In a case of ‘anything you can do, I can do better,’ it was Ansiel’s turn to rise to the top in what has become a competitive rivalry with Tiffin’s Davis Bowers in the pole vault.
At the Cedarville Collegiate Indoor Invite, the sophomore skied over 5.25m (17’ 2.75”) for a new conference record.
Ansiel also now ranks second in all of Division II with his new PR and overtook Bowers for the best in the Great Midwest. He has auto qualified for indoor nationals that will be held at Pittsburg State this year.
Ansiel only trails Central Missouri’s Vincent Hobbie (5.34m) for the top mark in the country.
This is Ansiel’s second conference career weekly honor for the current indoor season.