Gennifer Hirata wasn’t feeling her best at the Commonwealth Games last weekend at Liberty University. The Stafford High School senior pole vault specialist had a rough warm-up. It was regularly taking three attempts to register a height. But Hirata continued to dig deep. And on one attempt she was able…
HIRATA SIGNS ON Hempe won’t be the only Stafford native at South Dakota in 2019. Stafford senior pole vaulter Gennifer Hirata signed with the Coyotes last week. Hirata, who trains at Xtreme Heights in Richmond, is a three-time state champion and a five-time all-state performer. She was runner-up at the…
When Celia Agee attended middle school, Louisa High assistant track and field coach Tom Black took notice of her abilities as a gymnast while she was in P.E. class. Gennifer Hirata was a freshman at Stafford High when her gymnastics teammate, Jennah Chang, encouraged her to join the track and…
