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They first met at a pole vault competition in Longmont, Colorado. Garrett's first impression of Alex was when he was up for a vault and he noticed a very pretty blonde girl cheering for him by name. He instantly knew he had to find out more about this girl. When Alex first met Garrett, she had heard about him through the grapevine of common pole vault friends. She thought he was cute, and when he broke a pole at said meet and proceeded to explode into a roaring cheer, causing the crowd to roar along with him, she knew she liked him.... as a friend. That night the pole vaulters went out for dinner where Garrett made sure he would be sitting next to Alex. As the night went on, the two chatted endlessly about their shared love of Spongebob quotes and sports performance. Alex asked about whether or not they host meets at AZPVA, and Garrett offered that they should exchange numbers and he would keep me in the loop. Over the next year, their friendship grew, as Alex made a point to travel to meets they would both attend. Fast forward to the Pole Vault Summit 2019. Friday night after they both finished competing, they were hanging out with everyone in the hotel. After a while, they both grew tired, but Garrett left about thirty minutes before Alex. At least she thought he did. As she was leaving, she spotted him near the front of the restaurant, caught up in a conversation he could not get out of. Alex swooped in and devised a swift exit strategy for the two of them. It worked flawlessly. The pair decided to venture upstairs and watch a comedy special... but on one condition. Alex wanted to bring her leftover sandwich from lunch. Garrett, with a laugh, granted this sole request. After the sandwich was long gone, Garrett began to put on the moves... unsuccessfully. His minor advances were thwarted, for Alex was minorly involved with someone already. Garrett lost all hope, but within weeks, Alex realized her mistake and began her own pursuit.

Quickly thereafter the two began texting, calling, and FaceTiming nonstop... ahh... modern romance. After a short month of this, the two started dating in an official capacity. However, they were still long distance, as Garrett was in Arizona, and Alex was training in Texas at the time. Fast forward four more weeks. An idea was hatched in the crowded hot tub of an Airbnb in California. It was decided upon that Alex would pick up her life in Texas (which she had only lived in for two months), and move to Arizona.... Sooner rather than later. A week from this fateful night, she drove herself to Arizona with a MINI Cooper full of her belongings, and her pole vault poles. Being the pragmatic, yet impulsive people that they are, it only made sense for Alex to join Garrett and his friends in moving into a new apartment together. Alex was too broke to live on her own (The pole vaulters reading this will understand the lack of financial stability one is faced with whilst vaulting post-collegiately.). After a year of living with friends, they took the next step, and moved into an apartment alone. Fast forward to present time. They have two adorable kittens, love the absolute crap out of each other, and are excited to step into this next chapter of life together.