Melana Schumaker’s expectations are as lofty as her pole vaults. Twelve feet high and higher. Currently, Litwinovich serves as the boys’ and girls’ track coach at South Fayette. Schumaker’s father, Mike, moves the bar up for Schumaker as she soars higher while Tim Sullivan tweaks her technique at the Steel…
Murrieta Valley High School pulls off both girls and boys League Champions for the Southwestern League in the Southern Section of California. The hardest league in the Southern Section for the sport of pole vault. Other notables League Champions as well, big week for Vaulter Club! No one in the…
Savannah Stewart is headed to the Class 5A Region 1 meet in Lubbock where she looks to clinch a state berth in the pole vault for Mansfield Legacy. “It’s been amazing watching her compete,” Legacy coach Jeffrey Lindsey said. “It was rough for a bit because she had lost all…
Michael Jennetta inspired me to say something today! Brian was one of the all-time best when it came to the sport of pole vault at the time. He was a world record holder and his story will touch your soul. A believer in faith and the heavenly father helped this…
Pole vaulting is a kind of flying of sorts with athletes being released via torque off a bending pole. That thrill has propelled Veronica Waugaman to new record heights. The North Ridgeville junior set a Lorain County record for girls pole vault May 14 at the Southwestern Conference meet with…
YORK – Stromsburg native Randy Johnson retired from teaching at York High in 2011. Johnson, who joined the York teaching staff in 1979-80, continues to work with pole vaulters at York High School and even some surrounding schools. He is considered one of the area’s best when it comes to…
After graduating from Columbus East High School, Katie Hagan plans to join the Marine Corps. But the senior has a couple of things she’d like to accomplish before she leaves next month for either San Diego or Parris Island in South Carolina. READ MORE
Ozark’s Abby Beets gave her family two COC championships in the pole vault with a winning vault of 10-0 at the COC Track Meet on Thursday. Beets’ younger sister, Mallory, placed first at the COC Junior High Track Meet in the pole vault by clearing 7-6. Their older sister, Katie,…
With a vault of 16 feet, 1 1/2 inches, Peters broke the state high school record in the pole vault at the Little Missouri Valley Conference meet Tuesday. The previous record of 16 feet, 1 inch was set by Rapid City Stevens’ Andy Henrichsen in 1995. Peters broke the record…
Teens from North Springs High School raised the bar at county championships. Two Jewish teens have made new records at North Springs High School for pole vaulting. Jordan Frank and Layla Keadle, both freshman at the school, broke records at a recent Fulton County Championship pole vaulting meet. Frank reached…