Moon Earns Bronze In Pole Vault At 2024 Indoor Worlds

Former Ashland University national champion Katie Moon earned a bronze medal in the women's pole vault for Team USA on Saturday (March 2) at the 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Glasgow, Scotland.
 
Her top vault of 4.75 meters/15-feet-7 was bested only by winner Molly Caudrey of Great Britain and runner-up Eliza McCartney of New Zealand – both of whom finished at 4.80 meters/15-feet-9.
 
Moon earned a spot at worlds after winning the national title at the 2024 USA Track & Field (USATF) Indoor Championships in Albuquerque, N.M., in February.
 
A 2021 Olympic gold medalist for Team USA, Moon has the fifth-best mark in women's world pole vault history, combined indoors and outdoors, at 4.95 meters/16-feet-2¾. She won two NCAA Division II national titles in the pole vault while competing for the Eagle track and field program.
 
On Feb. 2 at the Niss Athletic Center, Moon began her 2024 indoor season at the third Jud Logan Light Giver Open, winning the elite women's pole vault at 4.70 meters/15-feet-5.