Eliza McCartney is finally getting close to bending that pole of hers and climbing out of the darkness and back towards the light again. Frankly, it can’t come soon enough either, though this world-class Kiwi pole vaulter has learned that when it comes to returning from injury, patience is most…
FIRTH — Injuries continue to hamper Seward senior pole vaulter Chase Berry, but the former Class B boys state champion is maintaining a positive attitude and his sense of humor through it all. “I’d rather have my ankle a little sore like it is now than having the room spinning,”…
Pole vault star Adam Hague missed the UK Indoor Athletics Championships in Birmingham as a precautionary measure. The City of Sheffield and Dearne vaulter suffered bruising to his back which left him sore but fears of a major injury were allayed when he came through a training session on Saturday…
Rising Australian pole vault superstar Kurtis Marschall learnt some valuable lessons after missing the mat and breaking both heels while competing in last year’s Diamond League final. It was the first hiccup in a short, spectacular career to date for the 21-year-old Marschall that has otherwise included only highs. He…
Alysha Newman might have been wearing a megawatt smile when she soared to pole vault gold at the Commonwealth Games last March. But the 24-year-old was competing through pain so bad, she’d barely been able to practise. “Oh yeah, it was horrible,” Newman said. “I had taken two weeks off…
‘This is my life … and I’m going to kill every workout,’ says Canadian-record holder. For years, Alysha Newman woke up each day wanting to pole vault. Usually upbeat, happy and full of life, her feelings began to change at the beginning of the 2018 indoor season. For three months, the…
The 2018 pole vault season came to a close and Digital Journal looked back on Greek pole vaulter Emmanuel Karalis’ incredible year. Earlier in the year, in the indoor pole vault season, Karalis set a world junior recordof 5.78 meters, which stood for a few weeks, prior to being broken by…
POLE vaulter Puteri Nur Adillah Shik Azizir Rahman comes from a poor family. But the hardship has only made her stronger as the pint-sized Negri Sembilan lass showed great resolve to break an 18-year Malaysia Games (Sukma) girls’ pole vault record twice at the Perak Stadium in Ipoh yesterday. The…
A mother of a Nipomo High School student claims that her son was injured due to a lack of safety protocol during a track and field competition. The complaint, filed on Aug. 31 against the Lucia Mar School District, alleges that Jennifer Philson’s son James Philson suffered a head injury…
Pole vault star Eliza McCartney’s season is over. The North Shore athlete suffered a painful heel injury during a Diamond League meet in Birmingham last month, which ruled her out of two subsequent events, including the Diamond League final in Zurich. However she had been hoping to get one more…