Personal Narrative: My Activities At Colfax High School

Some of the best advice given to me is to step out of my comfort zone and try new things. Since freshman year, I have been very involved in the activities at Colfax High School. But looking back on it, the extracurriculars that I joined on a whim were the ones that have influenced me the most. One of those extracurriculars was pole vaulting. I originally joined track to run distance and stay in shape for cross country, but on my first day of track, I learned that there was a new coach who was trying to revive a radically different field event, the pole vault. With no knowledge of the sport, I tried it out, and was hooked after the first jump. Since then, I personally know multiple Olympic gold medalists in both men’s and women’s pole