University of Georgia Athletics
Signee Sets National HS Pole Vault Record
April 28, 2011 | Track & Field
April 28, 2011
Lafayette, LA. --- Catholic High School's (La.) Morgann Leleux set an outdoor national high school record in the pole vault after clearing 14 feet, 3 inches in Lafayette, La., on Wednesday.
Leleux, a native of New Iberia, La., went over the bar at her record-setting height on her third attempt to win the LHSAA 3A Region 2 meet on the University of Louisiana-Lafayette's campus. Her jump surpassed the 14-2.50 mark set by Tori Anthony of Palo Alto, Ca., in 2007.
After opening at 12-6 to qualify for the coming state meet, Leleux reached a regional record mark of 13-7 on hersecond attempt. She then cleared 14-3 on her third and final attempt before narrowly missing three jumps at 14-7.
To put Leleux's latest jump into perspective, she would be second on both the Lady Bulldogs' indoor and outdoor all-time top-10 lists if she had reached this height while competing for UGA. In addition, this height would have given her second at the 2011 Southeastern Conference Indoor Championships and would have earned her the 2010 SEC outdoor title by more than five inches.
Leleux is a four-time National Junior champion in the pole vault and finished fifth at the 2009 World Youth Championships in Bressanone, Italy. She set a National Scholastic Juniors record and captured titles at the 2010 Nike Indoor, National Scholastic Indoor and the New Balance Outdoor meets.
Coached by her father Shane Leleux, she reached a personal-best mark of 14 feet during her junior season in 2010 and is one of only seven American high school girls to ever clear the 14-foot mark. She also led the nation as a junior indoors with a top mark of 13-7 in 2010 and is a multiple-time LHSAAstate champion.