Haddonfield junior Rebecca Hoover cleared a lifetime-best 11-9 in the pole vault Wednesday, the No. 5 mark in South Jersey indoor track history.
Hoover won the vault at the South Jersey Track Coaches Association at the Bubble, surpassing her lifetime-best 11-6, which she had cleared four times this season. Her outdoor PR is 10-6, which she cleared twice last spring.
Moorestown junior Hannah Byrd-Leitner has a 12-6 clearance this season, and Byrd-Leitner and Hoover are No. 3 and No. 5 in South Jersey indoor history.
On the overall indoor-outdoor combined list, they are No. 3 and No. 9 in South Jersey history.
Hoover’s 11-9 is also a Camden County indoor record. The outdoor record is 12-0, which Collingswood’s Fiona Basewitz cleared at the 2021 Meet of Champions at South Plainfield
Byrd-Leitner and Hoover are No. 1 and No. 3 in the state so far this year. Shreya Sathiyan of Morris Hills cleared 12-0 at the State Group 3 Relays Sunday at the Bubble.
All-Time South Jersey Indoor List
13-5 … Danielle O’Reilly [Shawnee], 2004
12-7 … Ashley Preston [Delsea], 2018
12-6 … Hannah Byrd-Leitner [Moorestown], 2024
12-0 … Jessica Kloss [Moorestown], 2004
11-9 … Rebecca Hoover [Haddonfield], 2024
11-6 … Melissa Gale [Millville], 2005
11-6 … Brittney Raffo [Seneca], 2017
11-6 … Lindsey Michie [Northern Burlington], 2019
All-Time South Jersey Overall List
13-5 … Danielle O’Reilly [Shawnee], 2004 [i]
12-7 ½ … Ashley Preston [Delsea], 2018 [o]
12-6 … Hannah Byrd-Leitner [Moorestown], 2024
12-0 … Brittany Raffo [Seneca], 2016 [o]
12-0 … Jessica Kloss [Moorestown], 2004 [i, o]
12-0 … Fiona Basewitz [Collingswood], 2021 [o]
12-0 … Brittney Raffo [Seneca], 2017 [o]
11-10 … Kaitlyn Dermen [Millville], 2014 [o]
11-9 … Rebecca Hoover [Haddonfield], 2024 [i]
11-9 … Julia Greeley [Seneca], 2021 [o]
11-6 … Melissa Gale [Millville], 2005 [i]
11-6 … Lindsey Michie [Northern Burlington], 2019 [i]
11-6 … Abby Boggs [Rancocas Valley], 2021
11-6 … Gabby Vetere [Washington Twp.], 2022
11-6 … Lauren Tauscher [Moorestown], 2009
11-6 … Reese Gebhard [Delsea], 2023
11-6 … Quin Zacamy [Haddon Heights], 2023
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 