Fast time turns to big pain for La Salle sprinter
Mike Vetter is too fast and too determined, apparently, for his own good.
The La Salle junior, an undefeated sprinter who appeared to be a lock for a Class B state title or two later this month, blazed through 100 meters in 10.4 seconds at last week\'s Greater Columbia B League meet in Sunnyside.
But that stunning career best and meet record created no celebration for Vetter, who collapsed at the finish after \"hearing something pop\" right at the finish.
\"I was hoping it was more of a cramp or strain, but you could tell it was worse than that,\" said La Salle coach Tim Briffett. \"He literally outran his body.\"
Vetter didn\'t suffer the typical sprinter\'s malady — a pulled hamstring — but a relatively rare efusion fracture where ligaments pulled a piece of bone off his left hip.
Awful as that sounds, such a bone-on-bone injury heals quicker than if the ligament pulled away from the hip and had to be reattached. The healing process is expected to take four to six weeks.
\"He\'s still growing, and sprinting is such a violent sport,\" Briffett noted. \"He kept working harder and harder and he was getting great results. But it just looks like he outworked what his body could handle.\"
The 5-foot-11, 165-pound Vetter was also the state B leader in the 200 at 22.4. Briffett is confident he\'ll be able to attend a couple track camps this summer and also be ready for football in the fall.