Oak Mountain pole-vaulter Brad Passen needed every one of his jumps Saturday evening to set a new school record and win the boy&8217;s vault competition at Vestavia Hills&8217; King of the Mountain invitational track meet.

Having missed his first two attempts at a height of 13 feet, Passen cleared the bar on his final jump to advance to the next height alongside Hoover vaulters David Buster and Michael Lee. Both Bucs missed on all three of their attempts, leaving Passen with a shot at first place.

&8220;I had really been blowing through my jumps all day,&8221; Passen said. &8220;On the last jump I was hoping I could go up and over instead of through the bar.&8221;

Passen narrowly cleared the height of 13 feet, 6 inches giving him the invitational title and a new school record in the event.

&8220;It feels great,&8221; Passen said.

Other first place finishers on the boy&8217;s side of the event included Spain Park&8217;s Ryan Bell and William Green and Oak Mountain&8217;s James Hope and Taylor Crane.

Bell took home first place in both the shot put and discus with throws of 49 feet, 9 inches and 147 feet, 11 inches. Green finished first in the triple jump with a leap of 42 feet, 3 inches.

Hope took home first place in the boy&8217;s 200-meter dash with a time of 21.86 seconds and finished second in the 100-meter dash with a time of 11.04 seconds.

Crane blew away the competition in the two-mile run, finishing in a time 9:37.47 for first place.

Calera&8217;s Nick Cannady finished second in the discus throw with a distance of 131 feet, 2 inches.

In the relays, the Jags&8217; 4×100-meter team finished first with a time of 44.72 while the Eagles&8217; 4×800-meter squad finished second with a time of 8:08.54.

Spain Park&8217;s Katie Quinn and Oak Mountain&8217;s Sarah Bond were the top finishers for Shelby County in the girls&8217; competitions.

Quinn finished second in the pole vault by clearing a height of 9 feet, 6 inches. Bond crossed the line second in the 300-meter hurdles with a time of 47.74 seconds.

The Lady Eagles&8217; Lindy Gfeller took home third place in the 400-meter dash with a time of 59.03 seconds while teammate Raley Burnett finished the 800-meter run in third place with a time of 2:26.14.

Oak Mountain&8217;s Sarah Richardson finished third in the high jump by clearing 4 feet, 10 inches.

Oak Mountain&8217;s 4×400-meter relay team finished first in their race with a blistering time of 4:06.30.

In team scoring, the Oak Mountain boys finished third with 71.5 points while the Spain Park boys finished fourth with 64 points. On the girls&8217; side, Oak Mountain finished second with 66.5 points.

The Hoover Bucs won both the girls and boys divisions at the event