Monica Stearns Article
Posted: Tue Jul 20, 2004 9:58 am
http://www.mndaily.com/articles/2004/06/30/9832
Stearns sets record; vaults toward Olympic Trials
Track and Field
By Dan Miller
our years ago when she walked-on Minnesota’s track and field team as a pole vaulter, Monica Stearns never imagined jumping over a 12-foot bar.
But this past weekend, she cleared a 14-foot-1.25-inch bar in Jonesboro, Ark. and provisionally qualified for the U.S. Olympic Trials which begin July 9 in Sacramento, Calif.
After topping her own previous Minnesota record by more than six inches, Stearns said that literally raising the bar to new heights is now simply expected.
“I have been ready,â€Â
Stearns sets record; vaults toward Olympic Trials
Track and Field
By Dan Miller
our years ago when she walked-on Minnesota’s track and field team as a pole vaulter, Monica Stearns never imagined jumping over a 12-foot bar.
But this past weekend, she cleared a 14-foot-1.25-inch bar in Jonesboro, Ark. and provisionally qualified for the U.S. Olympic Trials which begin July 9 in Sacramento, Calif.
After topping her own previous Minnesota record by more than six inches, Stearns said that literally raising the bar to new heights is now simply expected.
“I have been ready,â€Â