St. Augustine pole vaulter Efram Melendez only picked up the sport as a freshman, but he has quickly become one of the best in the Gateway City. In two shorts years, Melendez went from an unknown vaulter to narrowly missing the cut for the TAPPS state track meet, and that…
As if Tyler Burns needed any more incentive to attend a prestigious school like Cal Berkeley. Burns accepted a partial scholarship to attend the school in November and on his list of goals to achieve as a member of the track and field team is to break his dad’s pole…
Uy, the reigning SEA Games champ in women’s pole vault, is just recovering from a hand injury after a pole broke on her last September during practice. Patafa said she underwent surgery and is only now returning to training. But Patafa is not losing hope on Uy, who was given…
Despite an abbreviated track season and postponed XC season, athletes across the state of California found a way to get out and compete in 2020 and many of them did in record fashion. Here are top performances from 14 athletes and/or teams worthy of consideration as the top performers/performances of…
WACO, Texas (KWTX) – The coronavirus has caused numerous headaches across pretty much all sports and activities. The Pole Vaulting world is no exception… but with big cities canceling their indoor competitions amid the pandemic, organizers tell me the Expo Pole Vault Explosion in Bell County this weekend is the…
It’s not every day the Bell County Expo Center hosts the world’s largest anything, so this is kinda cool. Christopher Williams with our partners at KWTX-TV was hanging out in Belton Saturday to cover the Expo Pole Vault Explosion. Due to a number of cities far and wide cancelling indoor events, the competition…
A vaulter clears the pole Saturday during the 12th annual Texas Expo Explosion at the Bell County Expo Center in Belton. BELTON — Athletes young and old soared to new heights Friday and Saturday in the 12th annual Texas Expo Explosion at the Bell County Expo Center. READ MORE
Vaulter Magazine will live stream the EXPO Explosion in its entirety for two days. New Years Day and the 2nd of January 2021. Click the link below to watch the live event and also comment on the action. This event will also be on YouTube for viewers to watch there…
Sri Lanka Army Woman Soldier, Sachini Perera was the star on the second day of the National Athletics Championships which continued at the Sugathadasa Stadium in Colombo yesterday. Perera setup a new Sri Lanka record while clearing the bar with a height of 3.56m in the Women’s Pole Vault. READ…
Swedish pole vaulter Armand Duplantis said his desire to better Sergey Bubka’s outdoor mark kept him motivated in the 2020 season and after clearing 6.15m to eclipse the Ukrainian great in September, the 21-year-old is aiming to go higher next year. Duplantis, a world silver medallist in Doha last year,…
