It takes about 10 minutes into the gathering for the kicker: Erin Bahler and heights don’t necessarily mix. Sure. OK. The Tri-County, technically senior at this point, has pole vaulted since matriculating to high school. Her participation began in the event because of older sisters Amber and Leandra, who followed…
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…
At the beginning, no one except Owen Getz himself had any inkling of what he might accomplish with the Tri-County track and field team. Four years later, he’s left a mark on the program that no Cavalier will ever forget. From humble beginnings, Getz became the first boys state final…
For the last two years, 14 feet, 4 inches had been an invisible barrier for Tri-County senior Owen Getz. The mark, if cleared in the pole vault, would give Getz sole possession of the Cavaliers’ school record in the event, but although the senior was able to tie the record…
