Hunter Mallard is spending the month preparing for a shot at a national championship. Already a state champion in Class AAAAA during the high school season, Gainesville’s rising junior pole vaulter will go up against the nation’s elite in the U.S. Track & Field National Junior Olympics for 15 and 16-year-olds, starting July 27 at the University of North Florida in Jacksonville, Fla. “I feel hyped right now,” said Mallard, who works each afternoon on his craft at Gainesville High.
Gainesville High's Hunter Mallard qualifies for U.S. Track & Field National Junior Olympics
Red Elephants' pole vaulter won Class AAAAA state title as a sophomore
