Amazing career after a truly unique beginning in the sport. I saw her perfect series at 2016 world indoors and it was a thing a beauty.
A catalog of accomplishments from her husband / coaches post:
- Only vaulter man or women in American History to win 3 Olympic Trials
- Held the top ten all-time highest American jumps ever at one time (still holds top 3)
- Jumped the only perfect World or Olympic Championship without a single miss. Portland(2016) winning through 4.90m/16’1” no misses
- Only vaulter to beat a 2x defending Olympic Gold Medalist to win Olympic Gold
- Voted vaulter of the decade by T&F news 2010 to 2020.
- Only vaulter to hold the Current overall World and Master World Record simultaneously( indoors)
- Voted Buffalo’s greatest all-time female athlete (Buffalo News)
- Only athlete to Jump over 5m/16’5” three different times indoors in the World
- Only American ever to Jump 5 meters indoors
- Only American man or women to ever hold the American Record 16 yrs.(still holds it)
- Won the US National Championship just 10 months after beginning to vault
- Won 26 US Championship medals (top 3)
- Made 15 different US National Teams
- Won an unprecedented 17 US National Championships