The same grandson pole vaulted in his first meet yesterday. He is a freshman and vaulting this year for the first time. He cleared 7' and scored a point for his team. He got beat out of second place by a fellow who cleared the same height but had one less miss along the way.

His dad (my son) was an excellent vaulter. He broke the school record in 96 which had been set in 73 and finished fifth in the state meet.

I participated in track for four years and only scored points for the team a couple of times when we competed with much weaker schools and the coach took out our best runners in some events....so I guess the speed came from my wife's. side of the family.

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