BECKHUM, Germany — Alysha Newman of London, Ont., broke her own Canadian record in the pole vault on Sunday. The 23-year-old cleared 4.75 metres, topping her previous mark of 4.71. Newman did a back flip in celebration after the bar stayed up. She finished seventh at the world track and…
This week, Robin Bone competed in her second World University Games in the women’s pole vault competition. She’s a three-time U Sports national champion and record holder in the event. But pole vaulting wasn’t her first love. “Gymnastics is still my number one passion. Pole vault is a close second but…
LONDON—Shawn Barber is the world champion in pole vault and yet he entered the stadium here Sunday morning for the preliminaries as an underdog. He’s one of only a handful of current jumpers that have cleared six-metres and yet, as he says, pole vault is a series of ups and…
One year later, Alysha Newman still gets goosebumps talking about her Olympic debut. Despite her victory in the women’s pole vault at the Canadian Olympic trials a month earlier with a jump of 4.40 metres, a 22-year-old Newman was extremely tense upon her arrival in Rio de Janeiro, marking the…
A Nanaimo Track and Field Club member has raised the bar for what an 85-year-old track and field athlete can do. Joe Giegerich set a new Canadian record for his age group this past weekend when cleared a 1.6-metre bar in the pole vault competition at the Trevor Craven Memorial…
Some of Canada’s pole vaulters are taking their talents from the track to the streets of London Thursday. In conjunction with the London Ribfest, the London Western Track and Field Club will host their first Vault the Park, a street pole vault event, on Central Avenue next to Victoria Park.…
I was recently asked which of the many older athletes I have photographed have stood out. It’s such a tough question because what I’ve discovered is every single person competing at the events I go to has a story. They are all exceptional, amazing people. But let me tell you…
Nanaimo Track and Field Club athletes have only been pole vaulting for two years, but already they are starting to make a name for themselves. Jason Clare earned a silver medal at the B.C. Summer Games last year and won his age group at the youth championships to really establish…
