La Lumiere School rising senior Andi Breitowich of La Porte, Indiana competed in the 2016 USATF Indiana Junior Olympic Track & Field Championships on Sunday, June 26, at Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana. Andi took home first place in the women’s 17-18 division pole vault, which qualifies her for the Region 7 Championships to be held July 7-10, also at Ball State University. The pole vaulting event will take place on Sunday, July 10.
Breitowich cleared 9’ 8” to win the first place title. Her personal record is 10’ 3” that she set on April 26, 2016.
The top five athletes of the Region 7 Championships will advance to the National Junior Olympic Championships held at Sacramento State University in Sacramento, California from Monday, July 25 through Sunday, July 31.
About La Lumiere School
La Lumiere School is a college preparatory boarding and day school located on a spectacular 190-acre wooded campus in La Porte, Indiana. We are 25 miles west of South Bend, Indiana; seven miles from New Buffalo, Michigan; and about an hour southeast of Chicago. La Lumiere holds its students to rigorous academic standards while also focusing on their full development of Character, Scholarship, and Faith. We prepare students to attend some of the best colleges in the country, including: Stanford University, Northwestern University, Rhode Island School of Design, University of Notre Dame, Wake Forest University, Middlebury College, Georgetown University, Cornell University, Colgate University, University of Michigan, and the University of Chicago. La Lumiere School is accredited by the Independent Schools Association of the Central States (ISACS) and the North Central Association Commission on Accreditation and School Improvement (NCA). Learn more about La Lumiere School at lalumiere.org.