Vault Air Show to Highlight Division II Indoor Championshps in Mankato this Weekend

Can you take off work this afternoon?

Can you get to Mankato by 4:15?

We’ve got a good reason for you to do both … the air show that will be the women’s pole vault competition at the NCAA Division II Indoor Track and Field Championships at Minnesota State University – Mankato today.

Sure, the meet will be loaded with competition as national championships typically are, but the women’s vault features three Minnesota stars, two reigning national champs, and the highest-flying D2 vaulter ever all soaring over the same elevated bar.

Defending D2 indoor champ and #1 seed Katelin Rains of hosts Mankato, holder of D2’s highest vault at 14-0 ½, will compete against 2007 NCAA Division II outdoor champ Jennifer Hensel of Minnesota State – Moorhead, the #5-seeded vaulter in tonight’s event at 12-6, as well as true-freshman Mankato teammate Lauren Stelten, seeded #3 at 13-0 1/4. Stelten was last year’s MSHSL Class AA pole vault champ.

At which height the bar will finally rest and just who will achieve the highest clearance makes the always-exciting pole vault the event of the meet, in our opinion.

Not that there isn’t a lot for the Minnesota track fan to enjoy at the championship. Other events to watch include …

Women’s Shot Put … Where #2-seed Sheena Devine of Bemidji State will attempt to defend her NCAA Division II title.

Women’s 200 meters … Where Mankato’s Brittany Henderson is seeded #2. (She’s also the #5-seed in the 60m.)

Women’s 800 meters … Where Moorhead’s Ashley Roemer is the #4-seed.

Women’s DMR … Where the University of Minnesota – Duluth squad is seeded #4.

Men’s Shot Put … Where Bemidji State’s Joe Remitz is seeded #3.

Men’s 800 meters … Where Mankato’s Denise Mokaya is the #3 seed. (He’s #4 in the Mile as well.)

The meet schedule can be found HERE.

Heat sheets for the meet can be found here … MEN WOMEN

All the other information you’re likely to need can be found HERE