Strange as it may seem, Nathan Stone had no concept of the pole vault prior to his freshman year at Lawrence North High School. Stone played football at the time. Lawrence North football coach Patrick Mallory wanted his players to participate in another sport in the spring. “I was thinking…
Senior Jacob Rice has sights set on 17 feet this season Jacob Rice’s world has always been way above his head. The 6-foot-1 senior at Rancho Bernardo High used to be a competitive gymnast. But his real world kept pulling him until he walked away from gymnastics to concentrate on…
Senior pole vaulter Tristan Shaver has won the pole vault in each of the team’s four meets this season. He also broke a school record at the Buccaneer Track and Field Invitational, hosted by East Tennessee State. Shaver cleared a height of 17 feet, 1/2 inches, shattering the previous record of…
GLENDIVE — The bar keeps rising, literally, for Sidney’s Garrison Hughes. The Sidney Eagle senior cleared 17 feet in the pole vault competition at Saturday’s Eastern A divisional track and field meet, the highest vault by a Montana prep athlete in the state’s history. Read More and Watch the Video
Sky’s the limit for pole vault sensation Duffy NORTH ANDOVER — There is nothing quite like the unbridled optimism of youth. You can become president, Olympic champion, the first person on Mars or the next Bruno Mars. As the years pass, most look back and just shake their heads over…
Hayden Fox has a vision. The Hempfield junior wants to become a two-time PIAA Class AAA champion in the pole vault and would like to clear 17 feet. And he doesn’t care what order it happens. His pole vault coach, Melissa White, is confident her star vaulter will attain his…
