From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank

A second All-America high jump performance for Lindenwold’s Egypt Bolan, who placed 6^th at Armory Nationals in New York Saturday.

Bolan, who cleared a lifetime-best 5-10 ¾ to win West Philly Nationals in June, cleared 5-8 ¾ Saturday.

Bolan got over the bar at 5-5 and 5-7 on her 1^st attempt and then cleared 5-8 ¾ on her 3^rd attempt before going out at 5-10 ½, which would have surpassed her indoor PR of 5-10, which she cleared twice this year – at the Bubble and Ocean Breeze, both in January.

Bolan had won 18 consecutive meets going back to last year’s Penn Relays, where she placed 3^rd behind two Jamaican jumpers. She hadn’t lost to a U.S. jumper since last year’s Armory Nationals. She still hasn’t lost to a New Jersey jumper since a SJTCA Meet at the Ott Center in January 2025.