Blind Pole vaulter competes at Texas state championship (1 Viewer)

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Pretty amazing stuff! Going to have to remember this young lady next time I think something is too difficult!

AUSTIN, Texas -- A legally blind 15-year-old pole vaulter cleared three heights at the Texas state championship but failed to win a medal.

Charlotte Brown of rural Emory Rains High School was one of the top qualifiers in girls' Class 3A with a height of 11 feet, 6 inches. Her best vault of Saturday's final was 10-6 and she missed on three chances at 11-0 before leaving the track to a standing ovation from several hundred people watching her event.


Legally blind vaulter competes at Texas state meet - ESPN
 
In the interview room afterwards her response to just about anything could be "wow, I didn't seethat coming"
In fact that will probably be the name of her Abc family sitcom
 
In the interview room afterwards her response to just about anything could be "wow, I didn't seethat coming"
In fact that will probably be the name of her Abc family sitcom

I thought it was going to be "Flying Blind."
 
Jesus...and I thought vaulting was hard enough with two working eyes, and she's already cleared a foot more than my best
 

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