Upon reflection of the last four years, which included battling injuries that caused him to miss the 2009 world championships in Berlin, along with no-heighting in the Olympic pole vault finals in London in August, he’s come to the conclusion that this country “needs a high performance center where we…
Jenn Suhr was done. Toast. Outta here. Her dreams of Olympic gold weren’t just tarnished, they were finished. “We sat there for three days wondering how we were going to tell everyone we’re done,” said her coach and husband, Rick Suhr. The world’s top-ranked pole vaulter tore her right quadriceps…
Brenda Bumgardner is an elementary school teacher who holds the American masters (40+) outdoor record in the women’s pole vault at 3.42 meters, or 11 feet 2 1/2 inches. Bumgardner set her record when she was 42 years old. Bumgardner came late to pole vaulting because the sport wasn’t…
