Chase Cooper, shown here at last year's Mullen Runners Roost, upped his season-best pole vault mark at the Colorado School of Mines Twilight Invite last Friday with a vault of 16-6.75. Photo by Alan Versaw.
Cooper finished second in the meet's pole vault competition to pole vaulting legend Pat Manson. He also bettered his #2 national indoor ranking by two inches with Friday's performance.
In other action of note involving high school athletes, Jeremy Rankin also posted an indoor season second-best mark of 6.71 in the 60 Meter Dash. Rankin won the event agains collegiate and post-collegiate competition. Rankin had earlier run 6.69 in the prelims of the Air Force Indoor Invitational in January.
Chase Cooper, shown here at last year's Mullen Runners Roost, upped his season-best pole vault mark at the Colorado School of Mines Twilight Invite last Friday with a vault of 16-6.75. Photo by Alan Versaw.
Cooper finished second in the meet's pole vault competition to pole vaulting legend Pat Manson. He also bettered his #2 national indoor ranking by two inches with Friday's performance.