Andale senior Ethan Meyer had heard how it would be easy for him to win a Class 4A title in the pole vault, had heard that he had to win because the Indians needed his points to contend for another team title.

The pressure intensified Friday when he missed on his first two attempts at 13 feet in the state track and field meet at Cessna Stadium.

“Those first two misses almost killed me,” Meyer said. “Man, going through my head, I was just, ‘you gotta do it, you gotta do it.’ ”

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