At a track meet in the seventh grade, Brock Hottel watched fellow competitors his age attempt pole vault, an event where an individual launches oneself into the air with a pole to try and clear a certain height. After watching the event, Hottel went over to his dad and said,…
On her last visit to Birmingham, for the IAAF World Indoor Championships in March, Sandi Morris became the new golden girl of the pole vault, nailing her first global title with a 4.95m championship record. In the IAAF Diamond League meeting at the blustery Alexander Stadium on Saturday (18 August),…
