Feature by Shawn Moran, Sun Devil Athletics Feature Writer
TEMPE, Ariz. -- Arizona State pole vaulter Cole Riddle led three talented sophomores representing the Sun Devils at the USA Track & Field Junior Outdoor Championships in June, surviving a nail-biting jump-off to land a spot on the USA Junior Worlds team.
Riddle finished second at the meet held at Indiana University, clearing a personal best of 18-feet-½ inch (5.50 meters), and went on to a seventh-place finish in at the Junior Worlds in Finland.
His vaulting teammate Michael Chadwick finished sixth, which wasn't enough to qualify for a spot on the Junior Worlds team, but it was ASU distance runner Jackson Lewis who experienced the biggest heartbreak at the meet for elite athletes under the age of 20.