Saturday, February 21, 2009

Shade Weygandt from Mansfield, Texas, wins the girls’ pole vault at Simplot Games


by Caitlyn Lancaster

Pocatello, Idaho- It was a tight competition for the girls’ pole vault at Simplot Games on Saturday, February 21. Texas native, Shade Weygandt jumped her way to first place with a vault of 12’ 9”.

“It’s cool being here, they have good facilities,” says Weygandt, a Simplot Games veteran. (Weygandt won the pole vault event last year, capturing the Simplot Games meet record of 13’ 1”.) “I didn’t do as well as last year, but I will take it in stride.”

Other vault victors at a height of 11’ 3” include –
2nd place- Katherine Zingheim Granite Bay, CA
3rd place- Theresa Waybright Boise, ID
4th place- Morgan Hartigan Cheyenne, WY
5th place- Kortney Ross San Diego, CA
6th place- Jenna Adams Highlands, CO

Shade Weygandt wins the girls' pole vault at Simplot Games.
Photo by Mike Roberts

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