Haddonfield junior Rebecca Hoover moved into the all-time South Jersey pole vault top 10 Monday with an 11-6 clearance at the Armory.
Hoover won the Spiked Shoe Holiday Festival by a foot and became Haddonfield’s top vaulter ever.
She broke the indoor school record of 11-0 ¼ set at the Bubble in 2019 by Jennifer Scott when she won the South Jersey Group 2 sectional title and Scott’s overall Haddonfield record of 11-3 set that sprint at the Haddonfield Invitational.
Hoover is the second South Jersey junior to re-write the all-time South Jersey indoor and overall pole ault top-10 in the last week and a half. Moorestown’s Hannah Byrd-Leitner cleared 12-0 earlier this month, also at the Bubble. Byrd-Leitner and Hoover are No. 1 and No. 2 in the state so far.
Scott was also a sectional hurdles medalist for Haddonfield. She jumped for Bucknell and PR’d at 12-1 ½ for 4th place at the 2022 Patriot League Championships in Lewisburg, Pa.
Hoover is a 2nd-year vaulter in her first year jumping indoors. She cleared 10-6 twice last spring and placed 3rd in the state Group 2 meet at Delsea.
She now ranks tied for tied for 8th on the all-time South Jersey all-conditions list and
All-Time South Jersey All-Conditions Pole Vault List
13-5 … Danielle O’Reilly [Shawnee], 2004 [i]
12-7 ½ … Ashley Preston [Delsea], 2018 [o]
12-0 … Jessica Kloss [Moorestown], 2005 [i, o]
12-0 … Brittney Raffo [Seneca], 2017 [o]
12-0 … Fiona Basewitz [Collingswood], 2021 [o]
12-0 … Hannah Byrd-Leitner [Moorestown], 2024 [i]
11-10 … Kaitlin Dermen [Millville], 2014 [o]
11-6 … Lauren Tauscher [Moorestown], 2007 [o]
11-6 … Jessica Hoover [Haddonfield], 2024 [i]
11-6 … Melissa Gale [Millville], 2005 [i, o]
11-6 … Lindsey Michie [Northern Burlington], 2019 [i, o]
All-Time South Jersey Indoor Pole Vault List
13-5 … Danielle O’Reilly [Shawnee], 2004
12-7 … Ashley Preston [Delsea], 2018
12-0 … Jessica Kloss [Moorestown], 2004
12-0 … Hannah Byrd-Leitner [Moorestown], 2024
11-6 … Melissa Gale [Millville], 2005
11-6 … Brittney Raffo [Seneca], 2017
11-6 … Lindsey Michie [Northern Burlington], 2019
11-2 … Sarah Parr [Audubon], 2020
11-1 … Kaitlyn Derman [Millville], 2014
11-0 ¼ … Jennifer Scott [Haddonfield], 2019
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 