Vaulter Clubs Jenny Wartinbee Qualifies for the Olympic Trials at the PV Gold Medal Camp Comp at the Olympic Training Center on December 29, 2015. Results Wartinbee a Tecmecula, California resident and Assistant coach for Chaparral High School in Temecula trains with the pole vault club “Vaulter Club” while preparing…
AKRON, Ohio – More than 300 athletes, parents, coaches and vendors attended The University of Akron track and field program’s inaugural Pole Vault Convention Friday and Saturday at Stile Athletics Field House. Included in that group were close to 150 high school, collegiate, post-collegiate and master’s level athletes competing over…
German pole vaulter Malte Mohr threw down the gauntlet to France’s European Athletics Championships favourite Renaud Lavillenie when he cleared a world leading mark of 5.91m at a meeting in Ingolstadt on Friday. The 2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships bronze medallist went over the personal best height with his second attempt before…
It took three years of sacrifice, pain, and determination to find success in an afternoon. Last Saturday, Megan Jamerson edged out the competition to earn the rank of number fifteen in the United States while jumping 14’4” in the Women’s Pole Vault, just what she needed to be invited to…
“I put sport on a pedestal,” admits Hunter Hall. “Pole vaulting was everything to me. It was where I gained success from, where I gained approval from, where I looked for love, respect, adoration. It was what provided all those things for me.” Temporarily, the All-American vaulter from Virginia Tech…
POCATELLO, Idaho – “I’ve always had an interest in track and field,” said Head Track and Field Coach Dave Nielsen. “I really liked the high jump then I really liked the pole vault because I could go higher than I could in the high jump.” Nielsen has used that passion…
POLE-VAULTER Abigail Haywood admits this summer’s London Olympics will come too soon in her career. However, she is adamant an impressive showing at this weekend’s Aviva Trials in Birmingham is a must if she is to achieve her goal of reaching the 2016 Games in Rio. The 21-year-old admits that…
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…
Renaud Lavillenie has emerged as France’s main Olympic gold medal hope after a masterful pole vaulting display here fired out a warning to rivals ahead of this summer’s London Games. In cold, blustery conditions, the 24-year-old from the central city of Clermont won a high-level competition with a best of…
Giovanni Lanaro Olympic Training Center Chula Vista, California. May 24th, 2012. If you would like to subscribe to the physical print magazine that comes to your home in paper form, please click this link. http://www.thevaultermag.com/membership-account/membership-levels/ If you would like to post a message to our blog, simply sign up for…
