Cherry Hill East graduate Noah Kreisman, in his 2nd meet for Rutgers after transferring from Rider, joined the 16-foot club Sunday in Boston.
Kriesman cleared 16-2 ¾ to win the Umass Amherst Flagship Indoor Invitational at The TRACK in Boston.
Kreisman, a sophomore at Rutgers, competed last indoor season for Rider and PR’d at 15-7 when he placed 2nd in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Championships at the Armory last February.
He didn’t compete outdoors and that was his last meet until Dec. 1 at the Armory, when he cleared 15-2 ¼ in his first meet for Rutgers before his big breakthrough performance Sunday.
As a Cherry Hill East senior, Kreisman cleared 15-0 indoors in December of 2021 at the Bubble and once outdoors at the state Group 4 meet at Franklin High in June of 2022.
As far as anybody has been able to determine, the only other 16-footers in South Jersey history are Mike Maira of Seneca [16-10 in 2014], Nico Morales of Delsea [16-9 ½ in 2023], Marco Morales of Delsea [16-0 in 2020] and Bob Green of Haddon Heights [16-0 in 1992].
So from all available information, Kreisman moves into the No. 3 spot on the all-time South Jersey alumni list. Nico Morales also competes for Rutgers and Marco Morales formerly did.
Kreisman also moved into a tie for the No. 6 spot on the all-time Rutgers indoor list with the best clearance in 11 years.
Morales and Kreisman are now No. 5 and No. 9 this year on the Big Ten Conference pole vault performance list.
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 