Knoxville has a rich history in Olympic pole vaulters. Tim Mack and Lawrence Johnson both brought home medals. This year, 20-year-old Angie Rummans is hoping to make the trip to London. “I came to Knoxville just for one purpose- pole vaulting. Most of my days I spend pole vaulting, anywhere…
BLOOMINGTON, IN -South Dakota track and field athlete Emily Grove won the pole vault at the USA Junior Outdoor Championships Sunday to advance to the International Association of Athletic Federations (IAAF) World Junior Championships, which are set for July 10-15 in Barcelona, Spain. Grove (Pontiac, Ill.), who just completed her freshman season…
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Thanks to his record-breaking performance in the pole vault at the 2012 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships, junior Nico Weiler of the Harvard track and field team has been named a first-team All-American, the USTFCCCA announced Tuesday. It is the second time in Weiler’s career that he…
PROVO, Utah – The BYU track and field program has announced it will host the 2012 Provo Vault-o-Rama at Clarence Robison Track on Wednesday at 6 p.m. MT. Current Cougar Victor Weirich will be joined by former BYU pole vaulters Bob Low and Chris Little. All three will be attempting to…
After falling out of love with the pole vault, Yelena Isinbayeva is back at the peak of her powers as she bids to become the first female track and field athlete to win three successive Olympic golds in what is likely to be her last Games. The peerless Russian, with 28…
OLYMPIC great Cathy Freeman has told pole vault champion Steve Hooker to trust himself as he works to overcome his mental demons in time for the London Games. Hooker has recently returned to international competition after taking time out when he admitted his confidence on the runway had hit rock…
JACKSONVILLE — On a searing afternoon at the University of North Florida, the bar again was raised in the Bales inner-family pole vault feud. A year after A.J. Bales won the Class 3A state title for Mitchell with a 14-foot, 9-inch effort, 17-year-old sibling Evan did him a bit better…
Every once in a while, James Vollmer has a flashback to the accident. It mostly happens when he’s coaching high school pole vaulting and sees a mistake that could result in a dangerous landing. “I have to look away,” he says. Vollmer, 24, knows a thing or two about the…
