EUGENE, Ore. – There have been a lot of firsts this year for Hana and Amanda Moll, whether in first-place finishes, or first in collegiate history, or first ever to (insert pole vault achievement). Another first came today as the twins made Team USA for the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, the first time both will be on a senior level national team together.
Amanda was the USATF Outdoor Championships bronze medalist today, with Hana finishing in fourth-place, with both making the same top height of 15-6 1/4. Because the U.S. has the defending World Champion in Katie Moon, who finished second today, Team USA gets four spots to the World Championships instead of the standard three. Amanda and Hana will join Moon, who also made 15-6 1/4, plus Sandi Morris, who won gold today as the only woman to clear 15-10. This will be the second senior World Championships appearance for Hana, as she also made the 2023 squad and then placed ninth in the final in Budapest. It will be the first World Championship appearance for Amanda. Hana was the 2025 NCAA Outdoor Champion and Amanda was the 2025 NCAA Indoor Champion, and both were semifinalists for the Bowerman Award.
After both sisters made the opening height of 14-4 1/4, each faced third-attempts at the second bar, 14-10 1/4. But as they did back at NCAA Outdoors in June, they each came up clutch with clearances to stay alive. Going up to 15-2 1/4, Hana cleared it on her first attempt, but Amanda was down to another third-attempt facing elimination. She got over for a second-straight time to keep her hopes alive…