Leasingham teenager and Clare High School student Tom Pittaway made it into the Athletics SA Dream Squad as a high jumper.
However it was quickly established that he has rare potential as a pole vaulter and he has embarked on a journey which resulted in him meeting the world’s best pole vaulter, Steve Hooker, last week.
Hooker, who clinched Olympic gold and then the world record in Beijing in 2008 with a leap of 5.96 metres, was in Adelaide in his role as Australia’s track and field captain to launch the campaign for the London 2012 Olympics.
FULL STORY IN THIS WEEK’S NORTHERN ARGUS (ISSUE, DECEMBER 7, 2011).
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