WACO, Texas – Baylor head track and field coach Todd Harbour announced the signing of seven student-athletes to National Letters of Intent on Thursday. We are extremely excited to welcome this group of young men and women to the Baylor family,” Harbour said. “We are currently a very young team, and this group…
HUMBLE, TEX. — Clinton native Kolby Weiss placed second in the 13-year-old division of pole vault at the national AAU track and field meet on August 2 in Humble, Tex. She posted a personal best 8 feet, 10.25 inches which was just short of the gold medal winner Emery Prentice’s mark of…
There was a time when retirement was seen as a reward for a long life of hard work, and a chance to rest, and relax. But for a growing number of older Americans, golf and backgammon just aren’t enough. That’s 86-year Adolph Hoffman from Somerset, Texas perfecting his pole vaulting…
The 2012 Texas Top Ten Shawn Barber 18′ 3.50 12 Humble Dylan Bell 17′ 2.75 12 Alvarado Reese Watson 17′ 0.00 12 Spring Daven Murphree 16′ 7.00 11 Big Sandy Chase Jones 16′ 6.00 12 Midland Senior Jordan Worthington 16′ 3.00 12 San Josh Sonnen 16′ 3.00 12 Midlothian Everette…
Daven Murphree lives on his grandparents’ ranch with his mother Dina. Only a junior in high school, he has already won the State Pole Vaulting Class 2A title twice, and came in second to the high school world record holder in Houston at the Junior Olympics. His grandfather, Lee Murphree has…
Since her time on the Shawnee Mission Northwest track and field team, Christen Guenther has gradually improved her ability as a pole-vaulter —to the point where the Olympic Trials were in sight after her career at Brigham Young University. Although she peaked over the Olympic B standard, the needed 4.31-meter…
