PALO ALTO, Calif. - Versatile Vanderbilt athlete Josie Hahn posted a career best in the javelin and solid performances in the long jump and 800-meter run Friday enroute to a ninth place heptathlon finish in the USATF Track and Field Championships.

Hahn finished a busy week of competition in style Friday on the Stanford University campus, tossing the javelin 138’6” moments after uncorking an 18’3” long jump, the second best jump of her career. She finished the event with a 2:22.59 800-meter effort, just .26 off her personal best set last week during a fourth place performance at the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships.

Hahn, a rising junior who also set a new Vanderbilt high jump record of 5’11.25” during the first day of heptathlon competition Thursday, finished the event with 5,408 points, missing eighth place by just six points. She started the final day of events in 11th place.

A former Commodore standout, Ryan Tolbert, failed in her goal of making the USA team in the 400-meter hurdles. The former NCAA champion finished sixth Saturday with a season best time of 56.33. The top three finishers advance to the National team.

Though Hahn did not make the three-person USA heptathlon team, she may qualify for other international competitions this summer, according to Vanderbilt coach Lori Shepard. Hahn could earn an invitation to a number of competitions contested by American teams, including the Pan-American Games.

Hahn battled through the two-day competition trying to overcome a poor start in the 100-meter hurdles, the first of seven heptathlon events. After running a second slower than her personal best in the hurdles, Hahn came back with a new school record in the high jump, a personal best in the javelin and 200 meters, and near career bests in the shot put, long jump and shot put. She finished the competition with the second highest point ever by a Commodore heptathlete, just 36 points shy of her school record set at the NCAA Championships last week.

Two-time national champion Shelia Burrell captured the USATF heptathlon with 6,169 points. Former collegiate champions Kim Schiemenz and Tiffany Lott-Hogan finished second and third with 6,003 and 5,843 points, respectively.