Washington track and field sent a whopping five entries in the pole vault through the NCAA West Prelims to the NCAA Outdoor Championships on Thursday, plus two other finalists in the 10,000m and javelin.

Men's pole vaulter Jimmy Rhoads was the first to punch his ticket in a delayed competition that still went down in the rain in Fayetteville, Arkansas. He had to earn his spot in the top 12 via jump-off - only 5 of the field of 48 cleared 17-11 1/4, with Rhoads and Texas' Samuel Abati tied for the final spot in the final. Both men missed at 17-11 1/4 a fourth time before Rhoads cleared 17-7 1/4 while Abati could not find the height.

On the women's side, senior Avril Wilson made the first height of 12-10 3/4 but could not clear the second bar of 13-4 1/2 and ended her Huskies career with her second straight Prelims appearance. The rest of Washington's women took over from there: Sara Borton and Veronica Vacca entered the competition at that 13-4 1/2 bar with first attempt makes. Both women took a second attempt to clear 13-10 1/2, where Amanda Moll entered the meet and cleared on her first attempt.

Moll carried that mark to the fourth bar of 14-2 1/2 in first place, then held that advantage over her sister Hana - who entered the competition at that height but took two attempts to clear. Vacca and Borton cleared on their second attempts as the field waned to 17.

Both Molls went over 14-6 1/4 on their first attempt, as did Vacca. Borton could not clear it, but found herself in the same situation as Rhoads in a tie with Texas Tech's Kashlee Dickinson. Borton made her fourth try at the bar to set a new lifetime best and keep her college career alive, while Dickinson could not muster the clearance.

Elsewhere in action on Thursday, javelin thrower Saydi Orange hit her career-best on her final attempt to move to No. 2 in school history with a throw of 175-6 to finish sixth overall and punch her ticket to Eugene. Orange is the first Husky woman to make the NCAA javelin final since Brooke Pighin in 2009.

Leonie Troeger hit 164-1 but finished one foot out of the final qualifying spot. School record holder Ashley Schroeder finished 21st with a throw of 156-7, her worst top throw of the junior's breakout season.

In the 10,000 meters, Big Ten champion Chloe Thomas stayed with the lead pack all night long through a hot and humid race in Fayetteville. She finished in a pack of 7 women that were within 3 seconds of each other, advancing in 11th with a time of 32:32.72. Abby DeVeau was one place out of a qualifying spot in her first season of collegiate track after joining the team from UW's club rugby squad, finishing in 32:44.64, the fourth-best time in school history. Maeve Stiles finished 22nd in 33:50.06 to close out her career on Montlake.

In preliminary heats, Sofia Cosculluela (100m hurdles), Chloe Foerster (1500m), Mia Cochran (1500m), Jenica Swartz (800m), and Chloe Symon (800m) advanced to Saturday's quarterfinals. Ava Washburn finished 35th in the long jump at 19-9 1/4 to close out her junior season.

This article originally appeared on Huskies Wire: Washington track sends 5 pole vaulters to NCAA Outdoor Championships