THE
BARSTOWS
THE
McEVOYS
THE
SHOTWELLS
HIGH SCHOOL: Osbourn Park
ATHLETIC BACKGROUND: Jerry was an allstate pole vaulter for St. Joseph’s High
School in Metuchen, N.J. before competing at Rutgers. He qualiied for the
Division III National Championships at
Stockton College. This school year, Tim
placed third in the 6A Indoor Conference
8 Meet, fourth in the 6A North Region
Indoor Meet and seventh at states and
second in the conference outdoor meet.
NUMBER OF YEARS JERRY HAS COACHED HIS
SON: Two
TIM’S KEY ATTRIBUTE AS A POLE VAULTER:
“[Tim’s] takeof.
“The strides he has made,
He has one of
the best plants
especially dealing with
I’ve seen from
his injuries, is fantastic.
a high school
He really has a love for
pole vaulter.
This allows Tim the sport and I’m glad
to get on poles I can share that with
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him, even if it annoys his
plus pounds
sisters.” - JERRY McEVOY
greater than
his weight.
Other vaulters
work years to get a plant like that. I don’t
think I ever got my plant to that point.” Jerry McEvoy
ATHLETIC BACKGROUND: Jim Shotwell was
an indoor/outdoor state champion pole
vaulter at Spotsylvania High School in
1981 with vaults of 14’6 who competed
for George Mason University on scholarship. Clark has been a pole vaulter at
Forest Park for four years and Harrison
a year and a half. This school year, Clark
inished second at the 2015 6A Indoor
Meet and won the Conference 4 outdoor
title. Harrison placed sixth at the conference indoor meet and fourth outdoors.
NUMBER OF YEARS JIM HAS COACHED HIS SONS:
Jim introduced his boys to the pole vault
in middle school and then ofered them
the opportunity to participate more as
eighth graders if they chose to. Jim has
coached the Forest Park pole vaulters for
DID YOU KNOW? Jim’s two oldest sons
Stuart and Alexander were both all-state
pole vaulters at Forest Park. Stuart competed one year at Christopher Newport
and Alexander competes for George
Mason.
HIGH SCHOOL: Forest Park
Bottom (left
to right): Tim
McEvoy, Luke
Barstow and
Clark Shotwell
along with
Battleield’s
Andrew Arlint,
who joins in
the fun.
Top (left to
right): Jerry
McEvoy, Steve
Barstow,
Harrison
Shotwell and
Jim Shotwell.
DID YOU KNOW? Tim has battled back from
two injuries playing baseball. He tore the
LCL in his left knee as a freshman and
dislocated his knee cap as a sophomore.
He also broke his big toe early in December and was on crutches until January.
PREP BASEBALL
Forest Park finds ways to win
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STRETCHING IT OUT
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Forest Park has played ive
» March 31: Carolina Forest
extra-inning games this season
(S.C.), 1-0, win, nine innings
» March 18: Osbourn Park 7-5,
win, eight innings
» April 17: Hylton, 6-5, loss, 10
innings
» April 1: Narbonne (Calif.), 4-3, » April 22: Mountain View, 1-0,
loss, nine innings
loss, eight innings
other comeback only to fall short 10-8 in
losing their only conference regular-season
game of the season.
On Friday, Forest Park needed a win over
Woodbridge to win the title outright. A
Bruins’ loss would have created a four-way
tie for irst and, through a predetermined
draw by the conference activities directors,
given Woodbridge the conference tournament top seed and regional spot.
Forest Park delivered. Killian Tooze
pitched a complete game allowing only one
run on 5 hits, striking out ive in the 3-1
victory. homas horgesen was 1 for 3 with
a double and a run scored. Andrew Webb
had a double and 2 RBIs and Sam Fuson
and Anthony Stehlin both tripled for the
Bruins.
Forest Park hosted Woodbridge again
hursday in the conference tournament
semiinals at 6 p.m. he Bruins also will
host a irst-round regional game Monday
against the Conference 3 runner-up.
“It was all on the line,” DeNard said.
“hey never stopped.”
DeNard is in his irst year with Forest
Park ater 10 seasons at Gar-Field, where
he led the Indians to back-to-back regional
appearances in 2005 and ’06.
Unlike the Indians, Forest Park has been
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Forest Park’s irst game of the season
began with a thud. Playing Osbourn Park
March 18, the Bruins trailed early ater allowing two homers.
But in what’s become a hallmark for Forest Park in 2015, the team stay focused and
rallied to a 7-5 victory.
