Two months after arriving in Los Angeles to seek his destiny as an actor, Kentwood’s Sean Gilfillan was surprised to learn his face was pictured in an “Entertainment Weekly” story plugging tonight’s episode of “Glee.”
Gilfillan, 19, will appear in the episode as an unnamed character in the Glee Club’s production of “West Side Story.” It airs at 8 p.m. tonight on Fox-TV.
HOLIDAY POLE VAULT CAMP
Tuesday, December 27
•Boys & Girls, ages 10-18
•9:00AM-3:00PM
•$150/person
SALLY Pearson and Olympic and Steve Hooker are set to showcase their champion talents at Santos Stadium.
The high-profile pair is expected to be among the impressive array of talent competing at the Adelaide Track Classic at the Mile End track on January 28 when elite track and field finally returns to South Australia. The meet will be the state’s first high-quality athletics’ competition since 2005 after Athletics SA successfully lobbied Athletics Australia for a leg of the national tour.
It will be the first of the tour’s four meets in the lead-up to the trials for the London Olympics in Melbourne. Perth, Sydney and Melbourne will also host a leg of the tour and the Olympic Games selection policy states the leading athletes must compete.
HA NOI, Vietnam — Top sprinter Vu Thi Huong has efficiently recovered from recent injury to compete in the women’s 100 and 200m at the Southeast Asian Games next week. Huong, who suffered a stretched thigh muscle during a six-month training stint in Germany, regained her top form by clocking a time of 11.50 seconds at the Mekong Delta Athletics Championship last month The national team will be bolstered by the addition of Thanh Hoa pole-vaulter Le Thi Phuong who beat her own national record with a new height of 4.15m at the national championships in September.
Montana
14-00.00 Bomar, TJ (2012) (Helena, MT)
Girls
11-00.00 Allen, Taylor (2012) (Hellgate, MT)
Wyoming
14-06.00 Eichenberger, Will (2013) (Campbell County, WY)
Girls
11-00.00 Campbell, Kari (2012) (Laramie, WY)
Colorado
14-06.00 Holland, Josh (2012) (Arapahoe, CO)
14-06.00 Wacker, Steven (2012) (Longmont, CO) CO 4A State(CO), 2011-05-21(#1)
14-03.25 Manzanares, Dillon (2012) (Niwot, CO)
14-01.00 Dalton, Nick (2012) (Bear Creek, CO)
Girls
11-06.00 Pauna, Val (2012) (Rocky Mountain, CO)
Utah
14-00.00 Watson, Zach (2012) (Syracuse, UT)
No Girls 9-0 or above
Emma Lee, a 2013 pole vaulter and all-around track athlete at Grand Ledge High School in Grand Ledge, Michigan is our female athlete of the day. The 5’9″ student-scholar carries a 3.9 GPA and plans to become a veterinarian. Her NSR scout is Rodney Palmer. In his scouting report, Rodney says, “Emma has the athletism, drive, and academics all in her favor. She has excellent speed and strength at an early age. As a sophmore her personal best in the vault is 10’9”ft, her goal this year is to vault 11ft 6″. Emma has the whole package as an athlete and is a well rounded person.” She tells college coaches that, “Dedication and passion have brought me far not only as a student but as an athlete as well. I am inspired to push myself to the next level. I’m a hard worker and I always do my best no matter what stands in front of me. Life on my family farm has made me a strong worker and has disciplined my mind. I continue to use the lessons my family have taught me and applied them to my life whether it be in the classroom, on the court, or in the community
Auburn, California — Becky Holliday has basked in the national spotlight several times throughout her pole vaulting career. The Penryn native got a chance to show what she could do on an international stage last week, though she couldn’t stick around to soak in the glory of the medal podium.
Holliday vaulted to a bronze medal at the Pan-American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico to add another major highlight to her resume. She cleared 4.3 meters (14 feet, 1.25 inches), well off her career best height of 4.7. Her flight back to the United States did not allow the 31-year-old to attend the medal ceremony the next day.
KANSAS CITY, Mo – KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Between his high school courses and his college courses and his auto parts business, Mike Wilson used to squeeze in a little pole vaulting at track meets.
The man’s whole life seems to be a dash.
At 27, he’s the CEO of a local up-and-coming digital advertising agency and has been picked as one of Kansas City’s youngest mentors, helping graduate students – some of them nearly twice his age -pick up some of the tricks to starting enterprises.
Some like to compare the bespectacled Wilson to young billionaire Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook’s CEO.
Flattering but pretty far off the mark, he says.
“Yeah, we are about the same age; we are both entrepreneurs.”
But he joked: “He’s worth about $5 billion, and I have about $500 in my bank account.”
Read more: http://www.theolympian.com/2011/11/08/1868347/entrepreneur-spreads-message-that.html#ixzz1d7c3OcMu
