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Kenna Stimmel breaks girls and boys pole vault records: Ohio high school state track and field championships video, photos

The Margaretta senior's mark of 14 feet, 6.25 inches set the state record for girls and beat the school's boys record by a quarter of an inch.

Mike Swanson

Kenna Stimmel breaks girls and boys pole vault records: Ohio high school state track and field championships video, photos
Kenna Stimmel breaks girls and boys pole vault records: Ohio high school state track and field championships video, photos /

Photos and video by Gabe Haferman

Kenna Stimmel left little doubt Friday that she's the best girls pole vaulter in Ohio history.

She set the bar high with a jump of 14 feet, 6.25 inches at the Division III state championships in Columbus, setting a state and National Federation of High School Sports record.

She just missed at 14-9.75, which would have beat Washington's Amanda Moll, who had a 14-9.5 in March at the Texas Relays, a non-federation event.

But she did beat the Margaretta boys pole vault record of 14-6 along with winning her third consecutive Division III state pole vault championship. COVID-19 canceled the 2020 spring season, preventing the possibility of a fourth.

Stimmel also qualified for the finals Saturday in the 100-meter dash, 100-meter hurdles and 4x100 relay.

Also Friday in the prelims, Gahanna Lincoln’s Camden Bentley broke the girls Division I state tournament record in the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 13.45.

The Ohio high school track and field state tournament wraps up today.

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Mike Swanson, SBLive Sports
MIKE SWANSON

Mike Swanson is the VP of Content for High School On SI. He's been in journalism since 2003, having worked as a reporter, city editor, copy editor and high school sports editor in California, Connecticut and Oregon.

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