RENO, Nv. (Feb. 3) -- Freshman pole vaulter Ally Studer cleared a career-best height and finished sixth as the Seattle Pacific University women's track & field team opened its indoor season at the Silver State Invitational.

Studer, a graduate of Redmond High School, went over the bar at 11 feet, 5 3/4 inches, and just clipped the bar on her second attempt at 12 feet later.

Karen Summers (Sr., Bremerton, Wa./Seattle Christian) won her 400-meter dash heat in 57.54 seconds while teammate Cyrena Bell (Sr., Kent, Wa./Christian Faith) won hers in 57.91. Both participated in the 4 x 400 relay which was timed in 4:01.57.

Summers also ran the hurdles in 8.70 and Sarah Kraybill (So., Seattle, Wa./Ballard) completed the 800 meters in 2:22.91.

In other results, Laura Widman (Jr., Colfax, Wa.) went 37-4 in the shot put, high-jumped 5-0 and ran the 55 hurdles in 8.81 seconds. Amy Cowden (Sr., Seattle, Wa./ Seattle Christian) also jumped 5-0, and long-jumped 16-10 1/2 and triple-jumped 34-0 1/2.