Red Jacket grad Sara VanAken making her mark on Ole Miss track & field team

 February 2, 2020 @ 12:00 AM | Updated: November 29, 2020 @ 9:16 PM

Class of 2019 Red Jacket graduate and 2019 NYSPHSAA Pentathlon Champion Sara VanAken is currently enjoying her freshman year at Ole Miss where she is a member of the Track & Field team which competes in the Southeastern Conference. She is having an early impact as she set a personal record in the high jump on Saturday. The mark of 1.75m that she cleared ranks 4th in Ole Miss history. Check out the jump in the video below along with VanAken’s appearance on the FL1 Sports Podcast this past summer…

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