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Pole Vaulter Disqualified For Wearing a Friendship Bracelet

Remember the story of the college softball player who hit the game-winning homer and blew out her knee as she trotted around first base, but was carried to second, third and home by opposing players — even though she represented the decisive run in a game that determined the championship?

This is the story of a high school pole vaulter whose successful leap in the last event won the meet and the league championship for her team — until an opposing coach pointed out she should be disqualified for breaking a rule, reversing the outcome so that his team captured victory and the league title.

The girl’s infraction? Wearing a friendship bracelet.

via SI

Allison Stokke Pole Vaulter From California

At age 15, Stokke won a California state championship, and broke several national records in her age division. As a senior at Newport Harbor High School, she set the second best mark in the nation for that calender year with a 13’7″ vault. In the CIF State Championship finals she finished 4th after a leg injury interfered with her ability to sprint down the runway. After being highly recruited, Stokke now vaults for the University of California at Berkeley.