Tori Anthony

Tori Anthony is an American pole vaulter from Palo Alto, California and the holder of the national indoor and outdoor records for high school women at 14' 2-1/2" (4.33 m) and 14' 1" (4.29 m) respectively. She was originally a gymnast, but burned out on the sport and switched to track and water polo. Competing in her first track events as a sophomore, she placed fourth in the 2005 state championships for pole vault within four months of taking up the sport. [cite news |first=Mitch |last=Stephens |title=Anthony vaulting to top of another sport |url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/chronicle/archive/2006/05/31/SPG59J4U3K1.DTL |work=San Francisco Chronicle |publisher= |date= May 31, 2006|accessdate=2007-06-03 ] Even before setting the outdoor record, she was named an "Athletes Only" indoor track athlete of the year for 2006-07, [cite news |first=John |last=Nepolitan |title= 2006-07 "Athletes Only" High School & College Indoor Track Athletes of the Year |url=http://www.atf-athlete.com/news/athleteweekindooryear07.html |work=American Track and Field Athlete |publisher= |date=March 26, 2007 |accessdate=2007-06-03 ] and named "best high school girl pole vaulter in the country" by Sports Illustrated. [cite news |first= Caitlin|last = Moscatello| title=Vaulting Forward|url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/highschool/04/25/anthony0430/index.html?eref=si_highschool |work=Sports Illustrated |date = April 25, 2007|accessdate=2007-06-03] She missed her high school graduation from Castilleja School to set the outdoor record on June 2, 2007. [cite news|first=Keith |last=Peters |title=Anthony sets national record in pole vault|url=http://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/show_story.php?id=5158|work=Palo Alto Online News |publisher= |date=June 2, 2007 |accessdate=2007-06-03] She has committed to UCLA. [cite news |first=John |last=Reid |title=Higher calling |url=http://www.paloaltodailynews.com/article/2007-5-21-pv-sports |work=Palo Alto Daily News |publisher= |date=May 21, 2007 |accessdate=2007-06-03]

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*cite news |first=Mitch |last=Stephens |title=North stars sparkle at state meet |url=http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/06/03/SPGBQQ6UG51.DTL |work=San Francisco Chronicle |publisher= |date= June 3, 2007 |accessdate=2007-06-03