Everyone thinks pole vaulters are a little crazy so that must make this coach totally off his rocker. While most coaches would be satisfied to see one of his pole vaulters clear opening height, Delsea coach Ronn Flaim knew that his team was going to be built around his high flyers. Not…
Immediately after the boys’ pole vault event at Saturday’s Woodbury Relays, Delsea’s Marco Morales was seated on the grass, hunched over an iPad, rewatching his performance. His identical twin, Nico, sat beside him, staring off into to space like he was deep in thought and might have been reliving his…
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…
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…
