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NEW YORK CITY – Appearing in his first USA Track & Field Outdoor Championships, App State's Matthew Gray placed eighth in the pole vault on Sunday to complete a long and impressive breakout season. The youngest vaulter in the field (at both this meet and at the USA indoor championships in February when he placed sixth), Gray cleared the first two bars (5.42 and 5.62 meters) before coming up short of the third (5.72 meters). Only five of the 16 competitors in New York cleared 5.72. Gray tied for eighth (based on when his misses occurred) with his height of...