Seattle Pacific senior Lizzy Daugherty has been named the Great Northwest Athletic Conference women's Field Athlete of the Week after clearing an outdoor personal best of 12 feet, 6¼ inches at the PLU Open. This marks her fourth Athlete of the Week award, having previously won it twice last year and once in 2022, all during the outdoor season.

By the Numbers
  • Daugherthy's outdoor personal best: 12 feet, 6¼ inches
  • Daugherthy's school indoor record: 12-9½
State of Play
  • Daugherty's performance gave her first place, the eighth time of her career that she has won the pole vault (seven outdoors, one indoors).
  • The height beat her previous outdoor best of 12-4 and is currently the fifth-highest mark in NCAA Division II. It was also the eighth-highest outdoor vault in GNAC history.
  • Daugherty has the eighth-highest mark out of the elements, with a school indoor record of 12-9½.
What's Next

The Falcons head to California this week, visiting San Marcos on Friday for the Mangrum Invitational and San Diego on Saturday for the PLNU Invitational at Point Loma Nazarene. Also on Saturday, the pole vaulters and triple jumper David Njeri, instead of PLNU, will head to San Diego State for the Aztec Invitational.