EUGENE, Ore. – Qualifying for her ninth NCAA Championship of her career,
Sydney Horn closed out her collegiate career with a Second Team All-American honor at the 2025 NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships. She placed 10th overall in the women's pole vault on Thursday afternoon after clearing 4.39m.
"She's had such a historic career," Pole Vault Coach
Scott Houston commented. "She's a nine-time All-American – a seven-time first team, two-time second team. I think she's the only female athlete that I can recall that's qualified for every single NCAA championship she's ever tried to qualify for so it's a little bit bittersweet that she missed the first team this year.
"She jumped great indoors, reached a historic 15 foot bar as a female in college which is something that very few people in the country have ever done. Then she got a little bit of a hamstring injury through the beginning of outdoors, and we navigated it well. She broke the outdoor school record after coming back and was feeling good. Then she had some mental challenges moving back up polls and so we just missed a little bit here and there and that's just the way the competition goes. Finishing 10th in the country is a phenomenal finish for anybody."
DATE: June 12, 2025
SITE: Hayward Field, Eugene, Oregon
EVENT: 2025 NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships
Horn entered at the opening bar at 4.09m and cleared it on her second attempt. She moved up to 4.24m and cleared the bar on her first attempt. Maintaining her rhythm, she cleared the next bar at 4.39m on her first attempt. She took three attempts at 4.44m but was unable to clear it, finishing in 10th place overall.
This concludes Horn's outstanding career at High Point, making her the most decorated athlete in HPU history.
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