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…
This has been a season of raising expectations meet by meet, and then bypassing those by miles. It’s a pretty good season indeed to be a North Andover High School boys track and field athlete. The most recent item in the ever-changing history book is a second place finish overall…
Noorth Central College junior Luke Winder has the skill and talent to win just about every time he heads to the pole vault pit. When he’s pushed, however, that’s when records fall. “The three best performances he had this year, two of those he had people right up in his…
FAYETTEVILLE — It’s going to be a busy summer for Lexi and Tori Weeks. Not only are the sophomore twin sisters and All-American pole vaulters from Cabot competing for the Arkansas Razorbacks at the NCAA Outdoor Track Field Championships this week and at the U.S. Championships in August, but they’re…
Although he reached only one of his two personal goals this season, Redondo Union High School senior Tate Curran made history Saturday by capturing the boys pole vault title at the 99th annual CIF State Track & Field Championships at Veteran’s Memorial Stadium at Buchanan High School in Clovis. Curran’s…
PHOENIX- Arizona State University’s Garrett Starkey was born to pole vault. The senior has the sport running through his veins. His dad, Dean Starkey, won the bronze medal at the 1997 World Championships. During his prime, he made vaulting 19 feet look easy. His stepmother, Jill Starkey, finished in fourth…
Awards keep piling up for St. Clair High School graduate Emily Presley. The Missouri Southern State University sophomore won her second NCAA Division II Outdoor Track and Field pole vault national championship. She cleared 13-2.5 in Bradenton, Fla., May 27. Presley entered the competition at 12-10.75 and cleared that and…
PAOLA – Lady Panther junior Samantha VanHoecke could not have scripted her Class 4A state track meet much better, setting a new meet record to win gold in the pole vault after returning to the event after a 100-meter dash to silver place. VanHoecke was named the Tri-County Spotlight Girls…
Mary Saxer almost never tried pole vaulting. The former high school and NCAA All-American and current pro didn’t even pick up the sport until her junior season at Lancaster High School. Today, as a world-touring pro pole vaulter with a Notre Dame education, Saxer can reflect on how much of…
