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Paige Sommers

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WESTLAKE HS
WESTLAKE VILLAGE, CALIFORNIA
JUNIOR
Height: 5-FOOT-11
Press Release

Peak Performance

14-6

Pole vault

2nd

2019 state meet finish
“Paige is an immensely talented athlete who maintains a structured balance with her academics and other activities. She competes in two very technical events, the pole vault and high jump. Being able to maintain focus during each approach and ensuring the steps and timing are correct takes a tremendous amount of skill.”
Chad Scott
Head Coach - Westlake coach
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Athletic Excellence

The 5-foot-11 junior broke the state outdoor record in the pole vault, soaring 14 feet, six inches at the 2020 Thousand Oaks Lancer Invitational, which ranked as the nation’s No. 1 performance among prep competitors during the abbreviated spring campaign, and represents the No. 4 mark in U.S. high school history. Sommers also won the event at June’s Desert Dream-Last Hurrah Invitational. She took second in the pole vault at the California Winter Championships and finished second at the 2019 outdoor state meet.

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Academic Achievement

Sommers has maintained a 4.22 GPA in the classroom. She will begin her senior year of high school this fall.

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Exemplary Character

President of the National Charity League's junior class, an organization through which she's undergone 135 hours of leadership training, Sommers has also volunteered locally on behalf of a thrift store and the Manna Conejo Valley Food Bank.