Allison Stokke is one of the best young pole vaulters in the country. Prior to joining the track team in high school, she was a gymnast for ten years. An exceptional athlete, in her first year of pole vaulting she set the U.S. record for pole vault for high school freshman girls at 12-08.As a sophomore she set her personal best at 13-05.75 (according to Pole Vault Power, the national high school record for girls is 14-00) before she broke her tibia just above the ankle in a practice session and was out for several months. Since that time she has been able to recover and compete as evidenced by her recent strong showing by winning the 16th annual Trabuco Hills Invitational and Distance Carnival where she vaulted 12-06 setting a meet record.
Currently she is finishing up her senior year at Newport Harbor High School in California in her quest to win another state championship. According to DyeStat, she will be attending the University of California, Berkeley on scholarship in the fall of 2007 and becoming a California Golden Bear.
I could be wrong, but when I was in high school and college, the women's track team never looked like this. And...to answer your question, no I guess I'm not above it all.
