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High 5: Framingham High School's Sophie Albright

High 5: Framingham High School's Sophie Albright
FOR HIGH 5 THIS WEEK LYNCHIE HEADS ALONG ROUTE 126 AND PULLS INTO FRAMINGHAM HIGH SCHOOL , WHERE HE FOUND A MULTI TALENTED STUDENT ATHLETE WHO HAS SOARED INTO THE NATIONAL LIMELIGHT. SHE IS A MULTI TIME STATE CHAMPION AND IS ONLY A JUNIOR. MEET SOLELY ALL RIGHT. -- MEET SOPHIE ALBRIGHT. SHE JUST WON THE STATE TITLE AND ONE THE ALL-STATE HIGH JUMP CHAMPIONSHIP. HER LEAVE OF FIVE FEET EIGHT INCHES WAS THE BEST THIS WINTER AND THE FOURTH BEST IN THE ENTIRE COUNTRY. >> HOW DO YOU KNOW WHEN YOU HAD THE PERFECT JOB? >> THE FEELING. YOUR BACK ARCHES THE RIGHT WAY AND YOUR FEET KICK AT THE RIGHT MOMENT AND YOU CLEAR THE BAR AND YOU KNOW IT AS SOON YOU ARE IN THE AIR FOR THE LAST SECOND BEFORE YOU HIT THE MAT WHERE IT IS JUST LIKE I DID IT. EVERY STEP IS MARKED AND CHOREOGRAPHED, FOCUSED, CONCENTRATION, EXECUTION. >> I TAKE A 10 STE APPROACH. I START HERE, DO A LITTLE STRETC RUNNING. WHEN I GET TO MY FIFTH STEP IS WHEN I HAVE TO START INITIATING CURVE HERE IN MY LAST THREE STEPS ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT AND THIS IS WHERE I WOULD START MY LAST THREE STEPS AND MY SECOND TO LAST STEP, I HAVE TO ABSORB MY LEGS TO BE LONG AND DRIVE THE KNEE UP AND GET YOURSELF OVER THE BAR. >> SHE IS INCREDIBLE, RESILIENT STUDENT, A GREAT KID TO HAVE AN VERY ENTHUSIASTIC. THE PROTOTYPE AND EVERYTHING YOU WOULD WANT IN A STUDENT ATHLETE. >> SHE IS NOT ONLY ATE CAMPING IN THE HIGH JUMP BUT ALSO ART OF A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP CHEERLEADING TEAM AS WELL. >> IT WAS THE BEST FEELING. WENDY YEARS WE HAVEN’T WON STATE AND TO DO IT WITH THESE SENIORS GRADUATING. IT WAS LIKE NO OTHER. >> IN THE CLASSROOM, SHE IS A STRAIGHT A STUDENT AND A MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY. A GREAT STUDENT AND ATHLETE WITH A PERPETUAL SMILE. >> TOO MUCH FREE TIME NEVER WORKS FOR ME. >> SHE IS THE GIRL WITHOUT AN OFF BUTTON, SOARING IN MANY WAYS. WE SALUTE SOPHIE ALBRIGHT OF FRAMINGHAM AS THIS WEEK’S -- >> ALL-STAR. MARIA: SHE
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High 5: Framingham High School's Sophie Albright
Framingham High junior Sophie Albright won the Massachusetts high jump title and was also part of a title winning cheerleading squad.

Framingham High junior Sophie Albright won the Massachusetts high jump title and was also part of a title winning cheerleading squad.

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