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Gainesville's Hunter Mallard enjoying high-flying success at pole vault
All-Area Boys Track and Field Athlete of Year won Class AAAAA state title in 2015
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Hunter Mallard, a 2015 class AAAA state champion pole vaulter, practices vaulting on Thursday. The Gainesville High School sophomore was selected as The Times Track and Field Athlete of the Year. - photo by Erin O. Smith
Hunter Mallard is talented and blessed — two great things going for the rising star in the pole vault from Gainesville High. As a sophomore in 2015, he won the Class AAAAA state title in the pole vault at the Georgia Olympics, clearing the mark at 15 feet. As he continues to climb the ranks and set the bar higher, he’s got instruction from Paul Malquist, a 2010 Gainesville High grad, who won two state and two national titles as a Red Elephant in high school doing the pole vault.
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