Blue Ponies raising the bar

Many high schools across the state of Montana do not have the luxury of having a pole vaulter on its track and field team. And if a program is lucky, they may have one or two vaulters who can push for team points throughout the season.

Havre senior Thurman Holdsclaw goes up on the pole during the 2013 Cal Wearley Track Meet last month in Havre. Holdsclaw is part of a strong HHS contingent of vaulters who seem to be going higher and higher.

However, the Havre High Blue Pony track team isn't in that group, not anymore.

Through the 1990's, the Pony track program had a dominating group of pole vau...