Michael Brian / Loveland Reporter-Herald)
Track and field and extreme sports are on opposite sides of the athletic spectrum. But there is one event that kind of ties the two together.
Requiring an affinity for adrenaline and an absence of fear — along with great shoulder and core strength — pole vaulting seems just as likely to be an event in the X Games as one at a prep track meet.
"That's kind of the nature of pole vaulters in general," Mountain View coach Kevin Clark says. "They're risk takers, oftentimes a little rebellious.