Brad Walker is an acclaimed pole vaulter, recognized as one of the best in the world during his heyday. Now the Spokane native has been acknowledged for his coaching. Walker was named the 2022 USA Track & Field Nike Coach of the Year last week after seeing two of his…
Walker won three NCAA Division I men’s pole vault titles with the Huskies, and two world championships (2006, 2007) before setting the U.S. record with a vault of 19 feet, 9 3/4 inches in 2008. He was also a two-time U.S. Olympics participant. A date for the State of Washington…
Brad Walker, the 2007 world pole vault champion who set the US record of 6.04m in 2008, is a big fan of Armand ‘Mondo’ Duplantis. In July, however, Sam Kendricks simplified the matter by clearing 6.06m at the US Trials in Des Moines. READ MORE
The annual Last Chance Pole Vault Festival street vault will take place on Saturday at Women’s Park. The event is under the auspices of Rocky Mountain Athletics, and will start at 9 a.m. There were 43 vaulters signed up for the Street Vault at presstime, consisting of 22 males and…
HELENA – Some of the best pole vaulters in the world, and in the state of Montana, graced Helena’s Women’s Park on Saturday. The Last Chance Pole Vault Festival brought out the best and brightest including Montana high school record holder and 2015 Helena High grad Chase Smith and Carroll…
HELENA – The fifth annual Last Chance Gulf Pole Vault Festival took place in the Women’s Park on July 23. Fifty competitors ranging from ages 13 through 44 graced the platform in search of new personal bests. American pole vault record holder Brad Walker cleared 17 feet using a pole…
PULLMAN, Wash. — Brad Walker, a nine-time USA Track & Field pole vault champion, has joined the Washington State University track and field staff as an assistant coach for pole vault and high jump, Wayne Phipps, Director of WSU Cross Country/Track & Field, announced Wednesday. “We are very excited to…
Two-time Olympian Brad Walker, who trains at World Athletics Center in Phoenix, took second in pole vault Saturday at the U.S. Track Championships in Eugene, Ore. Walker, American record holder and five-time U.S. outdoor champion, cleared 18 feet, 4 1/2 inches for second behind Sam Kendricks (18-10 1/4) at Hayward…
MOSCOW, Russia–University of Washington alum Brad Walker (left/photo by Paul Merca) needed only one jump to qualify for the finals in the men’s pole vault Saturday morning as the IAAF World Track & Field Championships opened at Luzhniki Stadium. Walker cleared 18-2 1/2 (5.55m) as one of thirteen men to…
If you haven’t already, check out Brad Walker’s first guest-post a couple of weeks ago on doping. While training in Monaco recently, we spent quite a bit of time discussing the recent positives, and I asked if I could use Brad’s post on the blog. We also spoke about what…