Desert Vista’s Shaylah Simpson broke her own state record with a pole vault clearance of 13 feet, four inches in the track and field Meet of Champions on Saturday at Queen Creek.
Simpson’s mark is the third best nationally this season, four and a quarter inches below the record.
Other local winners on the girls side were: Jasmine Todd, Chandler (100-meter run, long jump); Hannah Carson, Chandler (shot put, discus); Bailey Farkas, Skyline (200-meter run); Katie Penney, Xavier (800-meter run); Marissa Opatz, Desert Mountain (1,600-meter run); Alexis Clay, Chandler (100-meter hurdles); and …

Arizona Meet of Champions 2010
When: Saturday, 6 p.m. (pole vault begins at 5 p.m.)
Where: Queen Creek High
Who: State champions from all conferences, along with other state qualifiers
Outlook: Many of the state’s elite athletes will be competing in the event. It’s a nice way for athletes from lower levels to test themselves against elite competition. Here’s a list of the top-3 qualifiers in each event as of Friday at 2:10 p.m.
GIRLS
100 meters: Jasmine Todd, Chandler (12.10); Zenobia Sims, Buena (12.22); Shannon Jacobs, Highland (12.33)
200 meters: Zenobia Sims, Buena, (25.07); Bailey Farkas, …