Bethany Buell

Won National Championship in pole vault

NCAA pole vault champion Bethany Buell of the University of South Dakota and Trent Lusignan of South Dakota State have received post season honors from The Summit League.

A little more than a week after winning the NCAA Championship in the pole vault, South Dakota's Bethany Buell has undergone surgery on her injured left shoulder. Buell had the surgery last Friday to repair a torn ligament, and told me in a text Monday afternoon: Surgery went well...

This was the jump that game USD junior Bethany Buell the national championship in the women's pole vault at the NCAA Track & Field Championships in Eugene, Oregon, Saturday, as she cleared 14 feet, 7 1/4 inches. She cleared eight different heights en route to the title, and over came some adversity along the way to do it. ...

South Dakota's Bethany finished the NCAA Pole Vault Championships where she began  at the top. The junior won USD's first-ever individual title in Division I track with a winning jump of 14 feet 7 1/4 inches.  That leap tied the meet record...

It might be the easiest payday ever. Make a friendly wager with that favorite sports fan in your life to tell you which school has the top two qualifiers in the women's pole vault at this week's NCAA Division I Track & Field Championships in Eugene, Oregon. ...

South Dakota track and field swept this week’s Summit League Outdoor Track and Field Athlete of the Week awards. Pole valuter Bethany Buell grabbed her third weekly honor after setting a school record with a jump of 14 feet, 7 1/2 inches in a win at the Texas Relays...

The USD junior moves into the top three in the nation

The USD junior moves into the top 5 in the nation

University of South Dakota pole vaulter Bethany Buell is the Summit League Athlete of the Week. Buell set a new indoor school record last Saturday, clearing 13'10".   She's currently sixth in the nation and the number one vaulter in the Summit League...