VIRAL VIDEO: Wall Hawk Pole Vaulter Featured on Sports Center

WALL, TX – The small community of Wall was on national television this week after ESPN aired a video of a pole vaulter.

The video was first posted by the man in the video Garrett Stephens, a local track athlete, who is now on the Angelo State's Track Team.

Stephens confirmed that the video happened two years ago but that it is just now becoming viral.

"I posted it on Tik Tok and it got 13 million views," said Stephens. "Then all kinds of people including ESPN started texting me asking if they can post it."

The video was featured on ESPN and the SportsCenter social media pages. The video alone on Instagram has been viewed more that 2.2 million times.

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"After my career i decided to stay here and run track in my hometown," said Stephans. "but ya it's been crazy."

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I broke four pole vaulting poles during my high school career as a vaulter in the early '80's. Never fun when it happens, but I ended up with the top part of the pole still in my hands each time.

Just for the record, the launch was very good (just a touch over the plant mark) but it wasn't the cause of the break. Equipment failure (most likely a micro-crack from hitting a rock/ground during an earlier vault. Back in our day, we had someone there to catch the pole.

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