WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – It was a memorable day for everyone involved with the Ithaca College track & field program, as senior Meghan Matheny secured the 50th individual national championship in school history with her performance in the pole vault on Friday at the JDL Fast Track. In what was the…
Idaho State pole vaulter Jessica Swannack won her first Big Sky Conference championship on day 2 of the indoor track and field conference championships Friday in Bozeman, Montana. Swannack broke the all-time ISU record, recording a height of 4.13 meters. The mark ranks third all-time in the Big Sky. Swannack…
LONDON (Reuters) – American pole vault world champion Sam Kendricks completed a double triumph over the weekend by winning at the inaugural World Cup in London 48 hours after Diamond League success in Rabat on Friday. Many of his compatriots, like sprinters Christian Coleman, Ronnie Baker and Noah Lyles, chose…
Greenville’s Sandi Morris won her second consecutive title at the USATF Outdoor Championships, but inclement weather cut short her opportunity to reach the top of the world’s pole vault rankings. Morris clinched the championship with a vault of 4.80 meters (15 feet, 9 inches) Sunday in Des Moines, Iowa, and…
DES MOINES, Iowa – Only lightning could keep pole vaulter Sandi Morris earthbound Sunday. Morris had already clinched her second straight title at the USATF Outdoor Championships with a height of 4.80 meters (15 feet, 9 inches) when she asked officials to raise the bar to 4.94 meters (16-2 ½).…
AUSTIN – Nastassja Campbell figured her time had to come sooner or later. But the senior New Caney pole vaulter still needed some reassurance at the UIL State Track and Field Championships, especially on her third attempt at an opening height of 12 feet and 6 inches. “After I cleared…
Martintown’s Brennan Seguin is a national champion. Seguin was competing at the U-18 Legion National Youth Track and Field Championships in Blainville, Que., and the just-turned 17-year-old took the gold medal in pole vault. Seguin jumped 4.35 metres to win the event, with athletes from every province represented at the…
Olympic pole vault champion Jenn Suhr added a centimetre to her own world indoor record* when she cleared 5.03m at the Golden Eagle Multi and Invitational in Brockport, New York state, on Saturday (30). Her previous world indoor record of 5.02m came in Albuquerque on 2 March, 2013. Suhr jumped…
Concordia’s Cassie Starks keeps raising the bar higher. Literally. Despite having a rare disorder called hemophilia B, the senior from Haigler, Neb., has elevated herself to the level of GPAC champion, All-American and school record holder. Her genetic disorder, shared by her father Rick, may prevent her blood from clotting…
Olivet Nazarene University’s Department of Athletics announces the addition of Mark Hollis, a 2007 graduate, to Olivet’s Athletics Hall of Fame during the 2013 Homecoming & Family Weekend. While at Olivet, Hollis was the 2006 and 2007 National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) Outdoor Track and Field Pole Vault National…
