Rory’s Story: Reaching the height of glory

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Rory’s Story: Reaching the height of glory
By Christopher Gaube, Sports Writer

The venue was the Randall Tyson Athletic Center in Fayetteville, Ark., where the University of Arkansas was hosting the 2007 NCAA Division I Indoor Track & Field Championships. The nation’s most elite track and field athletes were gathered together under one roof, vying for the most prestigious honor in amateur track and field: a national title. Powerhouse schools like Arkansas, Wisconsin and Texas were all well-represented. However, it was the performance of a slender 6-foot-3 Binghamton University athlete, built more like a distance runner than a cream of the crop pole-vaulter, who would steal the show.

The athlete’s name is Rory Quiller and the athlete’s game is pole-vaulting.

After breaking and rebreaking personal, school and conference records all indoor season, Quiller’s runner-up finish at the NCAA Indoor National meet was the culmination of arguably the greatest athletic performance in Binghamton University history. Quiller’s jump of 18 1?2 was good enough to receive All-American honors and to place him second overall in one of the deepest fields to date. When asked about his achievement, the easygoing, smiling Quiller replied, “It was cool.â€Â