HENDERSON, KY (WEHT) — Crowds celebrated the Fourth of July on Henderson’s riverfront. The event featured elite athletes attempting to qualify for the Olympic pole vaulting team, and several people in their Fourth of July best. “I got that red, white and blue in my beard!” Mike Knakmuhs decided to…
HENDERSON – At first, it was a little scary. In the summer before her seventh-grade year, Henderson’s Olivia Casper started to learn how to pole vault for the first time. As a beginner, she began to train for running, jumping and twisting her body with a pole in hand into…
HENDERSON — Looking for a good way to spend the Fourth of July holiday that would end with a free fireworks display? Henderson offers at least a couple of options. The 12th annual Jammin’ and Jumpin’ Street Vault, which features some of the country’s premier professional pole vaulters, will begin…
With the Olympics underway, students at South Middle School got to go flying with a former Olympian on Thursday. April Steiner Bennett, who competed in the 2008 Beijing Olympics, visited several Henderson County schools as part of the “Jump Back into School” stick-jumping program. Students in South’s physical education classes…
HENDERSON CO., KY (WFIE) – Henderson County students are literally jumping back into school. Thursday morning, pole vault Olympian April Steiner-Bennett stopped by several Henderson county schools to teach kids how to fly. April and the crew at Vault Safe have brought Stick Jumping to over 10,000 school children at elementary and…
LINCOLN – The Cornhusker State Games (CSG) wrapped up competition last weekend at several different venues around the capitol city. Five vaulters who are currently competing for the Heartland Huskies or have graduated or live in the Henderson area won their events in their age groups at the State Games.…
