Harrison pole vaulter David Warner conquering personal quests
Harrison senior David Warner had a season long goal. A week before the sectional meet, he's already cleared it.
LAFAYETTE — With winds whipping and a storm on the horizon, David Warner finally defeated his biggest challenger this track and field season. The Harrison senior set a goal of clearing 14 feet in pole vault, but it continued to just be a quest. Until Tuesday night at Salisbury Athletic Complex.
When heavy rain caused the cancellation of the City/County meet on May 5, four of the six Tippecanoe County teams agreed to participate in a four-way meet, squeezing in one last meet before the postseason. When Warner found out that meet would be at West Lafayette’s complex, where he’d already broken Harrison’s school record by clearing 13-9, he walked in with a preconceived notion this would be the night he eclipsed the obstacle he’d long been aiming for. “I’ve jumped here since middle school and I’ve always liked this place jumping,” Warner said.
“It’s kind of like a second home almost. I was hyped and I was like, OK, we’re going to go get whatever height. We’re going to get 14-whatever.
We’re going to go do it. ” Track and field was a natural gravitation for Warner. More: Vote for the Ivy Tech Journal & Courier Athlete of the Week (May 4-9) His great grandfather is in numerous halls of fame, including Cornell University’s where he was a longtime head coach.