http://www.milesplit.com/articles/12725Here was another solid group.
Pole vault: Always one of the top events at NIN, this year’s field would draw praise even from American Idol’s Simon Cowell. Two of last year’s top finishers are back – Hunter Hall (Homestead, Fort Wayne, IN) and Spencer McCorkel (Bryant, AR). Hall, fourth at the 2006 NIN with a PR 16-8, returns with a season best of 16-6. Hall is a Virginia Tech signee whose father, Randy Hall, won NCAA indoor and outdoor vault titles in 1980 for Texas A&M. McCorkel, fifth here a year ago, had a career best of 17-3.5 in 2006. The Arkansas recruit is the No. 2 prep this season with a 17-0.75 clearance.
Casey Roche (St. Francis, Mountain View, CA) and Maston Wallace (Clear Brook, Friendswood, TX) come here with excellent credentials. The Stanford-bound Roche doesn’t compete indoors that much. But his outdoor 17-5 mark last year – the No. 2 prep mark – makes him a top contender. Roche’s uncle, Mike Roche, was a steeplechaser on the 1976 Olympic team. Wallace is the year’s top high school performer with a 17-3.75 vault. He’s headed for Texas this fall. Another vaulter from Lone Star territory, Joseph Farley (Aledo, TX), has a 16-6 clearance in 2006. Farley’s earmarked for Baylor.