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Pompei Takes MOCs!
June 5th, 2008
The Daily Record
By Jane Havsy

SOUTH PLAINFIELD -- Before Nicole Pompei even landed on the pole vault pit, she screamed. She just couldn't wait to celebrate her accomplishment. Pompei, a Hanover Park junior, had just cleared 12 feet, six inches for the first time. It earned her the gold medal at the NJSIAA Meet of Champions -- and a meet record.
"It's extremely super-duper fantasamistic," an exuberant Pompei said. "I can't get over it. I wanted to clear 12-6. I didn't think I could do it with such ease."
Pompei even hesitated an extra moment in the pit, looking up at the bar -- which was almost completely still. It was just how she'd envisioned it.
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