MONTEREY — It wasn’t uncommon for Laurel Wong to get a call from Stanford track coach Michael Eskind during the course of her recruiting process. Plus her official visit was coming up. Yet, the news he shared with the defending state pole vault champion this time left her numb, a…
CLOVIS >> Upon completing her final jump Saturday at the CIF State Track and Field Championships at Buchanan High, Laurel Wong held up one finger. Then, she used it to draw a tear down her cheek. Her last flight of vaults hadn’t gone how the Santa Catalina School junior hoped.…
Experience teaches patience and Laurel Wong had to have plenty of that Friday. With 28 pole vaulters in the prelims of the CIF State Track and Field Championships, the Santa Catalina school junior figured she’d be out on the Buchanan High infield for an extended period. Yet, the state leader…
The work begins the minute Laurel Wong pulls up into the parking lot. Strapped on the vehicle are her tools of trade, covered by a 15-foot long canvas that looks more like a torpedo. Inside it is upwards of 10 fiberglass/carbon fiber poles, all of which will be used over…
