Johnathan Collins (MD) Vaulting for a State Crown

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Vaulting for a state crown
Track’s unglamorous event a big deal for local athlete
by Derek Toney | Staff Writer
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Christopher Anderson?The Gazette
Douglass junior Johnathan Collins will face severeal quality opponents at Monday’s 2A?1A state track meet at the Sports Complex.

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Like a few of his county comrades, Johnathan Collins will seek a triple crown at next week’s state public high school indoor track championships. But the Frederick Douglass High junior won’t be streaking down the lanes or jumping into a sand pit.
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Inside the oval at the Wayne K. Curry Sports Complex in Landover, Collins will be running down a pathway and catapult his body above the spectators and participants in the pole vault. In Prince George’s, widely regarded as one of the nation’s premier areas for sprinters, Collins’ participation in the pole vault makes him a rarity.
‘‘It’s something that you want to brag about, but then you realize not many people do it and you only won it because you’re the only person in it,â€Â