New Zealand pole vaulters have just overcome the Commonwealth Games, but they’ll soon face the “very big mission” of travelling home with those huge poles. Eliza McCartney came away with a silver medal at the Gold Coast’s Carrara Stadium on Friday. Olivia McTaggart was also competing and pulled off a result of…
Pole issues and a shortened runup meant Eliza McCartney was unable to reach her normal heights at the Commonwealth Games. The 21-year-old Kiwi jumped 4.70 metres to claim silver, 5cm short of Canada’s Alysha Newman at Carrara Stadium on the Gold Coast on Friday night. It backed up the bronze medal she won at…
As Perth pole vaulter Nina Kennedy fell back to earth after clearing a new personal best of 4.71m last weekend, she let out a shriek of delight that could have echoed clear across the continent to the Gold Coast, where the Commonwealth Games trials start today. She broke the world…
The Team England athletics squad for the Commonwealth Games has been announced at it includes a number of competitors from the West Country. Lucy Bryan, Pole Vault. Lives in Bristol and trains in Bath Molly Caudery, Pole Vault. Lives and trains in Cornwall Read More
Fountain Hills High School junior Madison George has been invited to represent her country in a track and field competition next summer but, in order to do that, she’s going to need a bit of help to make the journey. While George competes in several events, she (literally) soars the…
