Alysha Newman will be a medal favourite in pole vault heading into the world track and field championships later this month. The 25-year-old Mother Teresa grad grabbed bronze at the prestigious Diamond League final this past weekend in Brussels, Belgium with a 4.77-metre effort, five centimetres short of her personal…
Abbotsford’s Joshua Carsience impressed at the Legion Youth National Track and Field Championships last weekend. The Valley Royals athlete earned a bronze medal for Team B.C. in the U18 men’s pole vault at the event, which was held on the campus of Cape Breton University in Sydney, N.S. from Aug.…
Alysha Newman has added another international medal to her growing collection. The reigning Commonwealth Games champ captured pole vault bronze at the Pan Am Games Thursday in Lima, Peru. The 25-year-old Mother Teresa grad cleared 4.55 metres on her first attempt but was stopped when the bar was raised to…
DES MOINES, Iowa – From Waco to the world. Baylor’s KC Lightfoot qualified for the upcoming World Track and Field Championships with the best day of his young career on Saturday. Lightfoot cleared a personal-best 18-10 3/4 in the men’s pole vault, finishing third in the event to clinch his…
NAPOLI, Italy – Bridget Guy (Greensburg, Pa.) captured a bronze medal at the World University Games in the Napoli, Italy, to lead members of the Virginia men’s and women’s track and field teams at the competition. Guy cleared a height of 4.31m (14’1.75”) in the pole vault to place third in…
Keene High alum and Indiana Wesleyan University freshmanScott Rathbun lifted himself up to a third-place finish in the men’s pole vault at the NAIA Championships Saturday at Gulf Shores, Ala. On his third and final chance, Rathbun cleared a personal best five meters (16 feet, 4.75 inches). He was unable…
Charlotte Brown wants to be defined by her athletic achievements, not her blindness. The 17-year-old won a bronze medal in pole vault Saturday at the Texas state high school track and field championships. Read More
Kristen Denk is the new school record holder and third place finisher at the SEC Indoor Championships in the pole vault with a mark of 4.34m (14’ 2”). She is a senior academically but only a redshirt junior athletically. She has been at Vanderbilt since January 2017 when she transferred from…
The 24-year-old Canadian completed a trio of vaults including his first attempt at 5.30 and his day’s best of 5.65 to finish 3rd in the men’s pole vault competition at the 2018 IAAF Continental Cup in Ostrava, Czech Republic. Read More
BRUSSELS – Canada’s Shawn Barber won bronze in the pole vault at the Diamond League Final on Friday. The 24-year-old from Toronto cleared 5.83 metres on his first attempt, but missed his three attempts at 5.88. Russia’s Timur Morgunov cleared 5.93 to win gold, while American Sam Kendricks captured the…
