BURLINGTON — For the past few months, Mount Anthony sophomore Rebecca Crosier was a major cog of a successful Mount Anthony girls lacrosse team. This week, she returned to her second home, the track, at the 43rd Jerry Jasinski VT State Decathlon at the University of Vermont, Monday and Tuesday…
St. Johnsbury’s Lia Rotti and South Royalton’s Connor Lambert took home the big hardware following Tuesday’s conclusion of the 43rd Vermont high school decathlon state championships at the University of Vermont. Rotti, a junior, totaled 5,551 points over the two-day, 10-event competition to break the state record set last year by…
It’s been quite a spring for Inglemoor senior Kim Kramers. Last month, she set a 4A state record in winning the pole-vault title and then she notched the state decathlon championship. At the state meet at Mount Tahoma High, Kramers vaulted 12 feet, 7.5 inches to win the title. The…
CABOT — The third time was the charm for Haze Farmer. After attempts to break the Class 6A state and Meet of Champs records in the boys’ pole vault were unsuccessful earlier this month, Farmer pulled through Thursday at the 55th annual state decathlon at Panther Stadium. Read More
GOLD COAST, Australia (AP) — Damian Warner’s bid to defend his Commonwealth Games decathlon title ended when he failed to clear a height in the pole vault, leaving the aptly-named Lindon Victor to win his first gold medal at a major meet. Warner, the Olympic bronze and former world silver…
After building up a 223-point lead heading into the pole vault, Warner appeared to be cruising to a gold medal. Warner had an otherwise strong Day 2 of the decathlon competition, recording a 46.55 in the discus throw and topping all competitors with a 13.89-second 110m hurdles event. Unfortunately for the Canadian…
On a sweltering summer evening, Stanley Hamilton ran through one drill after another on the State College Area High School track, bolting out of the starting blocks or gliding over a series of hurdles. A little earlier, Rachel Wylie bounced on one leg between hurdles after clearing each one, then…
The 2-time Olympic gold medal-winning decathlete: ‘I don’t know what I want to do, but I know how to plan for the next step’ Ashton Eaton has a degree in psychology, so he is well aware of afflictions such as fear of success and post-Olympic depression. He is not…
When the great Native American multisports star Jim Thorpe blew away his competition in the decathlon at the 1912 Olympic Games, Sweden’s King Gustaf V — a pretty fine tennis player, by the way — reportedly grabbed the champion’s hand, shook it and declared, “Sir, you are the greatest athlete…
RANTOUL — When Garet Kinnett returned from Texas, the 90-plus degree temperatures in Rantoul must have felt like a crisp and cool autumn day. The rising junior at Rantoul Township High School came back to his hometown as one of the best track and field athletes in the nation after…
