Video of the vault courtesy of Ben Samara.
Sophomore Simon Schenk of Princeton HS cleared 15-00 during the Princeton Invitational #3 on Thursday night. That ties the state lead with Seth Kricheff of NV - Old Tappan who made the same vault during the Bergen County Relays on January 24th.
This season has proven to be a jump in height for New Jersey boys pole vaulters. Kricheff and Schenk are the first to clear 15 feet for the state since 2014.
For Schenk this was a six inch PR indoors and five in outdoors where he vaulted 14-07 to win his spring Sectional as a freshman.
Other highlights from this meet.
12 performances met the MileSplit US Second Team standard.
| HS GIRLS | MARK | ATHLETE | TEAM |
|---|---|---|---|
| 400 Meter Dash Finals | 59.07 | Ashley Navarro | Hamilton East - Steinert HS |
| 400 Meter Dash Finals | 59.92 | Colleen Linko | Princeton HS |
| Pole Vault Finals | 11-0 | Sabrina Ray | South Brunswick HS |
| HS BOYS | MARK | ATHLETE | TEAM |
| 200 Meter Dash Finals | 22.00 | Mario Heslop | Franklin Twp. HS |
| 200 Meter Dash Finals | 22.93 | Tyler Boatwright | Hillsborough HS |
| 200 Meter Dash Finals | 22.96 | Matthew Perello | Princeton HS |
| 3,200 Meter Run Finals | 9:33.74 | Acasio Pinheiro | Princeton HS |
| 55 Meter Dash Finals | 6.52 | Mario Heslop | Franklin Twp. HS |
| Long Jump Finals | 22-3.5 | Varun Narayan | Princeton HS |
| Pole Vault Finals | 15-0 | Simon Schenk | Princeton HS |
| Shot Put Finals | 53-11 | Tarek Elkabbani | Hillsborough HS |
| Shot Put Finals | 54-1 | Paul Brennan | Princeton HS |