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Trio of Miner pole vaulters earn All-America honors

June 9, 2009 by

For the second year in a row, pole vaulter Jordan Henry, a senior in electrical engineering, was the national runner-up in his event at the NCAA Division II Indoor Track and Field Championships held in Houston in March.

Hollenbeck, Henry and Hellwig

Peter Hollenbeck, a junior in mining engineering, and Dan Hellwig, a junior in computer science, also earned All-America honors, tying for eighth place in the event.
Two weeks after being named as the top male athlete at the Great Lakes Valley Conference Championships, Henry entered the competition at 16-2

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