Former Tri-County Hall of Fame track coach Dick Kochert is closing in on 71 years, but age hasn’t slowed down his ascent as a master pole vaulter. Kochert won a pole vault title at the annual Outdoor National Masters Track & Field Championships in Ames, Iowa, on July 13. His…
WOLCOTT — Fifty-two years ago, Dick Kochert was the sectional runner-up to West Lafayette’s Steve Russell in the mile run. The Wainwright High School senior circled Lafayette Jeff’s old cinder track in 4:28.5. Even as Kochert, who went on to graduate from Purdue University, got older, his love for track and…
