Seneca graduate Brittney Raffo won the pole vault this weekend at the Metropolitan Track Championships at the Ocean Breeze complex on Staten Island.
Raffo, a freshman at Columbia, cleared 11 feet on her second attempt to break a tie with Elaina DiSalvo of Southern Connecticut State, who was the only other vaulter to clear 10-6. Raffo passed until 10-6. She and DiSalvo had both cleared 10-6 on their third attempt.
Raffo, a native of Tabernacle, had an indoor best of 11-6 at Seneca and an outdoor best of 12-0, which won the 2016 Meet of Champions at Central Regional in Bayville.
She cleared a college-PR 11-6 last month in another meet at Ocean Breeze. That’s the No. 6 indoor mark in Columbia indoor track history.
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 