SECTION ONE KICK OFF MEET - 12/19/10 - THE ARMORY
Jordan Yamoah of Arlington upped his state record in the pole vault on Sunday and became the first NY state athlete to clear 17-00, indoors or outdoors.
More to come from Jack Pfeifer and Christopher Hunt
JIM MITCHELL INVITATIONAL - 12/17/10 - THE ARMORY
Jordan Yamoah opened his senior season by breaking the New York state indoor pole vault record, clearing 16'6" Friday night Dec. 17 at the Jim Mitchell Invitational at the Armory.
Yamoah, a 17-year-old senior at Arlington (Poughkeepsie), made the height on his first attempt, matching his own outdoor PR from last spring. It broke the state indoor record by half an inch, the 16'5 1/2" by Casey DiCesare of Irvington. Yamoah, who wears glasses when he vaults and is 5'9", 145 pounds, then had three close attempts at 17'0".
"I wasn't expecting to even attempt 17 feet this early in the season," Yamoah said.
In the feature race of the night, the girls' 4x1,500, Northport finished first in 19:49.0. Brigid Brennan put Northport in the lead on the third leg, running 4:46, the fastest split of the evening. Bronxville closed well to finish 2nd, running 19:57.4, thanks to a 4:48 anchor by Mary Kane. Brennan and Kane are both ninth-graders.