It’s hard to write about Mackenzie Shell and not get sucked into at least one cliché or horrible pun about bar raising or new heights.
It’s hard because what she’s doing with the state pole vault record at the moment is spectacular and immediately brings those things to mind. They’re also literally true, regardless of their more metaphorical meanings.
So let’s just get this out of the way right now: They keep raising the bar, and Mackenzie Shell keeps taking the state pole vault record to new heights. There.
On Saturday, Shell set the record again by clearing 13 feet, 6 inches at the U.S.A Track and Field Michigan Open Track and Field Championships on the campus of Olivet College. The old record was held by her, set less than a month ago when she cleared 13-2 in the Macomb Area Conference White Division meet. more
