BARTOLINA EMBARKS ON OLYMPIC JOURNEY
Southeastern Press Release
Aug 15, 2008
HAMMOND - Just over three weeks after clinching a spot on the 2008 U.S. Track and Field Olympic squad, Southeastern Louisiana University track and field volunteer assistant track coach Erica Bartolina will head off to Beijing, China for her first career Olympic games. The 28-year old pole vaulter earned her trip to the 29th Summer Olympiad with a personal best 14 ft. 11 in. vault at the U.S. Olympic Trials in Eugene, Ore. on July 6, and according to her husband and coach Michael, also an assistant track coach with the Lions, Erica is ready to go.