ADAMS INHERITS HIS FATHER’S TRACK AND FIELD EXPERTISE

FARMINGTON — Donning the Cardinal red and white school colors is a sense of pride for first year Farmington head boys Track and Field coach, Spencer Adams.

“You represented the school when you ran for them. Now, you represent the school when you’re coaching,” said Spencer Adams, who competed for the Cardinals not too many years ago as a high school athlete.

As the son of long time head boys Track and Field coach, Mike Adams, who has coached a few world class athletes in his day, Spencer Adams grew up with the sport.

Spencer recalls starting pole vaulting when he was in the sixth or seventh grade under the tutelage of Greg Culp, pole vault coach at Fayetteville, where Mike Adams served as head boys Track and Field coach for four years and as an assistant for the duration of his tenure at Fayetteville.

“I’d go there and he started teaching me to pole vault,” Spencer Adams said.

Spencer caught on and became proficient in the event until the Arkansas Activities Association put in a rule that competitors had to use a certain weight for a pole effectively eliminating Spencer from competing in his signature event.

“He was undefeated as a pole vaulter until he grew out of it,” Mike Adams said.

“Then I was too big thanks to the Triple A,” Spencer Adams said.

Spencer also competed in the shot put, discus, 4 x 100 relay and triple jump besides playing football.

Adams is young, he turned 25 two weeks ago, but has already put his own stamp on a program built up by his father.

“My dad, when he started doing it, he made them real good and made them relevant. I inherited the good stuff he’s already done,” Spencer Adams said.

With limited money in the athletic budget for the program, Spencer went to work.

“I was able to raise funds to buy