T20th of 105 at NCAA Division III championship

Sophomore Cirrus Robinson (Ashland) successfully defended her national championship in the high jump during the second day of the NCAA Division III indoor championship meet, hosted by Birmingham-Southern College on Saturday in Birmingham, Ala.

Robinson cleared 5-8½ to win the national championship.  She missed only once on her first 6 heights and cleared 5-8½ on her first attempt.  The final 3 competitors, Robinson, 2017 runner-up Emma Egan of Williams, and Helene Hall of Williams, each missed all 3 attempts at 5-9¾, and tiebreakers determined the final standings, with Robinson winning the national championship, Hall finishing second, and Egan third.

Robinson's national championship is the third by an Ohio Wesleyan woman, following Robinson's 2017 title and Julie Bredenbeck's national championship in the discus in 1982.  This is Ohio Wesleyan's sixth All-America citation in the indoor high jump, following Paula Ehrle, who tied for third place in 1985; Juli Althoff, who finished third in 1990; Jen Musbach, who tied for fifth in 2005; Emily Amburgey, who tied for sixth in 2013; and Robinson in 2017.

Robinson was one of 4 high jumpers who entered the meet with the nation's top height of 5-7¾, which she achieved during the North Coast Athletic Conference championship meet last Saturday.  She won the NCAC championship in the event, her second consecutive conference title.

Robinson's national championship gave Ohio Wesleyan 10 points in the team standings, good for a tie for 20th place among the 105 schools that were represented in the meet.

Final Results - High Jump
NCAA Division III championship meet results