Rio Grande's Browning vaults to RSC Women's Indoor Field Athlete of the Week
FLORENCE, Ky. -- University of Rio Grande pole vaulter Katie Browning qualified for the NAIA Indoor National Championship to claim River States Conference Women's Indoor Field Athlete of the Week for Jan. 16-22.
Browning, a sophomore from Athens, Ohio, had a height of 3.60 meters at the Wake Forest Invitational to qualify for nationals on Saturday. That put her second place of 15 vaulters in a field of NCAA Division I athletes. Her height currently ranks No. 6 in the NAIA for indoor pole vault.
Rio Grande will stay versus NCAA DI competition with its next meet Jan. 27-28 at the Findlay Classic.