Eliza McCartney won at the Potts Classic with 4.70m. Photo / Photosport
Eliza McCartney has fired a warning shot at her Commonwealth Games pole vault rivals with an exceptional clearance in her first competition of the summer.
The Kiwi Olympic bronze medallist cleared 4.70m off a short 10-step run-up at the Potts Classic meet in Hastings on Saturday.
In her first hit-out
since her failed world championships medal bid in August, McCartney eased over that height and then raised the bar to 4.83m, which would have eclipsed her Oceania record.
However, the 21-year-old knocked the bar down on all three attempts, although she twice appeared close to a clearance.
McCartney also revealed she snapped a pole for the first time in her career during the warm-ups, but it didn't put her off mentally.
