Freshman Sondre Guttormsen of the UCLA track & field team has been named the UCLA/Muscle Milk Student-Athlete of the Week for Jan. 22-28.
A freshman pole vaulter out of Ski, Norway, Guttormsen cleared 5.71m (18-8.75) at the Columbia Challenge, breaking a 41-year old UCLA indoor school record, setting a meet record and setting the Norwegian national record. Guttormsen set the records on his third attempt, trumping Mike Tulley's school indoor mark of 5.62m (18-5.25), set for the Bruins in 1978. Guttormsen also tied Tulley's school outdoor mark of 5.71m.
?? SCHOOL RECORD ALERT! ??@sondre_pv has broken the UCLA indoor pole vault record with a mark of 5.71m (18-8.75)! This is also a meet record for the Columbia Challenge! ??
— UCLA Track & Field (@UCLATrack_Field) January 26, 2019
Congrats, Sondre! ??#GoBruins pic.twitter.com/3EmmRZfLxk
This is Guttormsen's first UCLA/Muscle Milk Student-Athlete of the Week award this season and of his career.
Also Nominated: Elysia Bolton, W. Tennis; Maxime Cressy, M. Tennis; Maddie Musselman, W. Water Polo; Katelyn Ohashi, Gymnastics; Michaela Onyenwere, W. Basketball; Brandon Rattray, M. Volleyball; Kris Wilkes, M. Basketball.