RESULTS

NAPERVILLE, Ill. – Barely an hour after junior Taryn Cordani won the 5,000-meter run, senior Katherine Pitman notched the second national title for the Ithaca College women's track & field team in the pole vault on Friday evening at the Al B. Carius Track. Pitman also set an NCAA Division III meet record with a mark of 4.18 meters (13 feet, 8.5 inches).

Pitman, who set the Division III indoor record this season at 4.25 meters, surpassed the previous DIII national meet record by .01 meters (4.17 meters), which was set back in 2011 by Abigail Schaffer of Moravian College. She now holds the Division III meet record in both the indoor and outdoor championships, as she claimed the 2016 outdoor title with a cleared height of 4.21 meters.

On Friday, Pitman entered the event at 3.85 meters and was successful on her first run. She then cleared 3.90 and 3.95 meters on her first try, and passed on 4.00 and 4.05 meters. Pitman made quick work of the 4.10 bar and then advanced past 4.18 meters on her third run.

With the national title already locked up after she cleared 3.95 meters, Pitman attempted to set the all-time Division III record of 4.28 meters, and just narrowly clipped the bar on her second attempt to knock it off its support.

It is now the 36th individual national championship in Ithaca College history.

After the first day of the national meet, Ithaca leads the team standings with 23.25 points, and the Bombers are entered in two events on Saturday.