As the bar goes higher, so does Alicia Rue ...Rue, the Minnesota Golden Gopher sophomore pole vaulter, earned a share of this week’s Big Ten Field Event Athlete of the Week award -- with Illinois thrower Aja Evans -- after breaking the school record to win the pole vault competition at the Iowa Musco Twilight Meet on May 3.
Rue, a Robbinsdale Armstrong alum, cleared 13 feet, 7 1/4 inches, to add the Gopher outdoor record to the indoor mark of 13-11 1/4 she posted earlier this season.
The weekly award is the third for Rue this season, with two coming during the indoor campaign. Overall, the Golden Gopher women’s team has collected 10 Big Ten weekly awards this spring.
Photo courtesy of the U of M.
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