Brynn King never vaulted higher than 13-11" at Duke. She's going to the Olympics at 15-6 after transferring to DII R. Wesleyan

Please tell me she got her undergrad degree from Duke before entering the portal

if she had transferred to Cornell she would be vaulting higher than Mondo

The article says (1) she is a fifth-year student and (2) she entered the portal in 2023, so from this we can deduce that she likely spent four years at Duke, and thus likely earned a degree.

no idea what thread title translates to in english

Duke is claiming her in its Instagram stories today

I have no idea why this post got down votes.

Judging by her IG, she never posted any graduation photos. Maybe she left before finishing her needed credits?

"Her career best at Duke was 13-11 ¼.
King earned a degree in Evolutionary Anthropology at Duke. She entered the transfer portal and committed to Roberts Wesleyan University in the Spring of 2023."

robertsredhawks.com

Brynn King - Women's Track & Field

Brynn KingPole Vault - U.S. Olympic Trials King cleared a career-best 4.73 meters (15-feet, 6 1/4 inches) on June 30 at the University of Oregon's Hayward Field

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Apparently both her parents were athletes at Duke as well.

the article says she graduated before transferrrng (though it could be imprecise). but TFRRS at roberts she went from SR-4 at duke not to another SR-4 -- usually how grad students show up -- but to JR-3. but her field of study at roberts on her bio is exercise science. exercise science is a bachelor's program there normally.

so either D2 lets you do a second undergrad degree or just "take classes" in a 5th year, or they like made her a special grad degree or something. or she pulled something but i'd swear that for the others if you finish, you're done short of grad school. and if i was in the conference or nationals she won, i'd ask some questions.

i mean i thought maybe she'd done something clever like leave herself 3 credits or so shy of duke and with their blessing go do a 5th year of undergrad working on a second major at this other place, perhaps with the winking idea she could transfer the last credits back to duke from roberts and graduate "later" from both places, if she really wants to.

this to me is odder, if i'm competing and still in school i am adding a grad degree for when sports are over.

but if you make the olympics off the gambit, it kinda worked. and this would be a great calling card for shur as PV coach.

https://commencement.duke.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/2023-Commencement-Program.pdf

She earned her degree