Lindenwold senior Egypt Bolan cleared 5-10 ½ – just a quarter of an inch off her PR – and placed 3rd on misses Thursday morning in the high jump at the 130th running of the Penn Relays at Franklin Field.
Bolan, who won West Philly Nationals at Franklin Field in June, was one of three girls to clear 5-10 ½ but one miss at 5-8 and two at 5-9 ¼ placed her 3rd behind two jumpers from New York state.
Bolan did clear 5-10 ½ on her 1st attempt and the official results then showed her clearing 5-11 ¼ on her also 1st attempt, which would have been the No. 2 jump in New Jersey history. But somehow that make turned into a miss in the results.
Bolan is No. 3 in state history at 5-10 ¾ behind Ridgewood’s Jenna Rogers [6-0 ¾ in 2017] and Randolph’s Tatiana Smolin [5-11 in 1983].
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 