Cubbage will compete for Marshall University in track and field next year, with high jump her speciality. She's excited for that future, but said she'll miss Fort Defiance.

"It's been a family," she said. "Coach (Dave) Stewart is like a second father. He's just amazing. He's always there for us and he's the perfect coach anyone could have asked for. So having to leave him after this meet is really sad."

Stuarts Draft's Conner Miller wins pole vault title

Winning pole vaulting titles at Stuarts Draft is nothing new. Leah Wood and Anna Callo dominated the state meet for girls throughout their time at the Augusta County school.

But on the boys side, Draft didn't have a state champion in the event until this past March when freshman Conner Miller won the indoor title.

Now, he's followed that up with an outdoor state championship. Miller was a foot higher than second place at the Class 2 meet Saturday, June 6 at James Madison University. He won with a vault of 12-6.

"Going into states I was hoping to set a new PR," Miller said.

The freshman has been working most nights with Waynesboro coach Tom Austin, who helps train a lot of pole vaulters. Miller said he was consistently hitting 11-6 at meets, winning the Region 2B meet at 11-6, but was getting higher than that at practice.

He finally got that practice height at a meet.

"Winning states and setting a new school record was exciting," Miller said, "but I hope to keep setting new records."

Class 1 Results (At James Madison University)

Complete Class 1 results

• Storm Parker, Riverheads. boys 300 meter hurdles, 1st

• Sarah Piner, Riverheads, girls discus, 1st

• Verity Jordan, Riverheads, girls 800 meter run, 2nd

• Nate Woods/Skyler Shiflett/Xavier Stuart/Jackson Fitzgerald, Riverheads, boys 4x100 meter relay, 2nd

• Olivia Keller, Riverheads, girls pole vault, 3rd

• Sarah Piner, Riverheads, girls shot put, 3rd

• Haze Williams, Riverheads, boys pole vault, 3rd

• Storm Parker, Riverheads, boys 110 meter hurdles, 4th

• Cy Jarvis, Riverheads, boys high jump, 5th

• Alexis Sacra, Riverheads, girls pole vault, 5th

• Nate Woods, Riverheads, boys 100 meter dash, 5th

• Olivia Keller/Cecilia Massie/Abi Bennington/Verity Jordan, Riverheads, girls 4x400 meter relay, 5th

• Xavier Stuart, Riverheads, boys high jump 7th

• Annie Roller/Lilly Gorden/Abi Bennington/Olivia Keller, Riverheads, girls 4x100 meter relay, 7th

• Cy Jarvis/Sean Mahon/Andrew Pereira/Cooper Boyd, Riverheads, boys 4x800 meter relay, 8th

Class 2 Results (At James Madison University)

Complete Class 2 results

• Taylor Cubbage, Fort Defiance, girls high jump, 1st

• Conner Miller, Stuarts Draft, boys pole vault, 1st

• Leah Ruiz, Fort Defiance, girls shot put, 1st

• Livia Clinedinst, Fort Defiance, girls high jump, 2nd

• Laird Clinedinst, Fort Defiance, boys high jump, 3rd

• Blaca Quintero, Stuarts Draft, girls pole vault, 3rd

• Henley Ann Coffman, Fort Defiance, girls 1600 meter run, 5th

• Faith Morrow, Fort Defiance, girls shot put, 5th

• Taylor Cubbage, Fort Defiance, girls 400 meter dash, 6th

• Noah Garrison, Fort Defiance, boys pole vault, 6th

• Derrick Moore, Stuarts Draft, boys 300 meter hurdles, 6th

• Camila Roadcap, Stuarts Draft, girls 200 meter dash, 6th

• Livia Clinedinst, Fort Defiance, girls 100 meter hurdles, 7th

• Camila Roadcap, Stuarts Draft, girls 100 meter dash, 7th

• Karlee Layne/Blanca Quintero/Ava Flippin/Camila Roadcap, Stuarts Draft, girls 4x100 meter relay, 7th

• Takota Moore, Stuarts Draft, girls shot put, 8th

• Faith Morrow, Fort Defiance, girls discus, 8th

Class 3 Results (at Liberty University)

Complete Class 3 results

• Skylar Sloat, Waynesboro, girls pole vault, 2nd

• Liam Poulson, Wilson Memorial, boys shot put, 4th

• Jordan Smith, Waynesboro, girls discus, 5th

• Zyleke Shepherd, Staunton, boys high jump, 6th

• Joseph Pincock, Wilson Memorial, boys discus, 8th

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