The Shadow
At Friday’s Outdoor Track & Field Meet at JMU, Covington High School’s, Mitchell Tallman won the boys state pole vault championship.
At the Regional 1C championships the previous week, Tallman placed second in his competition after he cleared 10ft, 0 inches.
It was easy to say, Tallman wanted to make sure he was not the runner-up this time at states.
Tallman cleared 12 feet, 6 inches to earn himself the state championship.
In the boys shot put, Shaun Smith, Jr. placed seventh with a throw of 44-04.50
The Cougars finished 21st in the boys state track meet that consisted of 35 schools.
Auburn High School won the boys track & field events.
For Tallman, he is just a junior and will look to add more titles to his resume next season. While Smith, Jr., this was his last high school track meet and will be headed to Emory & Henry College for Football.
