EJ Obiena was ecstatic being the first Filipino to qualify for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics following his performance in a tournament in Italy. Obiena cleared 5.81 meters in the men’s pole vault of Salto Con L’asta In Piazza Chiari 2019, surpassing the 5.80-meter qualifying standard. “It was nice, it was…
Derek Miles was a world champion and three-time Olympian pole vaulter. But as a self-described late bloomer, he was “terrible” in high school and figures the only reason he was recruited by the University of South Dakota, his mother’s alma mater, was because his dad pleaded with coach Lucky Huber.…
There are few more dramatic sports than pole vaulting. It requires power, balance and explosive athleticism, and it can be extremely dangerous — just ask Australia’s Commonwealth champion Kurtis Marschall. “It is pretty scary when you are pole vaulting 5 metres in the air and then you see yourself and…
