Penn Relays Articles (HS)

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Upbeat Regan can't get quite high enough in vault
Defending champ finishes third in difficult conditions.

By Beth Hudson
Of The Morning Call

PHILADELPHIA | Five minutes after Lindsay Regan had finished competing, the sun was shining brilliantly over Franklin Field.

''It figures,'' she said with a grin â€â€

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Eagles' Toto soars to win in pole vault



Midd. South star able to overcome early mishap


Published in the Asbury Park Press 04/29/05
By SCOTT CLAYTON
STAFF WRITER





(STAFF PHOTO: PETER ACKERMAN, CHIEF PHOTOGRAPHER)

Middletown South's Julianne Toto (facing camera) is congratulated by a competitor after winning the girls high school pole vault at the Penn Relays on Thursday.




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Kloss braves elements in placing fourth
By REUBEN FRANK
Burlington County Times






PHILADELPHIA - Half an hour before Jessica Kloss started pole vaulting yesterday at the Penn Relays, the sky was blue, the wind was calm, the temperature was mild.


Half an hour after Kloss was finished, the conditions were the same.


While she was vaulting?


"Miserable," she said.


The girls invitational pole vault was pretty much about how you could handle the elements. And Kloss, a senior at Moorestown High School, did a better job than most dealing with a driving sideways rainstorm that swept through Franklin Field just long enough to make conditions a challenge for the pole vaulters.


Kloss medalled for the second straight year, this time placing fourth and second among New Jersey athletes with a 11-61/4 clearance. Middletown South's Juliette Toto won at 12-4.


"It was pretty scary out there," Kloss said. "The only thing in the pole vault that scares me is a wet runway. I've seen people break their pole and get hurt trying to vault on a wet runway, so that was on my mind.


"To tell you the truth, I really didn't want to be out there. If I had more confidence and felt better about the conditions, I probably would have done better. But that's the luck of the draw. We just had some bad weather for a little while."


Kloss, who will attend Prince-ton next year, entered at the modest height of 10-61/2. She cleared 11-61/4 before three misses at 12-0. Toto won at 12-4 on misses over Caitlin Hewitt of Greater Latrobe, Pa.


"I actually did better than I expected," said Kloss, who has also long jumped 17-4 and triple jumped 35-9. "I always get intimidated at big meets. There were some really good jumpers here and I wanted to jump with them and I did, so that feels good."

[GirlPoleVaulter87]

wow it was such a crazy day, one minute its sunny with a tail wind, the next its pouring with a head/ cross wind and everyone was running to cover their poles!

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wow it was such a crazy day, one minute its sunny with a tail wind, the next its pouring with a head/ cross wind and everyone was running to cover their poles!

How are your ribs feeling?

[GirlPoleVaulter87]

fine, there isn't even a bruise but if i push on them it hurts. It wasn't that big a deal, I just planted onto the mat and slid down the pole but everyone got really scared. I think the reporter just wanted to add some drama