Pole Vault

In the words of Kyle Johnston's coach, the young pole vaulter has all the tools to be a champion. "He's a taller vaulter, he's relatively quick, he's getting quicker,” he said. “He's got great genetics!" I'll let you in on the joke. Kyle's...

Williamsport’s track and field athletes were like polar bears Friday at the Clear Spring Invitational. In the frigid conditions, they were at the top of the food chain, convincingly sweeping the team titles in the outdoor season opener. The...

While the Boonsboro boys are the two-time defending Washington County indoor track and field champions, they’ve had trouble matching that success outdoors in recent years. The Warriors haven’t been county champs since 2002 outdoors, where...

If Washington County is known for a sport, it’s girls outdoor track and field. County girls teams have won 14 of the last 15 Maryland Class 1A state titles — nine by Smithsburg, three by Williamsport and two by Boonsboro. “This...

The Boonsboro girls indoor track and field team used this season as a ladder. And the Warriors nearly reached the top in their climb. Boonsboro finished sixth at the MVAL Antietam championships, then fourth at the Washington County meet and third at...

With speed and strength, North Hagerstown senior Anthony Winter set nearly every school rushing record in the book last football season on the way to being named The Herald-Mail’s Washington County Offensive Player of the Year. With speed and...

The eight-ring circus that is the state track meet kicked off on Friday with the small-class 3200-meter runs as the first championship events completed, then the field events and preliminary events took center stage. The first day concluded with yet...

Track and field is more than just a sport to Boonsboro’s Coby Gussio. It’s his way of life. “Track is my heart and soul. I put everything I have into it,” he said. “Everything that I do is for the sport.” If any...

To experience the diversity of the USA Track and Field Dakota Junior Olympic meet, all you had to do was watch the shot put Saturday at Swisher Field. Competitors ranged from age 6 to 48 with numerous individuals in between. Regardless of the generation...

A freshman sensation last year, Abby Duncan experienced anything but a sophomore slump this spring. The Boonsboro sprinter successfully defended her Class 1A titles in the 100- and 200-meter dashes at the Maryland state championships while leading the...

Jeff Hartwig is a two-time Olympian (1996 and 2008), four-time United States national outdoor champion and two-time national indoor champion in the pole vault who held the American record of 19 feet, 9 1/2 inches at one time. He won the Jim Thorpe Award...

BOYS' TRACK AND FIELD Sunset League finals NORWALK — Senior Mark Sakioka broke his own school pole vault record and the Newport Harbor boys won their first league title in at least 11 years at Cerritos College on Thursday, with the discus events...