VERMILLION, S.D.— South Dakota track and field will send a pair of pole vaulters to the NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships held March 8-9 in Boston, Massachusetts. Junior Marleen Mülla qualifies for the third-straight year and fifth-year senior Marshall Faurot makes his first appearance at the national indoor meet.
Mülla, who hails from Rakvere, Estonia, enters the meet with the sixth-best height of 14-7 ¼ (4.45m). She posted her qualifying mark at the Nebraska Tune-Up two weeks ago. Mülla garnered all-Summit League honors at the league meet this past weekend. Mülla is a five-time All-American in the pole vault. She placed third at the 2023 NCAA Indoor meet.
Faurot, a native of Scott City, Kansas, is tied for the 12th-best mark entering the meet at 18-1 ¼ (5.52m). The mark is a career best for Faurot, which he cleared to win the pole vault at the Summit League Championship meet this past weekend. Faurot was named the Summit League Most Outstanding Performer of the Championships earlier this week. This marks his second appearance at a national meet, previously qualifying for the 2021 NCAA Outdoor Championships.
South Dakota boasts two of the Summit League’s three qualifiers for the NCAA Championships.
The men’s pole vault is scheduled for 1 p.m. (Central) with the women’s pole vault to follow at 5 p.m. (Central) on Friday, March 8.