Eliza McCartney could only clear 4.20m at the first of the Athletics NZ winter series pole vault competitions. Eliza McCartney battled the pain and the doubts and the frustration to post just her second competition pole vault result of the year at the AUT Millennium facility in Auckland on Saturday. Right now, for an athlete that hasn’t competed pain-free since 2018, that feels like a long, long way off indeed. “I was on second biggest pole I’ve used from this runup (10 steps) and it’s got me as high as 4.70, so it’s definitely a lot more than I actually expected today. The pole I’m on, the runup I’m on, I can jump 4.70.

Source: Stuff June 05, 2021 06:56 UTC