Two former county pole vaulters will be in the pole vaulting finals of the U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials in Eugene, Oregon.

Due to inclement weather Friday, the preliminaries of the pole vault were cancelled and all 24 athletes advanced to finals, which are scheduled for Sunday at 1 p.m.

Among the competitors are former Newport Harbor and Cal star Allison Stokke and former Santa Margarita and UCLA standout Megan Jamerson.

Stokke is the county’s all-time record holder in the pole vault, clearing 13 feet, seven inches in 2007.

She won the state pole vault title as a freshman in 2004 and held the state record for the best clearance for a freshman (12-8) until this season, when Santa Margarita’s Kaitlyn Merritt broke the mark in her first high school competition.

Jamerson is third in Eagles’ history behind Merritt (13-3) and Claire Hawkins (12-10).

She had a high school best clearance of 12-2 as a junior at the 2003 Serra League Finals.

Later that season, Jamerson would finish seventh (12-0) at the CIF State Track and Field Championships.

The Olympic “A” standard to qualify for the U.S. Olympic team is 14 feet, nine inches.

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