Athlete of the Week: Sam Conjour
Junior pole vaulter wins in league meet
Name: Sam Conjour
Sport: Track & Field
Grade: Junior
Events: Pole Vault & 4×400
The Lowdown: Conjour does track and field at Pascack Valley and recently became the girls’ league meet champ in the pole vault.
Goals: Getting her personal record (PR) up was her main goal coming into the season.
What She Likes Most About Track & Field: “I love everything about it. I love running with my friends and to exercise and I love to pole vault,” she said.
Proudest Track & Field Moment: Setting a new PR in pole vaulting.
Pole Vault PR: 9’6”
Funniest Track & Field Moment: Goofing around with her pole vaulting teammates.
Best Thing About PV: Her friends and the student body.
Favorite Movie: Avengers Endgame
Favorite Music Artist: Halsey
Favorite Teacher: Anthony Judilla (PV science teacher) because he’s been both her coach and her teacher.
Favorite Subject: Science
Favorite Food: Chinese food
Favorite TV Show: The Office
Favorite Pro Athlete: Ray Lewis, because she is a diehard Baltimore Ravens fan, Terrell Suggs and Ed Reed are two of her other favorite players.
Favorite Animal: Monkey
One Superpower: Invincibility
What She Does In Her Free Time: Watches TV and plays soccer in her backyard.
One Thing People May Not Know: She has moved four times and used to live in Sweden.
Role Model: “[Former PV student] Melissa Purcell because she helped me out a lot when I was first learning how to pole vault,” she said.
Future Plans: “I want to go to college somewhere in the south and hopefully become a physician or physician’s assistant in the military,” she said.
Spencer Goldstein graduated in 2021.