A spectacular senior season was anticipated for Julia Fixsen, who was already established as one of Minnesota’s all-time best track-and-field athletes. However, the Mounds View prodigy met huge setbacks both at the start of her senior year (an injury suffered in another sport) and near the end (a failure in…
Julia Fixsen is Minnesota’s best-ever female pole vaulter but the Mounds View senior will miss that event in next week’s state meet, where she is the two-time defending champion. Fixsen, who qualified for state in three other events, did not place in pole vault because she “no-heighted,” meaning she failed…
McHenry senior Jenna Pauly is well-acquainted with Ashley Conway’s track and field prowess, even though she never has met the former Warriors standout. Pauly is a dominant, well-rounded athlete, as Conway was. Pauly high jumped 5 feet, 7 inches last spring and sees her name most days on the school…
