There aren’t many feelings like winning a medal while representing your country. Lacombe’s Rachel Hyink accomplished that feeling for a second time after she won bronze in the women’s pole vault finals during the North American, Central American, and Caribbean Athletics Association (NACAC) Track and Field Championships in the Bahamas.…
LAUSANNE: Olympic champion and world record holder Armand Duplantis won the Lausanne Diamond League pole vault competition staged on the banks of Lake Geneva on Thursday (Aug 25). The 22-year-old Swedish star again put his rivals in the shade with a winning 6.10m vault achieved on his third attempt. READ…
LAUSANNE, Switzerland – Following a bronze medal performance in the pole vault at the European Championships last week, Arkansas alum Tina Šutej won a Diamond League title Friday. Šutej cleared 15-5 (4.70) on a second attempt to defeat Australian Nina Kennedy, who needed three attempts at the same height. Both…
MANILA, Philippines — World No. 3 pole vaulter EJ Obiena has been formally reinstated to the national team, the Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) confirmed on Wednesday. Obiena, who was unceremoniously dropped from the national team roster due to his then-rift with the Philippine Athletic Track and Field Association (PATAFA), was…
Former Marlow high school pole vaulter Joe Dial was elected to the National High School Hall of Fame on Wednesday. Dial set the national high school record for the pole vault his senior year in 1981, vaulting 17′ 9 1/2″, a record which stood for 18 years. READ MORE
Sophie Cook says her ability to deliver when the pressure is on can fire her onto the European Championship podium after claiming a surprise pole vault personal best in Munich. The Dudley star, 27, safely navigated her way into Wednesday evening’s final after propelling herself over the bar at 4.50m.…
LIBERTY — Flying high is not for the faint of heart, but it is for the daredevil. Liberty’s Rachel Homoly has that adrenaline junkie side to her and it is on display when she competes in pole vault for the Blue Jays. Homoly has become one of the premier pole…
Having collected her pole vault bronze medal from Alexander Stadium, Imogen Ayris arrived at New Zealand House in Edgbaston ready to celebrate with her fellow Kiwi athletes. Sporting a moon boot as she lined up alongside fellow medallists from recent days of sporting action, Ayris told 1News she had found…
An exciting 4.35m pole vault victory for Hana Moll together with a series of swift women’s 200m heats and the continuation of the women’s heptathlon highlighted the fourth morning of action at the World Athletics U20 Championships Cali 22 on Thursday (4). US U20 silver medallist Hana Moll cleared 4.35m on…
Landon Helms will begin his collegiate track and field career at Texas A&M this fall. In the meantime, the Emmett High graduate is finishing off his days as a high school athlete with a summer most teenagers could only dream about. READ MORE