Merola raises bar at Morris Championships
BOONTON _ Repeating as pole vault champion at the Morris County Girls Track Championships was hardly a breeze for Alexis Merola. Merola, a Roxbury High School senior, had to not only mind her form and focus but she had to have the utmost patience. The bar kept falling, oddly enough, as she tried to clear 11 feet, 1 inch. The officials kept replacing it but the wind blew and sent it to the mat three times before she made it over. The next height - 11-6 - required more fortitude on Merola's part as the crossbar dropped off the standards at…
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- Published in Outdoor Track
- Written by Sandy Seegers