Loveland Reporter-Herald · Apr 18, 2016
Mountain View plays three of a kind in pole vault
Mountain View pole vaulters, from left, Brenton Emmons, Logan Kidd and Ramon Salagdo are each ranked among the top 10 in 4A. (Michael Brian / Loveland Reporter-Herald)
Track and field and extreme sports are on opposite sides of the athletic spectrum. But there is one event that kind of ties the two together.
Requiring an affinity for adrenaline and an absence of fear — along with great shoulder and core strength — pole vaulting seems just as likely to be an event in the X Games as one at a prep track meet.