A competitive gymnast as a youth spending over 30 hours per week training, Fluvanna County sophomore Hannah Meador decided to give up the sport in middle school. She suddenly had a lot of free time and energy on her hands and needed to fill it with something else, which she did with the pole vault. As a freshmen last year at Fluvanna County, Meador was a state runner-up indoors and then won her first state title at the Group AA State Outdoor Championships. Her 11'9" clearance at the Jefferson District Meet was a Virginia high school freshmen record and put her only 3 inches away from joining a short list of vaulters in state history to have cleared 12 feet with three years left to go in high school.

After an incredibly successful first year of pole vault, Meador is back at in her sophomore year as she is the current state leader with two back-to-back 11'6" clearances at Fork Union over the past two weekends. The small town of Palmyra, Virginia which Fluvanna County High School is located within is becoming a launching pad for the pole vault in Virginia as Meador and teammate Chance Parmly (15'0" state best clearance at Fork Union) under the guidance of their coach Tom Casto are the top ranked vaulters for both boys and girls in the state. MileStat.com interviewed the promising young vault star Meador after her recent 11'6" season best clearance at Fork Union.