Sarah Hiestand
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- Year:
- So.
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- Hometown:
- Canton, Ohio
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- High School:
- St. Thomas Aquinas
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- Major:
- Undeclared
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- Events:
- Pole Vault
2023 Outdoor: Competed in four meets … Took third in pole vault at dual meet against Denison (April 12) with a mark of 8 feet, 6 inches … Reached new heights at NCAC Championships (May 5-6), placing sixth overall and clearing a collegiate-best mark of 9 feet, 3.25 inches.
2023 Indoor: Competed in six meets … Made collegiate debut by reaching a height of 7 feet, 10.5 inches at season-opening home Wooster Invitational (Jan. 14) … Pole vault runner-up at Kenyon Invitational (Feb. 17) with a height of 8 feet, 6 inches … Competed in pole vault at NCAC Championships (Feb. 24-25) and had a season-best height of 8 feet, 8.25 inches.
Prior to Wooster: State qualifier in the pole vault as a junior at St. Thomas Aquinas High School … Coached by Thomas Dowling … Three-year letterwinner in track & field … Earned first-team all-division honors in volleyball and honorable mention honors in golf … Four-year letterwinner in cheerleading, golf, and volleyball.
Personal: Parents are Matthew and Lori Hiestand … Father was inducted into the W Association Hall of Fame in 2003 … Father earned ABCA All-America honors and was the NCAC Player of the Year in baseball as a senior, was voted to CSC’s Academic All-America® team as a sophomore, and was a three-time All-NCAC basketball selection and 1,000-point scorer … Has yet to declare a major … Member of Alpha Gamma Phi.