McCartney cleared a best height of 4.75m but failed in her three bids at 4.85m, which was 3cm higher than the national mark she set in February. In her first competition for two months, the Olympic bronze medallist finished level with Cuban Yarisley Silva on 4.75m but was deemed to…
UA sophomore pole vaulter Lexi Weeks, the 2016 national champion and Olympic Trials bronze medalist in Eugene last year, battled a swirling wind to clear 14 feet, 7¼ inches and place second to Kentucky sophomore Olivia Gruver, who won at 14-9. “I can’t be sad with second place,” Weeks said.…
Baylor pole vaulter Annie Rhodes took home bronze at the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships on Thursday night in Eugene, Ore. Rhodes, a senior from Waco, cleared 14 feet-5.25 inches to earn her third All-American honor following two indoor All-American finishes. Read More
Canadian pole vaulter and reigning world champion Shawn Barber chatted with Digital Journal about his win in Beijing, and the 2017 World Championships in London; moreover, he offered advice for aspiring pole vaulters. In 2015, Barber won the gold medal at the World Championships in Beijing, China, with a clearance…
Redondo Union High School, long known for its distance runners, has reached new heights in track and field with its pole vault program. Redondo sent three pole vaulters to the CIF State Track & Field Championships in Clovis over the past weekend, led by a pair of seniors who helped…
Kiwi pole vaulter Eliza McCartney has got off to a good start in Europe with a third-place finish at the Diamond League meet in Rome. The 20-year-old cleared 4.75m on her third and final attempt to come third behind Greece’s Katerina Stefanidi and Yarisley Silva, of Cuba. With the bar…
Matt Ludwig remembers being a Lake Catholic freshman just beginning his career as a pole vaulter. “My coach would say, ‘We’re starting at (14 feet, 4 inches), and I thought, ‘I can’t imagine clearing that.” That was six years ago. Today, Ludwig is the NCAA Division I national champion. Ludwig…
EUGENE, Ore.–South Dakota freshman Chris Nilsen capped off his freshman campaign with the bronze at the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships on Wednesday evening at Historic Hayward Field. Nilsen, the 2017 NCAA Indoor Champion, tied for third place with a height of 17 feet, 10 ½ inches. He was…
Spring Lake’s Gabriella LeRoux couldn’t have asked for a better way to finish out her high school track and field career. She set the Division 2 meet record by clearing 12-6 in the pole vault to capture a third consecutive state title. She also was part of a state runner-up team…
Sitting down on the infield grass after her final effort in the pole vault for Poway, it hit Kayla Myers that her Titan career had just come to an end. The senior wound up clearing 12-feet in the finals to grab 10th place at the CIF State Championships at Clovis…
