No rest for the Wehr-y for Bowie's 3-sport star (TX)

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HIGH SCHOOL TRACK AND FIELD
No rest for the Wehr-y for Bowie's 3-sport star
Pole vaulter and hurdler aiming for state track berth
By Rick Cantu
AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF
Friday, April 27, 2007

Jordan Wehr became a multiple-sport athlete when he took up gymnastics at the age of 3 and martial arts when he was 7.

Now a 17-year-old senior at Bowie High School, Wehr is part of a shrinking breed: a three-sport athlete at a Class 5A high school.


Deborah Cannon
AMERICAN-STATESMAN

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Bowie's Jordan Wehr is a large high school oddity these days: a multisport star, excelling in football, wresting and track and field.


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In an age when many student-athletes specialize in one sport, Wehr has been part of Bowie's football, wrestling and track and field programs for the past four years.

"Some people have said that I shouldn't do more than a couple sports (in a single year)," Wehr said, "but if I weren't competing, I'd be looking for something else to do."

Wehr will be plenty busy this weekend when he competes in the Region IV-5A track and field meet at Alamo Stadium in San Antonio. He will be trying to earn a state berth in three events â€â€