ENDICOTT, N.Y. >> New Paltz High’s Dagi Tadesse captured the area’s only gold medal at this weekend’s New York State Athletic Association track and field championships. Tadesse won the Division 2 pole vault to lead local athletes. Silver medals were won by Wallkill’s Richard Samuels and Ellenville’s Wesley Cruz,…
ST. PAUL – Jackson Nesmoe was the first to admit it wasn’t his best meet. But the sophomore also has to admit he has a very bright future ahead of him. Nesmoe was Tri-City United’s lone representative at the Class A Minnesota State Track and Field meet Friday at Hamline…
Greenville pole vaulter Sandi Morris has soared over bars in such faraway locales as Beijing, Rio de Janeiro, Brussels and Doha recently, but more than seven years have come and gone since she last cleared a bar in competition in her hometown. That drought promises to come to an end…
On Saturday, senior Maggie Schellhorn, competed in the pole vault. After competing at the state meet in the pole vault her freshman and sophomore years, Maggie experienced a season ending injury to her knee in gymnastics her junior year. This season, she fought her way back to qualify for the state…
Seminole’s Alex Hindman thought he had it all figured out. The recent high school graduate finished his Indians’ pole vaulting career with a fourth-place finish at the UIL Class 4A state track and field championships in May and was heading to the University of Sioux Falls on a pole-vaulting scholarship.…
S. Siva started as a self-taught swimmer having “fun” beneath the Kallanai Dam in Thanjavur (Tamil Nadu). But he soon picked up the sport and started to win medals at district events in freestyle, butterfly and backstroke events. But things changed once he started to see his older brother do…
ST. PAUL — Drew Dockendorf is bringing home a gold medal after his performance in the pole vault Friday. The Holdingford senior won the pole vault in the state Class A track and field championships at Klas Field on the Hamline University Campus. Dockendorf, who was the No. 1 seed…
ENDICOTT – Anton Kunnas’ high school career hit a new high point on Friday. The pole vaulter from Finland who is spending the school year at North Tonawanda captured the overall championship in his specialty. He set a personal best outdoors as he took the title at the New York…
KENTWOOD – The East Kentwood girls track team placed third in the Division 1 state meet this season, with Corinne Jemison and Gabriela Leon playing no small role in that accomplishment. Jemison won the state title in the discus throw (151-0) and was runner-up in the shot put (40-9). Leon…
Emily Gallagher and Miya Kuramoto have been swapping the top spot in pole vault for years now, their names commonly changing positions between first and second. That they’re teammates on the Lansing High School track team is exactly why they’ve continued to do so, leading up to the New York…
