Amanda Moll

Amanda Moll
Moll at the 2025 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships
Personal information
NationalityAmerican
Born (2005-01-31) January 31, 2005 (age 21)
Olympia, Washington, United States
Sport
SportTrack and field
Event
Pole vault
University teamWashington Huskies
Achievements and titles
Personal bestsPole Vault: 4.91m (Indianapolis, 2025)

Amanda Moll (born January 31, 2005) is an American pole vaulter. She holds the indoor world under-18 best, the NCAA record, the American youth record and high school all-time record in the pole vault.

Her twin sister Hana Moll is also a pole vaulter and won the 2022 World Junior Championships. The pair finished tied for sixth overall competing for the United States at the senior 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo.

Biography

She is a member of the Northwest Pole Vault Club. She set an indoor world under-18 best with a 4.50 metres clearance on February 27, 2022, at the USA Championships in Spokane, Washington. She finished fifth at the 2022 IAAF World Junior Championships in Cali, Colombia in August 2022.

In January 2023, she set an American Under-20 record and high school all-time record clearance of 4.61m competing at the 2023 Pole Vault Summit in Reno, Nevada, becoming the first American girl to go over 15 feet. Later in the year, she had to recover after slipping off of her pole at the Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays in March 2023, meaning she missed the high school national championships in June 2023.

She qualified for the final at the US Olympic Trials in Eugene, Oregon in June 2024, before placing fifth overall with a personal best clearance of 4.63 metres. She set a new personal best of 4.65 metres in Reno at the Pole Vault Summit in January 2025. She set a new Collegiate record of 4.91 metres in Indianapolis on 1 March 2025. She won the NCAA Championship indoor title on 14 March 2025 in Virginia Beach.

She cleared 4.73 metres to place third at the 2025 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Eugene on count-back after clearing the same height as sister Hana Moll in fourth and Katie Moon in second. She was subsequently selected to make her senior debut for the United States in Japan, alongside her twin sister, at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan, in September 2025 with both qualifying for the final and clearing 4.65 metres to place in equal sixth place overall.

After suffering a concussion which brought an early conclusion to her 2026 indoor season, Moll placed second behind her sister at the Big Ten Outdoor Conference final. On 11 June, Moll reversed the order by winning the 2026 NCAA Outdoor Championships in Eugene. In doing so, and cleared 4.84m to break Hana's collegiate outdoor record from the Big Ten Championships.

On 10 July, Moll finished as runner-up to Nina Kennedy at the 2026 Diamond League event in Monaco.

Personal life

Moll and her twin sister Hana were born in Olympia, Washington, and attended Capital High School before moving to the University of Washington. She participated in gymnastics, rock climbing, and mountain biking before focusing on athletics. Her mother, Paula, is a dietician, and her father, Eric, the CEO of a healthcare company. Her twin sister Hana is also a pole vaulter.

References

  1. ↑ "Amanda Moll". World Athletics. Retrieved January 25, 2025.
  2. ↑ Mull, Cory (October 31, 2022). "Washington Earned Commitments From National Pole Vault Duo". Milesplit. Retrieved January 25, 2025.
  3. ↑ Cory Mull (March 4, 2022). "More On Amanda Moll's National Record Tying PV Clearance". milesplit.com. Retrieved January 25, 2025.
  4. ↑ "Moll wins pole vault gold on busy fourth morning in Cali". World Athletics. August 4, 2022. Retrieved January 25, 2025.
  5. ↑ "AMANDA MOLL BECOMES FIRST U.S. PREP FEMALE ATHLETE TO SOAR PAST 15-FOOT BARRIER AT UCS SPIRIT NATIONAL POLE VAULT SUMMIT". Runnerspace. January 14, 2023. Retrieved January 25, 2025.
  6. ↑ Mull, Cory (January 14, 2023). "History Made! Amanda Moll Becomes First HS Girl Over 15 Feet". Milesplit. Retrieved January 25, 2025.
  7. ↑ "Hana Moll wins pole vault title – for herself and for her sister". gotracktownusa. June 17, 2023. Retrieved January 25, 2025.
  8. ↑ Davern, John (June 29, 2024). "Hannah and Amanda Moll Move On To The Final In The Pole Vault". Flotrack. Retrieved January 25, 2025.
  9. ↑ "U.S. Olympic Team Trials". World Athletics. June 21, 2024. Retrieved January 25, 2025.
  10. ↑ "Amanda Moll 5th Place, Hana Moll 6th Place Women's Pole Vault - U.S. Olympic Team Trials 2024". Runnerspace. July 1, 2024. Retrieved January 25, 2025.
  11. ↑ "National Pole Vault Summit". World Athletics. January 17, 2025. Retrieved January 25, 2025.
  12. ↑ "AMANDA MOLL AND HANA MOLL BOTH PRODUCE CAREER INDOOR MARKS AT UCS SPIRIT NATIONAL POLE VAULT SUMMIT". Youthrunner. January 18, 2025. Retrieved January 25, 2025.
  13. ↑ "AMANDA AND HANA MOLL RAISE THE BAR, AGAIN, AT BIG TEN INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS". Runnerspace. March 1, 2025. Retrieved March 3, 2025.
  14. ↑ "Daniel wins long jump on Day One of NCAA Men's and Women's Indoor track and field championships". abcnews. March 14, 2025. Retrieved March 15, 2025.
  15. ↑ "World Athletics Championships, Tokyo 2025". World Athletics. September 15, 2025. Retrieved September 24, 2025.
  16. ↑ Perelman, Rich (August 3, 2025). "ATHLETICS: Lyles' salty, world-leading 200, insane men's 800 (1:42.27 for a 16-year-old!) and upsets galore conclude USATF Nationals". The Sports Examiner. Retrieved August 4, 2025.
  17. ↑ "USA Championships". World Athletics. August 3, 2025. Retrieved August 4, 2025.
  18. ↑ "HANA MOLL RAISES OUTDOOR COLLEGIATE RECORD IN BIG TEN POLE VAULT". Dye Stat. May 16, 2026. Retrieved May 17, 2026.
  19. ↑ "ALYSSA JONES WINS LONG-AWAITED LONG JUMP TITLE AMID DAY OF TUMBLING MEET RECORDS". Dyestat. June 12, 2026. Retrieved June 12, 2026.
  20. ↑ "Results - Monaco Diamond League 2026". Watch Athletics. July 10, 2026. Retrieved July 14, 2026.
  21. ↑ Schwarzwalder, Sofia (September 17, 2026). "UW Huskies pole vaulter Hana Moll ranked No. 1 in the world". The Seattle Times. Retrieved September 17, 2026.
  22. ↑ "UW's Hana Moll soars to NCAA pole-vault title with twin sister by side". Seattle Times. March 15, 2024. Retrieved January 25, 2025.
  23. ↑ Mull, Cory (March 29, 2023). "How The Moll Twins Are Forging A Historic Path Forward". Milesplit. Retrieved January 25, 2025.