One of the state’s most successful pole vaulters admits she has a natural fear of heights. Taylor senior Anna Cathryn Griffith has trouble explaining how that is possible. Competing and practicing four days a week, she routinely clears 13 feet. And she’s been doing it for seven years. “Once I…
Last spring was an especially potent year in the girls pole vault. Three girls broke 14-feet nationally and nine overall went 13-6 or higher. Those nine athletes all broke into the top 50 marks all-time in the event on the girls side. And if we look at this year’s recruiting…
It’s not every day you meet someone who can fly. When you do, you should take notice. At last weekend’s Junior Olympics in Detroit, Mich. 12-year-old Anna Cathryn Griffith not only broke the national record for pole vaulting in her age group, she smashed it – three times. After initially…
