Collingswood senior Fiona Basewitz moved up to No. 1 on the all-time South Jersey pole vault performance list with an 11-1 clearance Saturday.
Basewitz won a terrific competition that saw three girls over 10 feet and two over 10-6 in the small-school division of the Camden County Championships at Haddon Township.
Her mark is No. 2 in Camden County history, behind only Jennifer Scott’s 11-3 at the 2019 Haddonfield Invitational. Scott currently vaults for Bucknell.
It’s also No. 3 in the state this year and No. 1 in South Jersey.
Basewitz, who is committed to attend William and Mary, had cleared 11 feet twice – at the Vertical Adventures Beach Vault in Atlantic City in August of 2020, and again in a dual meet against Haddonfield last month.
Haddonfield senior Robin Rosen cleared an outdoor PR 10-6 for second place (she cleared 11-0 at the 2020 indoor Meet of Champions at Ocean Breeze) and Audubon senior Sarah Parr cleared 10-0 for third. She’s cleared 11-2 indoors and 11-0 indoors at 2019 outdoor Group 1 sectionals at Washington Township.
Here’s the all-time South Jersey 11-foot list. The complete all-time top-50 can be found here.
13- 3 … Danielle O’Reilly [Shawnee], 2004
12- 7 1/2 … Ashley Preston [Delsea], 2018
12- 0 … Jessica Kloss [Moorestown], 2005
12- 0 … Brittney Raffo [Seneca], 2017
11-10 … Kaitlin Dermen [Millville], 2014
11- 6 … Lauren Tauscher [Moorestown], 2007
11- 4 … Melissa Gale [Millville], 2006
11- 3 … Jennifer Scott [Haddonfield], 2019
11- 2 … Tracey Masterson [Mainland Reg.], 2012
11- 1 3/4 … Kristin Weigel [Pennsville], 2010
11- 1 … Fiona Basewitz [Collingswood], 2021
11- 0 1/2 … Emily Waldron [Triton], 2014
11- 0 … Colleen McDowell [Seneca], 2011
11- 0 … Alexandra Elder [Moorestown], 2012
11- 0 … Casey Sturts [Buena], 2013
11- 0 … Alana Cohen [Cherry Hill East], 2018
11- 0 … Lindsey Michie [Northern Burlington], 2018
11- 0 … Sarah Parr [Audubon], 2019
11- 0 … Anna Heim [Moorestown], 2006
11- 0 … Allyson Brooks [Moorestown], 2007
11- 0 … Katherine Gray [Triton], 2010
11- 0 … Elizabeth Douglas [West Deptford], 2015
11- 0 … Christina Kursewicz [Clearview], 2012
11- 0 … Elissa Ingram [Kingsway], 2011
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 