DeKALB – Amni Austin didn’t know what the future held for her when her family moved to Sycamore in March, but she was quick to try tomake track and field part of it when she arrived. Austin didn’t know what classes awaited and what relationships she would build when she…
ERIE — Three track and field athletes from Erie schools represented their hometown well at the recent AAU Junior Olympics. Parker Holldorf, who just began his eighth-grade year at Erie Middle School, captured a Junior Olympics title in the pole vault this past summer after winning an IESA seventh-grade state…
The second-best boys pole vaulter of 2017 is readying for the AAU Junior Olympics at Eastern Michigan University from July 29-August 5. Lee’s Summit (MO) High rising senior KC Lightfoot hit a PB of 17 feet, 8.5 inches at the Great Southwest Classic in June, earned an All-American nod at New Balance…
Kane Aldrich started pole vaulting almost on a whim. A high jumper for the Community School track and field team as a freshman, Aldrich was urged by one of the Seahawks assistant coaches to give the unique event a try. He’s sure glad he did. Aldrich won a state championship…
The AAU Junior Olympics track and field meet was a little intimidating at first for Houma native Emery Prentice. Prentice, a 12-year-old pole vaulter, was one of hundreds of athletes from across the country competing at the national meet taking place this week in Humble, Texas. Once she overcame initial…
