The nerves usually don’t kick in too much for Lizzie Powell.
The senior from Patrick Henry High in Virginia, and a nationally-ranked pole-vaulter, does get a little nervous. She does get that excited anticipation that one normally experiences before competition.
This time, though, it was different.
(Lizzie and her sister Annie, a vaulter for UNC Wilmington)
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