Vaulting event honors veteran coach (CA)

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Vaulting event honors veteran Lion coach
Published 03/07/2008 - 6:38 p.m. PDT
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Liberty High School recently hosted the inaugural Keith Dawson Indoor Invitational Pole Vault Meet. The event drew vaulters from Santa Clara to Colfax, along with their coaches, families and community supporters. Liberty High Athletic Director and head track coach John Ambrose was glad that the event attracted such a large turnout – a good way to start the 2008 track and field season.

The meet was named for Keith Dawson, a track coach and mentor at Liberty since 1958. Dawson began coaching in the San Joaquin Valley (Tracy and Oakdale) in 1951 and came to Brentwood seven years later. He has coached many sports at Liberty and assisted the track coaches at Freedom High School. Dawson’s passion for coaching young people is as evident today as it was when he started over 50 years ago. Several of Liberty’s current track coaches were Dawson’s students.

The vault meet saw Yessy Marinez of Liberty take first place with a vault of 7 feet in the Frosh/Soph Girls bracket. Second place went to Laura Fong of Las Lomas, who vaulted to 6’-6â€

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