THE O'HARES
WACO — Heavy thunderstorms dumped several inches of rain on the Hart-Patterson track and field complex Sunday, May 14, delaying field events, such as the university women’s and men’s triple jump, by more than two hours.
After field crews removed standing water from the infield, shot put rings and jumping pits, competition resumed in the horizontal discipline late afternoon on Mother’s Day.
Like many parents and grandparents with scholar athletes competing in the Big 12 Championships, the O’Hares [pictured above and left] rode out the lone star-sized storm to cheer on third-generation University of Texas at Austin Longhorn and grandson, Elliot, [right], a former class 4A UIL state [2005] and AAU Junior Olympics [2002] champion. He was AAU runner-up in the hop-step-jump in 2002 and placed fifth at the AAU Junior Olympic Games in New Orleans, Louisiana, in 2005.
Making yet another major finals appearance, the younger O’Hare placed fifth with a distance of 14.90 meters [48-feet-10 ¾], to lead all Texas collegians [UT, Texas A&M and Texas Tech] appearing in the finals.
University of Nebraska triple jumper Daniel Roper won the event with a distance of 15.86 meters [52-feet-½]. No. 1 ranked NCAA Texas A&M long jumper Fabrice LaPierre finished sixth in 14.87 meters [48-feet-9 ½] and Joseph Davis of UT Austin placed seventh with 14.78 meters [48-feet-6].
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