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Tori Anthony jumped 14-2.50 at University of Washington today.

I missed filming most of the jump because I was getting a clap started, and when I picked up my camera, it was on the wrong setting I got the very top of it though, so I will try to get it online at some point.

The official meet results are wrong, they say she cleared 4.31, but she actually cleared 4.33. I called Pat and he is gonig to look into it, and I will be back at UW tomorrow, so hopefully it will get fixed.

Good job Tori! Way to go.

The meet results have been corrected

HS girl's record gone...the HS boy's record is overdue...I think both might be gone by the end of this indoor season

pictures are on dyestat!


hope that these show up.

from http://www.dyestat.com/?pg=reg72007IndoorUWHuskyClassic





great job tori!!!!

Woohoo!! thats freakin sweet, congrats!! See ya at nike!!

http://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/show ... hp?id=4497

Anthony sets national pole vault record
Castilleja senior raises all-time mark to 14-2 1/2 at indoor meet in Seattle

by Keith Peters
Palo Alto Weekly Staff

It was only two weeks ago that Castilleja senior Tori Anthony said she "definitely wanted to get the national record" in the girls’ indoor pole vault. Well, Anthony got her wish.

Anthony, a former gymnast who spent last fall playing goalie for the Castilleja water polo team, can now add national recordholder to her resume when she heads off to UCLA next fall.

Anthony became the No. 1 high school girls’ pole vaulter of all-time, indoors or out, when she cleared 14 feet, 2 ½ inches on Saturday during the Husky Classic indoor track and field meet in Seattle, Wash.

Anthony came into the meet with a personal best of 14-0 at the USATF National Pole Vault Summit in Reno, Nev. That tied her for No. 3 on the all-time list (indoors or out). That mark also equaled the No. 2 all-time indoor mark.

Anthony took aim at the all-time mark of 14-2, set by Mary Saxer of Lancaster, N.Y., in 2005, and surpassed Saxer with her seventh vault after passing at two heights. Anthony also surpassed the national outdoor record of 14-0, set by Tiffany Maskulinski (Iroquois High, Elma, N.Y.) in 2005.

Anthony will continue her assault on the record book at the USATF National Indoor Championships in Boston in two weeks. After that will be the National Scholastic High School Indoor Championships in New York.

http://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/show ... hp?id=4516

Anthony raises goals after national record
Castilleja senior sets 14-6 as next target after becoming No. 1 prep girl pole vaulter

by Keith Peters
Palo Alto Weekly Staff

It may take a little while for being the best ever in her sport to sink in. After all, Castilleja senior Tori Anthony has been competing in the pole vault for barely two years.

In that short time, however, Anthony has risen from obscurity to the best high school girls' pole vaulter in U.S. history. She grabbed that No. 1 spot by clearing 14-2 1/2 on Saturday during the Husky Classic indoor track and field meet in Seattle, Wash.

"It's pretty crazy," Anthony said of becoming the national recordholder. "I was pretty much in shock when I cleared it."

By clearing 14-2 1/2, Anthony surpassed the previous all-time record of 14-2 by Mary Saxer of Lancaster, N.Y., established indoors in 2005. Anthony also eclipsed the all-time outdoor prep record of 14-0 by Tiffany Maskulinski (Iroquois High, Elma, N.Y.), also in 2005.

Anthony, a former gymnast who spent last fall playing goalie for the Castilleja water polo team and who has a track scholarship to UCLA next fall, evidently is not content with leaving the record where it is.

"I want to go 14-6 now," Anthony said. "That's the next big goal. I want to put the record out of reach."

Anthony will continue her assault on the record book at the USATF National Indoor Championships in Boston in two weeks. After that will be the National Scholastic High School Indoor Championships in New York.

And who knows how much higher she'll go once the outdoor season begins.

Anthony came into the Washington meet with a personal best of 14-0 at the USATF National Pole Vault Summit in Reno. That tied her for No. 3 on the all-time list (indoors or out). That mark also equaled the No. 2 all-time indoor mark.

"The 14-footer in Reno definitely helped my confidence," Anthony said. "Two inches (higher) didn't seem like that big of a deal."

In Seattle, Anthony started at 12-6, cleared 12-11 3/4 on her second try, made 13-1 3/4, 13-3 3/4 and 13-5 3/4 all on first attempts. She passed at 13-7 3/4 and cleared 13-9 3/4 on her first try. After passing at 13-11 3/4, she made 14-2 1/2 on her final attempt. She then missed three times at a record 14-3 1/2.

As remarkable as her record height, Anthony accomplished that by using two poles she had never vaulted on before. One pole was her own. When she approached record heights, she needed a bigger, stronger pole and had to borrow one from the University of Washington. Despite using an unfamiliar pole, Anthony still took down the record.

"It feels pretty good," she said.

http://voice.paly.net/view_story.php?id=5184

Castilleja senior breaks national girls pole vaulting record

Posted Fri March 9, 13:44:19 PST 2007
By Alyson Mackenzie of the Campanile

Castilleja School senior Tori Anthony recently broke the high school girls' pole vaulting record during a competition at the Husky Classic at the University of Washington. She finished the competition clearing 14 feet, 2.5 inches, a height never before exceeded indoors or outdoors.

Anthony has also Central Coast Section State and Junior National championship titles, and finished eighth in the Junior Worlds in China last year in the 16-19 years age group.

The most incredible part of Anthony's rising success is that she has only been pole vaulting for two years.

"I did gymnastics for 10 years before that which really helped me with the strength and body awareness I needed in the pole vault," Anthony said.

Although she was already an outstanding athlete when she started pole vaulting, the technique and positions of the new activity proved to be challenging for Anthony.

"Staying strong and fast takes the most work, then the technique is pretty complicated because there are so many positions I have to be in for a very short time," Anthony said.

Only one year ago, Anthony won the CCS championship with the height of 13 feet and broke the CCS mark six times. At the Husky Invitational, Anthony used longer poles then she had ever used before to reach the record-breaking height. Along with Anthony's hard-working ethics and strong athletic background, she enjoys the experience of the competition more than anything.

"When I went to China to compete in Junior Worlds I mostly loved competing in a foreign place and jumping with people who spoke a different language than me," Anthony said. "But I didn't enjoy the food or the weather there."

Anthony decided to make the transition to pole vaulting after many years of dedication to gymnastics.

"I started jumping just to try something new," Anthony said. "After only doing one sport for so long, I had no idea that I would become this serious about [pole vaulting]."

Anthony plans to continue competing at UCLA next season with the ultimate goal of reaching a height of 15 feet.

just curious, how big were her poles that she used when she broke the record?

great job Tori!!
Yes, I too would like to know what poles she was on.