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Freshman flirts with world record pole vault

Amy Linnen
freshman pole vaulter

By Maxx Wolfson
Arizona Daily Wildcat
Tuesday Feb. 12, 2002

Glenn wins pair of events, qualifies in another

Amy Linnen had a feeling she would one day become the college record holder in the pole vault, but she had no idea it would come so soon.

In just her first season at Arizona, and only her second year as a pole vaulter, the freshman set the college indoor record of 14 feet 10 inches, Friday in the Sevigne Husker Invitational in Lincoln, Neb.

"I felt like I had it in me but I didn't think it would happen so soon," Linnen said.

Linnen would not stop there.

The 5-foot-10 native of Mt. Siani, N.Y., attempted to break the world record of 15 feet 5 inches but fell short on all three attempts.

"I was kind of nervous and overzealous," she said. "However, I'm saving it for another day.

"I think I will break it before the year is over," she said.

Linnen, whose previous best was 14 feet 1 inch, credits her coach Tom Hays for the significant increase in her jump, she said.

Linnen was joined by junior sprinter/jumper Brianna Glenn as the two Wildcat women to finish first in the tournament in their respective event.

Glenn finished first in both the 60-meters and 200-meters.

The No. 1 women's sprinter in the country improved her automatic NCAA qualifying time in the 60 to 7.28. She also provisionally qualified in the 200 with a time of 23.83 and in the long jump with a leap of 20 feet 7 1/4 inches.

Glenn said Linnen's record was a high point in the meet.

"It was awesome. Both the stadium and the team were really into it," she said. "I was actually jumping at the time, but I made sure to watch what was happening."

Junior Tara Chaplin, who won the national title in cross country in the fall, provisionally qualified in the 5000-meter, running 16:23.85.

Overall in the tournament the UA women's squad finished in fourth place out of six total teams finishing behind Washington State, the host team Nebraska, and Brigham Young.

"I think our team did great because so many people beat personal bests," Linnen said. "Plus, a lot of people qualified."

The Wildcats men's team did not fare as well, finishing in fifth place out of six teams.

However, three UA men were able to qualify in three events.

File photo/Arizona Daily Wildcat

UA senior sprinter Mike Kenyon confers with a coach last season during a meet. Kenyon won the 200- and 400-meter events last weekend in Lincoln, Neb.

Senior sprinter Mike Kenyon provisionally qualified in the 400-meter with a time of 46.95, which was good enough for first place. The Sacramento native also placed first in the 200 with a time of 21.28.

Junior shot putters Richard Legarra (60-feet-4) and Sean Shields (58-feet-9 1/2) marks were good enough to be provisionally qualified in the shot put. The tandem's marks were also good enough to finish first and second in the tournament, respectively.

Shields set the freshman record at UA in the shot put for the second time this season.

On Thursday the Wildcats will travel to Flagstaff to compete in a double-dual meet against in-state rivals Northern Arizona and Arizona State.

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