FAYETTEVILLE — Lexi Jacobus, a four-time NCAA pole vault champion, seven-time All-American and five-time SEC champion for the Arkansas Razorbacks, has joined the University of Arkansas at Little Rock coaching staff as a volunteer assistant, J.P. Behnke, the Trojans’ director of track and field and cross country, announced on Tuesday. Derek…
BILLINGS — Twenty-three years ago, Steve Yockim would not have predicted a long career coaching one track and field event. But that’s what happened. And before Yockim got to his 24th year as Sidney’s pole vault coach, he retired in order to tend to family medical issues he prefers to keep…
WOLCOTT — Fifty-two years ago, Dick Kochert was the sectional runner-up to West Lafayette’s Steve Russell in the mile run. The Wainwright High School senior circled Lafayette Jeff’s old cinder track in 4:28.5. Even as Kochert, who went on to graduate from Purdue University, got older, his love for track and…
At a track meet in the seventh grade, Brock Hottel watched fellow competitors his age attempt pole vault, an event where an individual launches oneself into the air with a pole to try and clear a certain height. After watching the event, Hottel went over to his dad and said,…
For more than a decade, Rick Harper has been taking Blue Devils to new heights. In 2011, he mentored Davis High’s Ian Rock when the local kid won the state pole vault title and went on to stand out at Duke. Harper coached his son Nate to lofty status. The…
Just two weekends into 2019 and the Kansas men’s track & field pole vaulters have already rewritten the record books, but that figures to be a common occurrence considering the depth of talent that KU associate head coach Tom Hays‘ squad has. Hays, a highly-respected pole vault coach that is…
Digital Journal lists its top 12 track and field interviews for 2018. These include national champions, Olympic medalists, former and current world record holders. Also, several other noteworthy individuals that are important to the sport are highlighted. Read More Read FULL Bruce Caldwell Interview
If nothing else, Sonny West finally got the validation that he needed at home when he was inducted into his high school’s athletic hall of fame last weekend in Kentucky. West, the track and field head coach and assistant varsity football coach at Fike High, was enshrined with eight others…
The pole vault isn’t something a lot of people do. It’s not common like shooting hoops in the driveway, jogging a mile or engaging in a Wiffle Ball game. The pole vault? It’s a different animal. But no one told Nathaniel Bogan he couldn’t at least try. After all, he…
Russ Johnson, who spent 12 seasons mentoring Tennessee pole vaulters to great heights as a volunteer assistant, has been hired by Georgia’s track and field staff. An elite pole vaulter at UT, Johnson won the SEC indoor championship in 1998. His mark of 18 feet, 6 1/2 inches ranks third on the Vols’ all-time list…
