NEW Nutrilite Athlete! Welcome Jenn Stuczynski to Team Nutrilite!
Sunday, August 26, 2007  by Melissa Charles
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Welcome Jenn Stuczynski, American record holder for the women's pole vault!

 

Jenn's official Nutrilite press release is coming soon! I'll post it as soon as it's available! 

 

(Jenn qualified for the women's pole vault final for the World Championships in Osaka, Japan. The final will take place on Tuesday.) 

 

Some details on Jenn:

 

Soaring high into the air, Jenn Stuczynski successfully maneuvered her way over an American record, setting the new mark of 16-feet on June 2, 2007 at the Reebok Grand Prix in New York City. Jenn is the #2 pole-vaulter of all time and continually striving to be #1.

 

Jenn is a natural athlete – she was a New York state high school champion in the pentathlon and the all-time leading scorer on the basketball team at Roberts Wesleyan College. Her current coach, Rick Suhr, first noticed Jenn on the basketball court and thought she was tough enough to be an excellent pole vaulter. She almost told him no when he approached her about competing, but now delights in training through tough New York winters in a dimly lit Quonset hut. She runs through a long, tacked-on tunnel before the last two steps bring her into the main hut, its windows boarded up to preserve what little warmth there is.

 

Career Highlights

  • Set the American record for the pole vault on June 2, 2007 at the Reebok Grand Prix in New York City
  • Jenn is the #2 pole-vaulter in the world all-time
  • 2006 and 2007 United States Outdoor National Champion and United States Indoor Champion in 2005 and 2007, all in the pole vault

 

Jenn featured in USA Today: 

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/olympics/2007-08-26-3701570908_x.htm

 

Jenn's Bio:

http://www.globalathletics.com/Athletes/jenn_stuczynski.php

 

Jenn's Track & Field News Magazine cover:

http://www.trackandfieldnews.com/asset/cover_art/200603_lg.jpg

 

Comments

# Tex said on August 27, 2007 11:29 AM:

Maybe XX will be as effective for these two women athletes as it seems to have been for Asafa Powell. From World Record holder to a Bronze medal at the World Championship. Wow...

# Colby T. said on September 12, 2007 2:19 AM:
This is too cool!!! I'm also a Vaulter who met Jenn at the Pole Vault Summit last year, and also take Double X. Talk about motivation!!! As soon as i saw this, i printed out the picture that i took with her at the Pole Vault Summit last year and tacked it to my dorm room wall. I'm never going without my double x anymore.

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This blog is written by Andy Gamm, who is a brand manager for Nutrilite at Amway Global, and also a coach, competitor, and all-around sports fan. I'm a southern girl at heart. I grew up in North Carolina (so don't be surprised if ya see a ya'll or two from me) as an Air Force brat, and I moved to Michigan when my father retired from the military. I'm a little Legally Blonde, in the sense that I adore all things pink and I'm the proud owner of two super cute lil' chihuahuas. I thought I wanted to be a doctor, but after a year of pre-med (and blacking out while observing a few surgeries) I decided I'd be better off if I focused my creative energies to the marketing/communications side of Health. I graduated from Grand Valley State University with a Bachelor's degree in Advertising/Public Relations, and a Master's degree in Communications. Over the course of my five years with Quixtar, I've worked in Public Relations, Employee Communications, and now Health Marketing. -More

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