Alexandra Terry wants to go even higher.
The Mexico senior signed with Missouri Valley College track and field on March 18 during a ceremony at the Mexico Sports Complex. Terry will be a pole …
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Alexandra Terry wants to go even higher.
The Mexico senior signed with Missouri Valley College track and field on March 18 during a ceremony at the Mexico Sports Complex. Terry will be a pole vaulter and study business administration.
Terry signed with the Marshall school because she liked the environment.
“The coaches are very friendly,” Terry said. “I got to know some of the people there who would be my teammates and they seemed very nice.”
Terry said she enjoys being around people and is glad she can stay in shape during her college studies. She said pole vaulting will be her main event when she gets to Missouri Valley College as that is what she is most familiar with since picking it up in eighth grade — one year after starting track and field in seventh grade.
Becoming a better pole vaulter wouldn’t have been possible for Terry without her family and coaches, she said. Terry is somebody who always thinks she needs to be the best, so she admitted that has resulted in her “getting in her head.”
“Staying out of your head is very important because you get yourself worked up a lot of time, especially if you don’t have the best day,” Terry said. “You’re constantly going to be comparing yourself to how you were other days. Personally, I’m my biggest competitor so having people get you out of that state of mind definitely helps you.”
Head coach Buck Green said Terry has potential to improve this season before even going to college. After advancing past a tough district field, she was just one spot short of qualifying for state with a fifth-place sectionals finish.
Terry would like that to be different in her final season as she chases a goal. The Mexico girls pole vault record is currently held by Andrea Fuhrer with a 3.43 meter height in 2004.
“I am a foot or less away from the school record here,” Terry said. “I’m hoping to get that. I’ve been doing pretty well clearing it consistently at my competitive place in Jefferson City. That’s definitely one of my goals.”
