Vinson Barely Misses School Record In Pole Vault, Hardoin Wins Hurdles
Eli Vinson nearly beat the school pole vault record as the Sulphur track team kicked off their season with the Rock Creek Invitational on Monday, March 10.
With the win already secured at 13 feet, the senior had the bar raised to beat the school record, but his elbow hit the bar.
Overall, the Sulphur boys track team placed fourth.
“This was a great first meet and a promising start to the year,” Coach Emile Heitland said. “Eli has a good shot to break the record this year.”
In the races, Heitland noted that several events reached times faster than where the athletes were this early in the season last year.
Sulphur junior Grady Hardoin flies over this hurdle on his way to victory in the 110-meter event in the Rock Creek invitational in Sulphur last week. PHOTO BY BLAKE SEALE
In the 110-meter hurdles, junior Grady Hardoin won with a time of 17.09, and sophomore Rush Pittman placed third with a time of 18.15. In the 300-meter hurdles, Hardoin won with a time of 42.74 and Pittman placed third with a time of 44.11.
Senior Kaleb Madron placed second with a time of 2:02.64 in the 800 Meters.
The 4X800 relay team placed third with a time of 8:34.34. The 4X400 relay team placed third with a time of 3:36.25.
Junior Dax Lowrance placed fourth with a high jump of 5 feet 10 inches.
Junior Landy Dearman tied for fourth place in the pole vault with a jump of 11 feet.
In the 4X200 relay, the Bulldogs placed fifth. Senior Maddax Boyd placed sixth in the 200 meters, and junior Zach Kirk placed sixth in the 1600 meters.
The team came in fourth overall again at the Marietta High School Invitational.
Hardoin won the 110 meter hurdles again with a time of 16.28. Pittman placed fifth.
Madron won the 800 meters with a time of 2:08.16. The 4X400 relay team won with a time of 3:46.13. The 4X800 relay team placed second with a time of 8:49.74. The 4X200 relay team placed third with a time of 1:37.6.
PHOTOS BY DON COFFEY Above, Sulphur’s Paxton Hiser runs a relay race in a meet at Marietta last week. Below, Lady Bulldog Kenleigh Johnson winds up for a discus throw in a meet last week.
