Hempfield grad Bridget Guy defends ACC title in pole vault
Virginia redshirt senior Bridget Guy defended her ACC women’s pole vault title at her home facility Friday night.
Guy’s winning height was 14 feet, 2 inches, her best of the season. She won the 2018 title with a jump of 14-7 1/2.
All smiles from our pole vault medalists!!
? B. Guy, 4.32m (14-2), @UVATFCC
? G. Leon, 4.22m (13-10), @UofLTrackXC
? N. Sheppard, 4.12m (13-6¼), @DukeTFXC #ACCOTF | ? pic.twitter.com/JmT8yaRbet— ACC Track & Field (@ACCTrackField) May 11, 2019
The Hempfield graduate entered the event seeded third. She was a WPIAL and PIAA Class AAA champion in 2014.
Guy made huge leaps in her heights after her sophomore season at Virginia.
She was the first Virginia female to win the ACC pole vault title. She became an All-American in 2018 when she finished fourth at the NCAA Division I Championships.
Guy and Kyle Guy were honored as Virginia’s top male and female athletes for the 2018-19 academic year at the Hoos Choice Awards on May 1.
Paul Schofield is a TribLive reporter covering high school and college sports and local golf. He joined the Trib in 1995 after spending 15 years at the Daily Courier in Connellsville, where he served as sports editor for 14 years. He can be reached at pschofield@triblive.com.
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