“he kids never got rattled,” Forest Park
head coach Steve DeNard said. “They
chipped away at the lead and battled back.
hat’s continued throughout the season.”
The Bruins have played a number of
close games, including ive that went into
extra innings. he same held true within
Conference 4, where Forest Park (12-7)
won the regular-season title and the automatic 6A South Region berth but in a
closely-contested fashion.
hey topped Riverbend 10-8 and Stafford 3-1. Ater trailing Colonial Forge 7-0
in the irst inning, the Bruins staged an-
a more recent regional qualiier, advancing
three straight seasons from 2011-13.
his year’s team featured key returners,
but there were holes to ill with the graduation of top pitcher Kyle Staats (VMI),
all-region shortstop Brian Mims (UNCWilmington) and catcher Luke Harmon.
Right-handers Tooze, a senior headed
to Concord, and Trey Alderman (junior)
have handled the majority of the pitching
duties. Tooze is 5-2 with a 2.28 ERA, while
Alderman is 4-1 with a 1.94 ERA. Both
were undefeated in conference play.
Thorgesen, a senior who has signed
with Prince George’s Community College
(Md.), and senior Jake Moore, who has
signed with Coker, have assisted as spot
starters or relievers.
Senior shortstop Danny Morrissey leads
the team with a .397 batting average followed by Fuson, a center ielder, (.378) and
senior irst baseman Kevin Russell (.344,
team-high 18 RBIs.). Russell has signed
with Prince George’s Community College.
CLASSIFIED
SONS: Clark (senior) and Harrison (sophomore)
BUSINESS
SON: Tim (sophomore)
CLARK AND HARRISON’S KEY ATTRIBUTES AS
POLE VAULTERS: “Clark is mentally strong.
He is the most underestimated pole
vaulter out there. He is the most competitive pole vaulter I have coached so
far … Harrison
“I pole vaulted because
is the most
my dad vaulted and I
coordinated
want to share that expepole vaulter I
rience with my children.
have coached.
He sees it once Nothing like a free ride on
and he knows
iberglass to put a smile
what he has to
on your face!”
do to master
- JIM SHOTWELL
that phase of
the vault.” - Jim
Shotwell
LIFESTYLE
FATHER: Jim
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“Harrison was and still is an excellent
lacrosse player and this year he had to
make the decision on what sport to pursue. I allow them to make the decision
and go from there.” - Jim Shotwell
SPORTS
FATHER: Jerry
15
10 years.
OPINION
FATHER: Steve
SON: Luke (junior)
HIGH SCHOOL: Osbourn Park
ATHLETIC BACKGROUND: A former college
wrestler and baseball player, Steve turned
to track as a junior and became a javelin
thrower and decathlete, which introduced
him to the pole
“I'm getting close to
vault. Seegetting over 12 feet, but
ing his older
I will never catch up to
sister compete
in the event,
Luke. He passed me up in
Luke became
9th grade, and I knew my
interested in
dreams of ever catching
the pole vault
him again were over.”
in eighth grade
after deciding
- STEVE BARSTOW
against playing
football and
baseball anymore. This school year, Luke
won the 2015 6A Indoor Conference 8
and North Region titles. He’s ranked No. 6
in the state with a vault of 14’6.
NUMBER OF YEARS STEVE HAS COACHED
HIS SON: Four
“I love getting to be right down on the
track with him, which many parents do
not get to do, watching up close and personal while helping him achieve higher
goals, as he is overcome with emotion
and pride when he is successful.”” - Steve
Barstow
LUKE’S KEY ATTRIBUTE AS A POLE VAULTER: “If
I had to choose one, I would say it is the
most crucial step to all successful pole
vaulting, and that is the ‘take of.” Luke
attacks the ‘take of’ very aggressively.
He looks like a bull barreling down that
runway towards the planting of the pole
in the box.” - Steve Barstow
DID YOU KNOW? Luke has not cut his hair
since April of 2013. His hair length is at
least 16 inches now.
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Three generations
of Shotwells have
pole vaulted, starting with Jim’s father
Stuart, who competed in high school
and college with a bamboo pole.
EDUCATION
The number of
feet Jerry McEvoy
vaulted to win the
Atlantic-10 title at
Rutgers and set a
school record at
Stockton College.
PWT NEWS
The number of state
pole vault titles
Steve has won in a
seniors’ competition.
He also placed second in 2014 at the
National Senior Games for participants 50
years and older.
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