Manheim Township Inside This Week’s townlively.com
AUGUST 7, 2024
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VOL XL • NO 10
With Olympic Trials taste, vaulter Sydney Horn wants to raise the bar
At Sky Bridge, kids’ imagination knows no boundaries
BY JEFF FALK
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t was an enlightening experience. It was a special experience. It was a growing experience. But it wasn’t a once-in-a-lifetime experience. At least, Sydney Horn is hoping that it wasn’t. A 2020 graduate of Manheim Township High School and a collegiate pole vaulter at High Point University in North Carolina,
Horn did not qualify for the United States Olympic Team currently competing in Paris. But she gave it her all at the Olympic Track and Field Trials at the University of Oregon in Eugene, and she came away with an experience that can only positively shape her future. “I thought I did all right, but it could’ve been better,” said Horn. “I took in the whole experience, and I was grateful to be there. (Eugene) is always cool; it’s a track town. It was awesome being there and being surrounded by all the people there. The atmosphere was amazing. Everyone there wanted to see track, and it was cool to be surrounded by that many amazing athletes.” The trials took place on June 28. Going up against the top 24 female pole vaulters in the country, Horn finished in a tie for 17th place by clearing 13-9.25. Her personal best in the event
Kids love to discover. Kids love to be independent. Kids love to think. Kids love Sky Bridge. The High Foundation Sky Bridge, designed and fabricated by Luckey Climbers, is the Lancaster Science Factory’s latest hands-on exhibit for young learners. It represents the best kind of ingenuity, the kind that inspires others to be creative. “More than learning, it’s about inspiring children,” said Amanda Bakay, the Lancaster Science Factory’s director of programs and communications. “When they see it and get inside of it, they start to realize they could create something like this one day. It sparks an idea like, ‘What did someone have to do to think this thing up?’” Part jungle gym, part science project, part gateway to higher learning, Sky Way opened to rave reviews at Lancaster Science Factory, 454 New Holland Ave., Lancaster, in April of 2023. The $600,000 project was fabricated Manheim Township pole vaulter Sydney Horn descends after clearing the bar at a track and field meet by construction artist and earlier this season. designer Spencer Luckey in his way was great. You always want of representing the United States New England shop and then is 14-10. assembled at the Lancaster “I would say (the Olympic trials more. You’re never going to be of America at the 2024 Summer Olympics. Science Factory over a threeare) definitely up there,” said happy with your performance.” “It’s a little bit of everything,” After clearing 13-9.25 on her week span. Horn of her athletic experiences “Sometimes kids like to see to date. “The goal was just to first try, Horn could not clear said Horn of the key to successhow quickly they can get to make it to the finals, have fun and 14-3.25 in three attempts and ful pole vaulting. “You lift three AUGUST - AUGUST you run9th every the19th top,” said Bakay. “It kind enjoy the experience. Making the failed to advance to the finals. times a week, and day. Technique is a lot of it. But if of looks like a giant ant farm Olympic team wasn’t realistic. From the 13 in the finals, three AUGUST 9th - AUGUST 19th DISHWASHERS • REFRIGERATORS • RANGES • OVENS • MICROWAVES & MORE when it’s filled with children. Meeting all the people along the competitors earned the privilege you’re not fast enough to get down
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