Chasing Eliza: The teen pole vaulter breaking McCartney's recordsALISHA LOVRICH PHOTOGRAPHY Olivia McTaggart recently broke Eliza McCartney's pole vault record at the New Zealand secondary schools championships. The 17-year-old is a training partner to Olympic Games bronze medallist Eliza McCartney and just broke her pole vault record at the New Zealand secondary schools athletics championships by 20cm. "To get her records, it's really amazing because it means that soon I'll be with her going to all these big competitions. READ MORE* Teen breaks McCartney's record* McCartney set to soar again* Home comforts for Tom Walsh in 2018​​McTaggart could not have timed her run any better with McCartney's rise to stardom hoisting pole vault into the spotlight. It's pretty exciting for the sport having some more good people coming along," she said.

Source: Stuff December 10, 2017 00:22 UTC