Larry Lagesse, 68, the former Bradley-Bourbonnais Community High School athlete and current Chebanse retiree, picked up another gold medal at a national masters track meet Thursday. He might earn a couple more Saturday afternoon. Decades after former teammates have given up all but maybe bowling, golf and slow pitch softball,…
Larry LaGesse, the 67-year-old track and field athlete from Chebanse, brought home the National Masters Decathlon title earlier this year, but didn’t fare as well at last week’s World Masters Athletics meet in Lyon, France. He noted that he was “definitely disappointed” with his eighth-place finish in what qualifies as…
An asphalt runway for a backyard pole vaulting pit has led from rural Chebanse to Lyon, France. Larry Lagesse, a Bradley-Bourbonnais Community High School athlete in 1966, has proven to be the best all-around athlete — in his age group — in America, again. He won his third National Masters…
It’s a surprising site: A regulation pole vault runway, bar and landing pit, tucked behind a barn and corn crib on a farm east of Chebanse. It’s more shocking when you realize that this isn’t something that parents installed for an aspiring high school athlete. Instead, 65-year-old Larry LaGesse built…
