It was roughly one year ago when Notre Dame High’s Haley Horvath made history at the outdoor Meet of Champions. Thursday, she made more. Now a freshman at Towson University, Horvath claimed the college women’s pole vault championship title with a mark of 13-1 1/2, more than six inches higher than the rest of the…
Columbus >> Haley Horvath set herself a goal to clear 13 feet in the pole vault by the end of the season. Mission accomplished. And more. The Notre Dame senior not only cleared 13 feet, she shattered the New Jersey state record for girls by going over 13-05.25 in a…
Neither Haley Horvath nor Caroline Dannenbaum knew what they had accomplished until after the pole vault event had finished. Both Horvath, a Notre Dame senior, and Dannenbaum, a Pingry sophomore, both believed they had cleared 12-9, a remarkable performance in itself. It wasn’t until the NJSIAA officials told both after the completion of the event that the two…
Hamilton >> Haley Horvath has always fancied herself as a daredevil. So when she gave up gymnastics and her mother told her she had to find something to do in the spring of her sophomore year at Notre Dame High, she went out for the track team. It was then…
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…
