Lafayette High’s Armand “Mondo” Duplantis and Kyah Loyd of Shreveport’s C.E. Byrd were selected as Louisiana’s Gatorade Track & Field Athletes of the Year, according to a news release. Duplantis is a junior who enjoyed unprecedented, record-setting success for a high school competitor in the pole vault. With a clearance…
ELMHURST, Ill. — South Dakota pole vaulters Emily Grove and Chris Nilsen have been voted the 2017 Summit League Women’s and Men’s Outdoor Field Athlete of the Year by the league’s head coaches as announced by the league office Wednesday. Grove earns her second-straight Summit Outdoor Field Athlete of the…
Payton Phillips has proved she’s the next big thing in the pole vault, not only across the state of Georgia but the entire nation. During her spring season this year with the Carrollton Junior High School girls’ track and field team, she made a leap of 11 feet, 7 inches…
LEWISTON, ID — Recruiting season is in full swing, and Lewis-Clark Track just announced three new additions to their pole vaulting lineup. This is a historical moment for the school as this is the first time the Warriors have signed female athletes to compete in the pole vault. Head Coach…
Matt Ludwig will be representing the University of Akron this weekend at the United State Track and Field Championships in Sacramento, Calif. However, he won’t be known as just a pole vaulter from Akron. Ludwig enters the USATF pole vault competition with the title of NCAA champion, won June 7…
Spring never quite sprung this year. Longtime locals are hard-pressed to recall one with so many endless days of rain. But Woodinville’s Nicole Luckenbach doesn’t see it that way. The coach that the kids refer to as “Coach Luck” called the weather a “blessing in disguise.” She said the cold…
STAMFORD — Marc DeLuca leaves Westhill High School a champion pole vaulter and an exemplary student. That’s not how he arrived. DeLuca was apathetic toward school and sports during most of his freshman year as his grades suffered and he dealt with dyslexia. But after a season with the football team made…
BRADENTON — One of Atascadero’s very own has earned all-American honors in Florida, two Saturdays ago. Chrissi Carr, graduated from Atascadero High School in 2012 and has spent the past four years at the University of California, San Diego refining her skills in the pole vault. On May 27, the…
Eliza McCartney’s athletics world championships buildup has hit a speed bump. The Kiwi Olympic bronze medallist in the pole vault has been battling a right Achilles tendon problem in her European buildup campaign, and is to have a scan on the injury to determine the extent of the problem. Coach Jeremy McColl…
Erick Duffy could feel something special was approaching as he ran down the runway. As he lifted himself into the air, the recent North Andover High graduate knew everything felt right. And as he sailed over the bar and fell back down to earth, his mind raced with joy and…
