Hana Moll, world No. 1 pole vaulter, trains at UW's Dempsey
Hana Moll won the 2026 Diamond League Final at 4.91m and is back at UW's Dempsey for her senior year as the world No. 1 women's pole vaulter.
Seattle Fitness Magazine · 6 Nov 2026
World No. 1 is back at Dempsey
Hana Moll is the top-ranked women's pole vaulter on the planet, and she is spending her senior year at UW.
The 21-year-old Olympia native confirmed at No. 1 on the World Athletics rankings as of November 6, 2026, is still working with coach Tim Reilly, still training alongside her identical twin sister Amanda.
She earned it over four weeks. Last August and September, Moll won in Lausanne at 4.84m, set a personal best in Zurich at 4.90m, then cleared 4.91m at the Brussels Diamond League Final on September 5 to win the title. Track and Field News described her as the first collegiate undergraduate woman to win a Diamond League event crown. She backed that up at the inaugural World Athletics Ultimate Championship in Budapest on September 12, finishing second behind Sandi Morris on countback after both cleared 4.90m.
Three NCAA titles
Moll has three individual NCAA championships: 2024 indoor, 2025 outdoor, and 2026 indoor.
At the 2026 NCAA Indoor Championships she won at 4.82m, raising the meet record twice. Her personal best of 4.91m matches her sister Amanda's mark, though Amanda holds the NCAA collegiate record with that height, set at the Big Ten Indoor Championships in an NCAA competition.
Hana's 4.91m came at an international Diamond League meet and is not an NCAA record. The twins have finished 1-2 at NCAA Championships twice: at the 2026 NCAA Outdoor Championships, Amanda won at a collegiate-record 4.84m with Hana second at 4.74m.
What keeps them at UW
Both are seniors at the UW's School of Business, Hana in Finance and Amanda in Business Administration.
A typical day runs from 90-minute to four-hour practice sessions plus classes, according to their October 2026 school profile. Moll told Seattle Magazine in January 2026 why the team environment makes staying worthwhile: "Track and field isn't as lucrative an industry as, say, football or basketball, and the resources and community we're provided at the UW are invaluable."
On choosing UW, she told the Seattle Times in September: "But deep down, we said that because we always knew that we would be going to the same place. We're just so aligned on so many things, there was no way that we would choose different places."
Reilly and the runway
Tim Reilly has coached both sisters since seventh grade in Olympia.
He now serves as a UW assistant coach and runs NW Pole Vault clinics at Dempsey, open to the public fall through spring. Moll trains as part of the UW Track and Field program, a separate arrangement from those public sessions.
Reilly told the Seattle Times in March 2024 what he sees: "She is stoically focused and calm. There is no stress whatsoever. Nothing. It's just like, 'Wow. How does a kid have that?'" After Brussels, Moll told the Seattle Times in September 2026: "I think the main goal is just (to be the) same, but better."
Washington Indoor Invitational, January 29-30
The Washington Indoor Invitational and Mile City meet is set for January 29 and 30, 2027 at the Dempsey Indoor Center on the UW campus.
It is the same meet where Moll joined the 16-foot club in January 2026, clearing 4.88m. Her participation in the 2027 edition has not been announced.
