THE BUFFALO NEWS

June 30, 2008

Pericozzi comes in second

Ryan Pericozzi of Lancaster High School finished second Sunday in the young men division of the pole vault at the 2008 USA Youth Outdoor Track & Field Championships in Charlotte, N. C. Pericozzi’s vault of 15 feet, 3 inches trailed only the vault of Corey Shank (16’-2”) of Fort Wayne, Ind.

In same meet and division, Jordan Hamm, a Canisius High School senior from North Java, closed from the back of the 12-man pack to finish fourth in the 1,500 meters. Hamm was clocked in 4 minutes, 5.83 seconds, far back of winner Terence Lee of Philadelphia (3:59.90) but just 0.02 seconds behind third-place finisher Andrew Campbell of Clovis, Calif., who caught him in the final strides.