Ashley Preston describes her rapport with the pole vault bar as a love-hate relationship. Both those sides were evident in the 2018 Penn Relays event but, at the end of everything, it was all love. Preston tied for second among 19 competitors and highest among her N.J. competitors as she cleared 12.7-5, an…
Notre Dame’s Haley Horvath cleared 11-11.75 to finish sixth in the pole vault at the Penn Relays on Thursday afternoon in Philadelphia. Horvath, the state indoor champion and first pole vaulter to compete at the Penn Relays from ND, holds a PR of 12-6 and would’ve needed to best that…
FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP — There are a couple of things that instantly stand out when meeting Ashley Preston. Her short stature, 5-foot-5, is the first. Her race is next. Holy cow, an African-American girls pole vaulter!? “No, there are not many black pole vaulters,” the senior on the Delsea High girls indoor track and…
