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How many 7th or 8th grade girls have ever participated in NSIC @ the Armory? It does not list a "class" record for 7th or 8th grade.
National HS: ! 14-02.50 2007 Tori Anthony, CA
Meet: # 13-06.50 2007 Tori Anthony, CA
9: % 12-07.50 1999 Samantha Shepard, MA
10: @ 13-06 2007 Shade Weygandt, TX
11: ^ 14-00 2006 Katie Veith, IN
12: $ 14-02.50 2007 Tori Anthony, CA

I found national record lists for indoor/outdoor here:
http://www.polevaultpower.com/records/hsrecords.php

But am looking to see what is the best 7th or 8th grade performance in the history of the NSIC meet. Or even what are the 7th/8th grade girls national record top 10?

Sorry, can’t help with the Armory records but your 7th and 8th grade top ten question is a good one.

Middle School rankings are tough. Unlike high school, there are very few accurate lists that track the progress of the middle school athlete. The best I think you can hope for is to check the results of the yearly Junior Olympics lists (7th and 8th grade kids are usually in the “youth” division (also “sub-youth” in the AAU)). Of course, not all middle school kids participate in the Junior Olympics so these results are usually well under what you would think that they should be.

Based on what little information is available, if you are talking about top 10 all time, I think that it would need to be at least >10’ for 7th grade girl and >11’ for the 8th grade girl. Keep in mind that grade records make for a difficult measure in middle school as ages can differ by as much as 2 years in a single grade. This can be very significant for the young athlete whose progress increases very significantly over a very short time frame. I would think a more accurate measure would be to look more towards age records.

However, we could try a very unscientific poll for sanity sake. For the girl vaulters - Have you (or anyone you know) jump over 9’6” during any meet during your 7th grade year? What about 10’6” during any meet during your 8th grade year?