Olympic Dreams
With her collegiate career in the rearview mirror, Allison decided to turn her attention and focus her efforts on competing in the London Olympics. In 2012, she reached a new lifetime best of 4.36 meters (14 feet, 3 ½ inches). The mark showed that Stokke had a strong chance to qualify for the Olympics if she could clear that height when it mattered most.
She continued putting work into a potential Olympic bid and eventually managed to qualify for the 2012 U.S. Olympic Trials. With a chance at Olympic glory on the line, Stokke went to the trials. But when she arrived, something unimaginable happened.