Sophomore Emily Ramey and junior Keegan Provo are hoping to vault their way the Washington State 3A championships.— image credit: Shawn Skager/Reporter
Washington –When Auburn Mountainview track and field coach Joel MacDougall asked who was interested in trying their hand at the pole vault last season, he got a handful of candidates. Among them were sophomore Keegan Provo and freshman Emily Ramey. Initially, MacDougall – who competed in the event while attending Pacific Lutheran University – thought he had a group of inexperienced vaulters on his hands. “We were going through all the drills and ‘this is how you hold it.’ (Provo) just did them all and didn’t say a thing,” MacDougall said. “And then the first time, a week and a half into practice, when we ran down the runaway I realized he had done this before. And he just said, ‘Oh yeah, I have.’” Now, a year later, the Lions track and field team is looking at potentially moving on two vaulters to the postseason. more
