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…
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — The best pole vaulter in state history will not be competing at the state meet this weekend. Mounds View High School senior Julia Fixsen, the girls state record holder, did not qualify during last week’s section meet — but she had one heck of a high school career.…
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…
It’s onward and upward for Julia Fixsen. Mounds View’s two-time state champion pole vaulter has now conquered national competition and is headed for a world meet. After snagging her second state gold with a state record 13 feet, 9 1/4 inches to cap her junior year on June 9, Fixsen…
Mounds View pole vaulter Julia Fixsen broke the state meet record as she captured her second gold medal in the event on Saturday. Fixsen, a junior, soared 13-9 1/4 on her third attempt at the height, after easily clearing 12-6 and 13-4 — which broke the previous record of 13-3…
As an infant, Julia Fixsen was obsessed with bouncing endlessly in her Johnny Jumper children’s harness at home. As she grew up, gymnastics was a passion, as was time spent practicing flips and tucks on the backyard trampoline. So it’s no surprise that the junior has become the state’s top…
Mounds View enjoyed a bonanza of medals at the state track meet this past weekend. Joel Smith and Julia Fixsen captured gold medals, while Leah Klein, Nick Sharma, Calvin Ciganik and Emma Bangert took home silvers, and both the boys and girls teams finished fourth, at Hamline. Fixsen, a sophomore,…
