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Roberge gets over.

Publication: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)
Publication Date: 29-APR-09 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Roberge gets over.(Track-Field Prep Girls)(prep track field pole vault)

Article Excerpt
Byline: GIRLS TRACK & FIELD By Steve Mims The Register-Guard

COOS BAY - Moriah Roberge keeps breaking records and reaching new heights while looking to break more records and clear higher heights.

Her personal best and school record in the pole vault is now up to 12 feet, 4 inches after she cleared that bar in a meet at Churchill last week. The Marshfield senior is the only girl in the state to clear 12 feet this year.

Roberge - known to most as `Bubba', a nickname given by her father - raised the bar to 12-7 at Churchill and barely missed one attempt at that height before a hand injury forced her to call it a day.

"That jump at 12-7 was real good, it had a chance," she said. "I thought I had it up, but then at the last second it fell."

Another shot at 12-7 is the next step for Roberge, the defending 5A state champion who has signed to compete at San Diego State next year.

"She set the goal at...

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