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Sarah Hiestand

Sarah Hiestand

  • Year:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Canton, Ohio
  • High School:
    St. Thomas Aquinas
  • Major:
    Chemistry
  • Events:
    Pole Vault

Summary

Biography

Two-time member of the AD Honor Roll.

2026 Outdoor: Competed only in pole vault across five meets … Cleared an outdoor-season high tying 9 feet, 7.25 inches at the NCAC Championships (May 1-2), Denison Big Red Invitational (Apr. 24) and home Wooster Invitational (Apr. 3-4) … Top individual finish was sixth place with mark at Denison meet as well as at Bob Kahn Invitational (March 27-28) with 9 feet, 5.25 inches there.

2026 Indoor: Competed in seven meets only in pole vault … Went an indoor-season high tying 9 feet, 8 inches for ninth place at NCAC Championships (Feb. 27-28), narrowly missing out on a scoring finish … Won the event at three separate meets, starting with 8 feet, 10.25 inches at the home Fighting Scots Invitational (Jan. 24), then 9 feet, 6.25 inches at Ohio Wesleyan Open (Feb. 13) and 8 feet, 11.75 inches at the Kenyon Tune Up (Feb. 20) … Matched season high of 9 feet, 8 inches at Bob Shannon Invitational (Feb. 7).

2025 Outdoor: Competed in five meets, exclusively in pole vault … Placed seventh at NCAC Championships (May 2-3) with a height of 10 feet exactly … Took third at Denison Invitational (April 25) with a collegiate-best 10 feet, 4.75 inches, good for sixth in program history.

2025 Indoor: Competed in six meets, exclusively in pole vault … Placed third in three meets … Indoor season-best of 10 feet, 2.5 inches came at Kenyon Tune Up (Feb. 21) … Cleared 9 feet 0.25 inches at all other meets when she cleared a height.

2024 Outdoor: Made six starts, competing only in pole vault … Cleared a top collegiate height of 10 feet, 2.5 inches at the NCAC Championships (May 3-4) and finished sixth overall … Pole vault PR is good enough for sixth in program history … Previous outdoor best mark of 9 feet, 2.5 inches came at All-Ohio Championships (Apr. 13).

2024 Indoor: Made six starts, exclusively competing in pole vault … Won the event during dual meet vs. Denison (Jan. 25) with a height of 9 feet, 0.25 inches … Runner-up at home Fighting Scots Invitational (Jan. 20) with 9 feet, 0.25 inches … Took third at Bob Shannon Invitational (Feb. 3) with an indoor best height of 10 feet.

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 … Chemistry major … Member of Alpha Gamma Phi and a member of the cheerleading team.
 

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