This article was originally published by NC Milesplit on Feb. 3, 2020. When McKenna Brunick signed a National Letter of Intent to compete for the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, her community came out en force. In a jam-packed classroom at Leesville Road High School in Raleigh, filled with family, friends, teammates, and coaches, McKenna realized her dream of competing in the pole vault for a top school.  In her two and a half years as a vaulter,…