ROSEVILLE, Calif. – Junior Maddie Pelfrey won the girls' varsity pole vault with a leap of 11 feet, six inches at Oakmont's Glenn Poole Invitational, kicking off the 2002 St. Francis High School track & field season.
Pelfrey was one of two Troubadours in the event, as Donna Valizadeh placed fourth at 9-8. Pelfrey's 11-6 surpasses her previous outdoor high by 18 inches, although she also owns an 11-4 effort in indoor track at the UCS National Pole Vault Summit earlier this year. The mark also moves her into a tie for fourth in the school record book.
The two pole vaulters combined for 14 points in the team scoring. Sophomores Ava Forte (6-8) and Kendal Graham (6-2) also competed in the frosh-soph division. They were the only SFHS entries in the meet.
The full Troubie track & field squad will kick off the new season at Placer's LeFebvre Relays and the Sacramento State High School Classic on Friday and Saturday, respectively.
2022 GLENN POOLE INVITATIONAL
Hosted by Oakmont High
Winners plus St. Francis finishers listed only.
GIRLS' POLE VAULT VARSITY - 1. Maddie Pelfrey, St. Francis, 11-6… 4. Donna Valizadeh, 9-8.
GIRLS' POLE VAULT FROSH-SOPH - 1. Chloe Metz-Thompson, Nevada Union, 9-7... 7. Ava Forte, 6-8; 9. Kendal Graham, 6-2.
