BATON ROUGE — It was the spring of 1988 when Bob Duplantis bumped into a friend who was a high school track coach in the area at a track meet in Lafayette. “Hey,” the coach said. “How’s your son, Greg?” Greg Duplantis of Lafayette High was and is a household name…
Armand “Mondo” Duplantis of Lafayette (La.) repeats as the American Family Insurance ALL-USA Boys Track and Field Athlete of the Year. The ALL-USA teams are coordinated by Fred Baer, founder, Track and Field Writers of America with boys selections by Jack Shepard, high school editor of Track and Field News. Read More…
For Lafayette High School freshman Armand “Mondo” Duplantis, pole vaulting is in his blood. His father, Greg, was a pole vaulter at LSU, and his brother Andreas is now a senior pole vaulter for the Tigers. Armand said there is a healthy rivalry within the Duplantis household, but he admitted…
