HS girl sets national record with 43-yard field goal

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HS girl sets national record with 43-yard field goal

posted by Pretty Tough
Friday, October 22, 2010 at 12:05pm PDT

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With the high school gridiron season in full swing, girls are demonstrating time and again that they can play with the boys.

This past weekend, senior standout Alana Gaither of Firestone High School (Akron, Ohio) set what is believed to be a national record by kicking a 43-yard field goal against Ellet High. No official records are kept regarding placekicking gender, but Firestone is calling it the national prep record for longest field goal by a girl.

From MaxPreps.com:

Her kick came with two seconds left in the first half.

“Everybody went nuts,” Coach Tim Flossie recalled. “She trots off and says, ‘Coach, I told you so.’”

Gaither said she “was really shocked when my coach told me (about the record). Before the game I hit a couple of 45s. As excited as I am, (I know) there are a lot of guys who can kick 40-yard field goals.”

Through seven games she has these outstanding statistics: 4-for-4 on field goals (other distances were 37, 34 and 32 yards) and 21-for-23 on extra points. She set a school record going 8-for-8 in one game. One of her misses was against a college (shorter) crossbar and the other was blocked.

“I just pick a point down the middle of the crossbar, stare at it, concentrate and let my leg do the rest,” is how Gaither explains her tremendous accuracy.

Alana, who also plays soccer, has received a few letters from colleges but isn’t sure they know she’s a girl. Girl or guy, when it comes to kicking field goals, she’s the real deal.

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