Diana Davis takes off on her 1st attempt at 10′ on Wednesday at the state track meet
Three attempts to tie her personal record were not enough on Wednesday as Diana Davis settled for a 6th place finish in the pole vault at the TSSAA Spring Fling State Track Meet at MTSU. Davis, who cleared 9’6” in her 2nd attempt at the height, matched her qualifying height from the sectional. Davis set a personal record of 10’ earlier this season.
This is the 2nd straight state track meet in the pole vault for Davis as she competed in Arizona last season before her family moved to Tennessee. Davis also cleared 9’6” in Arizona to finish in 10th place last year. Davis, who is a senior and was a member of the Lady Raider volleyball team, has committed to Harding University(Arkansas) in the fall and hopes to play volleyball and pole vault. Davis is the first female pole vaulter at Coffee County in the program’s history.
We interviewed Davis following the meet and this is what she had to say:
You can see a video of Davis clearing the bar at 9 feet at: https://www.facebook.com/WMSRradio/videos/vb.220712800726/10157165947530727/?type=3&theater
Diana Davis(center) with her medal and CHS Track coaches Stan Jarrell(left) and Samantha Amis(right)
The Spring Fling State Track Meet is taking place all this week at MTSU’s Dean A. Hays Track and Soccer Stadium. Sarah Pearson and Karson Young will each compete on Thursday in 3 events. Young will take part in the long jump at 9 AM and comes back for the triple jump at 10:15. Her final event is the 100M hurdles around 3:30 PM. Pearson takes part in the high jump at 12 PM, the 100M hurdles around 3:30 PM and the 300M hurdles sometime after 4 PM.
