Connetquot senior Alex Molter sets Suffolk County pole vault record at 16-1
Alex Molter turned Connetquot's home meet into a county record, clearing 16-1 to break a mark that had stood since 2007.
Connetquot senior Alex Molter cleared 16 feet, 1 inch at the Suffolk Class B outdoor track and field championships at Connetquot High School in Bohemia, setting a new Suffolk County pole vault record in front of a home crowd. The vault came Thursday, May 29, 2025, and it lifted Molter past a mark that had stood untouched for 18 years.
The previous county record was 16 feet even, set by Miller Place alumnus Nick David at the 2007 outdoor track and field state championships. Molter’s jump did more than win a meet moment for Connetquot; it reset the county standard at a championship where the pressure and the stakes were already built in.
Newsday also reported that Molter credited his mother, Diane Molter, as part of the backstory behind the record-setting performance. That family connection added another layer to a result that already carried uncommon weight for Suffolk track and field, where records can linger for years before someone pushes the bar higher.
For Suffolk’s next wave of vaulters, Molter’s 16-1 has become the number to chase. The bar now sits above a record that survived from the Nick David era, and any program hoping to contend next season will do so with Connetquot’s mark in plain view, set on its own home runway in Bohemia.
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