Lindenwold senior Egypt Bolan tied the South Jersey indoor high jump record Saturday in Toms River.
Bolan, the U.S. outdoor champ last June, cleared 5-10 on her 2nd attempt at the SJTCA meet at the Bubble. Her previous indoor PR was 5-8 multiple times. She tied the South Jersey indoor record of 5-10 set by Timber Creek’s Tierra Hooker at the 2018 Ocean Breeze Invitational in Staten Island.
Bolan set her lifetime-best 5-10 ¾ when she won West Philly Nationals at Franklin. That’s the South Jersey outdoor record and No. 3 in state history.
Her 5-10 Saturday equals No. 5 in state history indoors and is the best jump sine Hooker cleare 5-10 eight years ago.
Bolan passed through 5-0 and then cleared 5-2, 5-4, 5-6 and 5-8 on her first attempts. She clinched the win when no other jumpers cleared 5-4.
She missed her first attempt at 5-10 before the historic clearance. She had the bar raised to a lifetime-best 5-11, where she missed three times.
Her 5-10 is tied for No. 1 in the U.S., according to the MileSplit national rankings, along with Kate Voelker of Manhasset (N.Y.), who cleare 5-10 last month at the Armory, and Ella Michelitch of Minisink Valley High in Slate Hill, N.Y., who cleared 5-10 lasat month, also at the Armory.
Bolan also ran a PR 7.57 in the 55-meter dash, where she placed 2nd to Atlantic County Tech junior Brianna Growalt, who ran 7.41. That’s fastest by a Lindenwold girl since Toni Glatz ran 7.46 at Ursinus in 2016.
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 