The N.C.A.A., in the wake of three deaths in pole vault competitions this season, has proposed rule changes that would expand the landing pad but not require the use of helmets. The organization’s track and field committee, which met this week in Indianapolis, approved increasing the minimum size of the…
April 24, 2002 — Pole-vaulter Kevin Dare, a Penn State sophomore, was preparing for his event at February’s Big Ten Conference indoor championships in Minneapolis, when his dad walked up to wish him luck. “Dad, this is my day,” Ed Dare remembers his son saying. As Kevin planted his pole and…
