Lindenwold senior Egypt Bolan, the national high jump champion last spring, recorded the 2nd-highets clearance of her life Saturday and shattered a 14-year-old meet record in the process.
Bolan cleared 5-10 ¼ on her 1st attempt, breaking the meet record of 5-10 set at the 2012 meet by West Deptford’s Megan Kirschling.
When Bolan cleared 5-10 ¾ at Franklin Field in June, she broke Kirschling’s South Jersey record of 5-10 ½ at the 2012 Group 2 meet at South Plainfield.
Bolan was clean at 5-2, 5-4, 5-6, 5-8 and 5-10 and didn’t have any misses until she jumped at what would have been a PR 5-11, a height cleared by only two New Jersey jumpers. Tatiana Smolin of Randolph cleared 5-11 at the 1983 TAC Junior Championships in State College and that stood as the state record for 34 years, until Jenna Rogers of Ridgewood cleared 6-0 ¾ at 2017 Greensboro Nationals.
Bolan is No. 9 nationally, according to the MileSplit national database. She’ll compete Thursday morning at the 130th Penn Relays at Franklin Field, site of her national title 10 months ago.
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 