Girls High Jump - Patience Coleman NC 5-10.75
photo by Vic Sailer / PhotoRun
text by Elliott Denman
Patience Coleman's paid off.
Did the Southern/Durham, NC junior hit the panic button when she missed her
first two attempts at 5 feet, 8 ¾ inches after seeing top rival Erin Hannon, a
Bradford, Pa. senior, take the lead after second-attempt clearance?
Not at all.
She simply gathered up all her cool and sailed up and over to set up a
three-way contest with the bar now set at 5-10 ¾.
Sure enough, Coleman cleared at second attempt while Hannon and Deep Creek
High/Chesapeake, Va. junior Ashley Gatling went out and that was it. Gatling
had also cleared 5-8 ¾ on third try and thus wound up third.
Coleman's winner was the best jump in this meet since Sheena Gordon's 6-0
winner for McDowell High of Erie, Pa. in 2002. Hyleas Fountain of East
Harrisburg, Pa. had gone 5-11 ½ in 1999 and so Coleman ranks third on the all-time
NIN list.
Coleman knows all about winning the big ones. She's a five-time North
Carolina state champion, indoors and outdoors, and took the USATF intermediate
girls Junior Olympic national title last summer.
Girls High Jump
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5-3, 5-5, 5-7, 5-8.75, 5-10.75, 6-0.25, 6-1.5, 6-2.75
National: N 6-03 2/18/1984 Lisa Bernhagen, Wood River, Hailey, ID
Meet: M 6-00 3/2002 Sheena Gordon, Mc Dowell, Erie, PA
Freshman: ) 5-10 2004 Patience Coleman, Southern, Durham, NC
Freshman: ( 5-10 1989 Karla Newman, White Creek, TN
Sophomore: R 6-00.75 1981 Mary Moore, Issaquah, WA
Junior: J 6-01 1987 Alison Smith, Clarence, NY
Senior: $ 6-03 2/18/1994 Lisa Bernhagen, Wood River, Hailey, ID
Name Year School Finals
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Flight 1
1 Coleman, Patience 07 Durham Striders,Dur 1.80m 5-10.75
2 Hannon, Erin 06 Unat-PA-Bradford,Br 1.75m 5-08.75
2 Gatling, Ashley 07 Deep Creek Hs-Gi,Ch 1.75m 5-08.75
4 Schroll, Erika 06 Three Rivers HS,Uni 1.70m 5-07.00
5 Phillips, Margaret 06 West Brunswick H,Sh 1.65m 5-05.00
5 Artis, Jonee 06 Deep Creek Hs-Gi,Ch 1.65m 5-05.00
5 Meister, Kristen 06 Maumee Valley CD,To 1.65m 5-05.00
5 Gates, Jasmine 06 Tallwood HS,Virgini 1.65m 5-05.00
5 Knight, Carin 06 New Rochelle HS,New 1.65m 5-05.00
5 Atkinson, Saniel 09 Bishop McNamara,Upp 1.65m 5-05.00
5 Moles, Emily 07 Irish Road TC,Wayne 1.65m 5-05.00
5 Stewart, Bianca 10 Columbia Hs-Nj,Mapl 1.65m 5-05.00
13 Benedict, Christine 06 Ravenscroft Scho,Ra 1.60m 5-03.00
13 Kirby, Wanetta 07 Huguenot HS,Richmon 1.60m 5-03.00
13 Chavis, Tiffany 06 Unat-GA-Marietta,Ma 1.60m 5-03.00
13 Emde, Dina 07 Pope John Paul I,Hi 1.60m 5-03.00
13 Dewson, Christine 07 Panda TC,Wilmington 1.60m 5-03.00
-- Hale, Lesly 06 Motor City Strid,De NH
-- Cross, Emily 06 Armada HS,Riley, MI NH
-- Mitchell, She'Ana 07 Bethel,Hampton, VA NH
-- Thomas, Chelsey 08 Unat-GA-Locust G,Lo NH
-- Newby, Ashley 09 Columbia Hs-Nj,Mapl NH
-- Romero, Melissa 06 Panda TC,Wilmington NH
-- Schulz, Kristin 07 The Woodlands HS,Th NH