Rains put brakes on high school track finals in Tennessee

Heavy rain turned the last day of Tennessee’s high school track finals into a soggy wait. The Class AAA championships at Tom Black Track in Knoxville got called off multiple times. The boys’ pole vault managed just three attempts before lightning forced a pause. Meanwhile, the girls’ pole vault hadn’t even begun when the skies opened up.

Athletes had to warm up again after the rain let up. The boys’ high jump crew was one of the groups ready to go when officials decided to call it quits once more. It wasn’t just track feeling the pinch—other spring sports across the state faced similar storm setbacks the day before. Organizers aren’t strangers to this struggle. Lightning already disrupted Division II events the day before. Tennessee’s spring sports season seems to be running on borrowed time this week.

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