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| Born | 15 March 2005 | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
| Event | Pole Vault | ||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | Pole Vault: 4.61m (Lubbock, 2025) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Molly Haywood (born 15 March 2005) is an American pole vaulter. She won the gold medal at the 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships. [1]
From Texas, she attended Tomball Memorial High School. As a youngster she competed in American Ninja Warrior. [2] [3]
Competing for Baylor University she finished ninth in the final of the 2024 NCAA Indoor Championships in Boston, Massachusetts. [4]
In June 2024, she won the silver medal at the USA U20 championships in the pole vault. [5] That month, she finished fifth in the pole vault at the NCAA Outdoor Championships. [6]
She won the gold medal representing the United States at the World Athletics U20 Championships in Lima, Peru. She entered the competition at 4.15 metres and ultimately cleared 4.47 metres. [7] [8]
In March 2025, she set a new personal best height of 4.61 metres to win the Big 12 Indoor Track and Field Championships in Lubbock, Texas. [9] In May 2025, she cleared a height of 4.52 metres to win her second consecutive title at the Big 12 Conference, in Lawrence, Kansas. [10]
World U20 Champions in women's pole vault | |
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