Lacy Janson: Record Breaker, All-American, Dart Thrower Extraordinaire

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Records are made to be broken, right? If that's true then it gets kind of old after the same records get broken over and over and over, yet that has been the story of Lacy Janson' career at Florida State University. Janson, a redshirt senior, has been smashing records and garnering All-American certificates since her arrival in Tallahassee in the fall of 2001. She arrived after a brief but successful high school career at Cardinal Mooney which saw her break the Florida state record (13-1.75), and win the outdoor national title.

"I only started vaulting my junior year in HS. Track was just a way for me to get myself back in shape for volleyball season (Janson was all-state is volleyball). I placed third at the state meet my junior year, and for me that was awesome. My coach is really the one who got the ball rolling."

Janson's senior season was won of highlights and disappointments as she failed to win a state title in May, but set the state record in June. "That was just a bad day...