Balky Bar, Extra Effort Lead to County Best
- Share via
Lynn Patrick, a junior from Serra High School, cleared a county-best 5-feet 8 3/4-inches in the City Eastern League high jump preliminaries Monday at Balboa Stadium. Patrick, who won the state meet with a jump of 5-10 last year, had a previous county best of 5-8.
After passing at every height until 5-0, Patrick cleared 5-0, 5-2, 5-4 and 5-6 on her first attempts. After clearing 5-7 on her second try, Patrick asked to move the bar to 5-8 1/2.
Meet officials could not set the bar at 5-8 1/2 because the standards would not stick at that height. They set it at 5-8 3/4 without telling her, meet officials said.
After clearing that on her third try, Patrick missed on three tries at 5-9. She will compete in the City Eastern finals Friday at Balboa Stadium.
Get our high school sports newsletter
Prep Rally is devoted to the SoCal high school sports experience, bringing you scores, stories and a behind-the-scenes look at what makes prep sports so popular.
You may occasionally receive promotional content from the Los Angeles Times.
