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Catoctin record holders take generational leap Jan 26, 2012

  Bill Ryan/The Gazette Catoctin High School assistant track and field coach Kathy Messner-Stevens (left) and Catoctin High School jumper Hannah Stone embrace Saturday after Stone jumped 5 feet-8.25 inches, breaking the previous record of 5-8 set by Messner-Stevens in 1994, during the Frederick County indoor track meet at Hagerstown Community College. Catoctin High School senior Hannah Stone logged onto Facebook one day during her sophomore year — and shrieked. She couldn’t believe what she saw: a message from Kathy Messner-Stevens. “I almost peed myself, I was so excited,” Stone said.