State track preview: Boys pole vault (TX)

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State track preview: Boys pole vault
08:23 PM CDT on Wednesday, May 9, 2007

By BRANDON GEORGE / The Dallas Morning News
bgeorge@dallasnews.com
All eyes will be focused on Friendswood Clear Brook senior Maston Wallace in the Class 5A pole vault competition Saturday.

Wallace, a Texas signee, ranks second nationally in the pole vault. He cleared 17 feet, 5 inches at the Nike Indoor Nationals in March. Wallace trails only Spencer McCorkel of Bryant, Ark., nationally. McCorkel has cleared 17-7.

Grapevine's Monte Willett comes into the 5A state meet tied for the third seed having cleared 15-6 at the regional meet.

Aledo's Joseph Farley is the athlete to beat in Class 4A. He ranks second in the state this year with a vault of 16-7 and is the top seed. Fort Worth Brewer's Zac Givens – seeded second in 4A – should push Farley.

West's Blaine Bassler – ranked third in the state this season (16-4) – is the favorite in the 3A competition.


AREA QUALIFIERS

Name School Class Reg. mark Seed
Monte Willett Grapevine 5A 15-6 T3rd
Joseph Farley Aledo 4A 16-0 1st
Zac Givens FW Brewer 4A 15-6 2nd
Austin Williams Forney 4A 14-6 T5th
Trevor Hall Sanger 3A 15-0 2nd

TOP MARKS IN 2007

Marks Name School Cl.
17-5* Maston Wallace Friends. Clear Brook 5A
16-7 Joseph Farley Aledo 4A
16-4 Blaine Bassler West 3A
16-0 Kenny Greaves Coppell 5A
16-0 Travis Matthews Magnolia 5A
*Indoor mark


STATE MEET RECORD (1999)

18-2 1/4
ERIC ESHBACH

Orangefield

[Dunn83]

Cutter Bernhard a Junior at 1A Harper Texas jumped 15' at McMurry qualifiers meet last week there are several good 1A jumpers this should be a show.

[kat_vaulter]

I gave Cutter just a little bit of advise and he is already showing improvement.