The University of Akron will host the fourth annual Pole Vault Convention at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at Stile Athletics Field House. Former UA standout Shawn Barber headlines a field of 22 pole vaulters (10 men and 12 women) who will compete. Barber is a six-time All-American, three-time NCAA champion, the…
Reno, Nevada –2012 Summer Games Olympian Becky Holliday will make her first trip to the Truckee Meadows following her ninth-place finish in London.Holliday, a 32-year-old pole vaulter who graduated from Reed High in Sparks, will be at the Second Annual Reno Tahoe International Sports Hall of Fame Gala on Saturday. She is…
Jennifer Suhr and Becky Holliday are in the women’s pole vault final of the 2012 Summer Olympics and have a solid shot at pulling a double-whammy to medal for the United States. Both, along with the rest of the qualifiers, went over the 4.55-meter (14′, 11″) mark in the prelims, which makes…
