UPPER DARBY >> Upper Darby assistant track coach Michelle Ezzie saw this record-breaking day coming for months. Radnor sophomore Sophia Hill already had pole vaulted 12 feet, 4 inches outdoors to break Ezzie’s Delaware County record of 11-9, set in 2001. All that remained was for Hill to establish a new girls Delco Championships meet […]
May 8, 2021 Radnor s Sophia Hill clears the bar at 10 feet, two inches to win the pole vault crown at the Delco Championships at Upper Darby High School Friday. (Pete Bannan/MediaNews Group)
UPPER DARBY After recording a personal best of 10 feet, 2 inches to lock up the gold medal in the pole vault Friday at the Delaware County Girls Track & Field Championships, Radnor sophomore Sophia Hill could have called it quits.
But that’s not her style.
“I’m such a competitive person,” Hill said. “I love the sport and I wanted to give it my all because the crowd was so supportive.”