Vaulter Magazine has taken images from the early 1900’s and some 1800’s and colorized them for the world to see. The pole vault communities favorite event in color.
Leevale’s new High Performance centre in Wilton is certainly proving to be worth every cent that the club invested to make the very best facilities available to members. WHAT better way to start the New Year than to set a new Irish record! That’s the kind of start Leevale athletes…
WOODSBORO — Anthony Meacham won the pole vault at the UIL Class 2A state meet during his freshman season at Woodsboro. The state meet was canceled his sophomore year because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Meacham came back his junior year and won another gold medal by clearing a Class 2A…
Kory M. Tarpenning, a former two-time U.S. Olympic pole vaulter from Portland, was sentenced Thursday to three months in federal prison for failing to report about $1.9 million in income and wages over five years while living in Monaco. Tarpenning, a 59-year-old athlete-turned-entrepreneur, told U.S. District Judge Michael W. Mosman…
Carter Petersen entered the Utica Challenge with modest goals regarding his premier event in the pole vault. The Fonda junior came away surprised with the results he achieved as he broke his personal record with a winning height of 15 feet, 2 inches. “I honestly was just trying to get…
Hana Moll began the year by setting a record. But that isn’t too surprising, considering the Capital (WA) High School junior is among the best high school pole vaulters in the country and whose sister, Amanda Moll, owns sophomore national class records in the indoor and outdoor pole vault. READ…
We made it, 2022 is finally here for the taking! We look forward to a full season ahead for all the kids and adults. We start off New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day at the 2022 EXPO Explosion in Belton, Texas. What an amazing meet with some of the…
When junior high school student Osamu Takeda saw a pole vaulter at a track and field competition for the first time, he found himself lifted to a natural high in wonderment. On an early summer day 25 years ago, Takeda was sitting in the stands of an athletic field as…
‘The best athlete in the world,’ Jim Thorpe, lost his two 1912 Olympic gold medals to a technicality (and, many argue, an injustice). Advocates fight to restore his status. Thorpe competed for the United States in 1912 as a member of the Sac and Fox Nation. At the time, the…
