.[25] The following month, she cleared 4.82 metres to win the 2026 NCAA Indoor Championships, breaking her sister's meeting record from the previous year.[26]
Hana Moll set another NCAA record at 2026 Mt. SAC Relays, where she cleared 4.80 meters to win.[27]
References
- ↑ "Sisters soaring high! Amanda and Hana Moll taking girls pole vaulting to a new level". Sports Illustrated.
- ↑ "UW's Hana Moll soars to NCAA pole-vault title with twin sister by side". Seattle Times. March 15, 2024. Retrieved January 25, 2025.
- ↑ "Hana Moll Clears US No. 2 All-Time Height In Pole Vault". milesplit.com.
- ↑ "The twin takeover". issuu.com.
- ↑ "Facing the world's best, Capital High School pole vaulter Hana Moll comes out on top". thenewstribune.
- ↑ "Sam Prakel Completes the Double*, Nikki Hiltz, Nia Akins Get First USATF Track Titles". Lets Run. February 19, 2023. Retrieved June 7, 2023.
- ↑ Mull, Cory (July 9, 2023). "Hana Moll Finishes Top Three At USAs, Clears National Record". Retrieved July 10, 2023.
- ↑ Gault, Jonathan (August 7, 2023). "USATF Announces 2023 World Championship Roster". letsrun.com. Retrieved August 8, 2023.
- ↑ "Women's Pole Vault Results: World Athletics Championships 2023". Watch Athletics. Retrieved August 23, 2023.
- ↑ "Texas Tech and Arkansas win men's, women's titles at 2024 NCAA DI indoor track and field championships". ncaa. March 9, 2024. Retrieved March 10, 2024.
- ↑ "Pinnock leaps world lead to regain NCAA title in Boston". World Athletics. March 9, 2024. Retrieved March 10, 2024.
- ↑ Davern, John (June 29, 2024). "Hannah and Amanda Moll Move On To The Final In The Pole Vault". Flotrack. Retrieved January 25, 2025.
- ↑ "U.S. Olympic Team Trials". World Athletics. June 21, 2024. Retrieved January 25, 2025.
- ↑ "AMANDA AND HANA MOLL RAISE THE BAR, AGAIN, AT BIG TEN INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS". Runnerspace. March 1, 2025. Retrieved March 3, 2025.
- ↑ "Daniel wins long jump on Day One of NCAA Men's and Women's Indoor track and field championships". abcnews. March 14, 2025. Retrieved March 15, 2025.
- ↑ "NCAA Women's DI Track and Field Championships 2025 Results & Scores". Flotrack. June 12, 2025. Retrieved June 13, 2025.
- ↑ "Georgia women take the team lead at the outdoor track and field championships". abcnews. June 12, 2025. Retrieved June 13, 2025.
- ↑ "Nathaniel, Makarawu and Mullings shine at NCAA Championships". World Athletics. June 14, 2025. Retrieved June 14, 2025.
- ↑ "2025 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field National Awards". ustfccca.org. June 23, 2025. Retrieved June 23, 2025.
- ↑ Perelman, Rich (August 3, 2025). "ATHLETICS: Lyles' salty, world-leading 200, insane men's 800 (1:42.27 for a 16-year-old!) and upsets galore conclude USATF Nationals". The Sports Examiner. Retrieved August 4, 2025.
- ↑ "USA Championships". World Athletics. August 3, 2025. Retrieved August 4, 2025.
- ↑ "Results - Brussels Diamond League 2025". Watch Athletics. August 22, 2025. Retrieved August 26, 2025.
- ↑ "World Athletics Championships, Tokyo 2025". World Athletics. September 15, 2025. Retrieved September 24, 2025.
- ↑ "WASHINGTON'S HANA MOLL JOINS 16-FOOT CLUB AT UW MILE CITY". Runnerspace. January 31, 2026. Retrieved February 1, 2026.
- ↑ "MEAGAN HUMPHRIES, JAICIEONNA GERO-HOLT GIVE ILLINOIS A LIFT WITH 1-2 FINISH IN PENTATHLON AT BIG TEN INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS". DyeStat.com. February 27, 2026. Retrieved March 1, 2026.
- ↑ "ADAEJAH HODGE LEADS GEORGIA TO WOMEN'S NCAA CROWN". Runnerspace. March 15, 2026. Retrieved March 16, 2026.
- ↑ 66th Annual Mt. SAC Relays April 15-18, 2026 - Hilmer Lodge Stadium-Walnut, CA - Women Pole Vault Invitational Elite TFRRS.org
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