The University of Akron will host the fourth annual Pole Vault Convention at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at Stile Athletics Field House. Former UA standout Shawn Barber headlines a field of 22 pole vaulters (10 men and 12 women) who will compete. Barber is a six-time All-American, three-time NCAA champion, the…
DES MONIES, Iowa — Jeremy Scott of Norfolk has qualified to represent Team USA at the World Championship in Moscow, Russia. Fellow Norfolk High graduate Jared Schuurmans came up 13 feet, 6 inches short of qualifying in the discus, finishing ninth out of 16 competitors. The former Panthers competed on…
DES MOINES, Iowa — A pair of Norfolk High graduates were scheduled to compete at the USA outdoor track and field championships here Friday. Jeremy Scott qualified for the meet in the pole vault, and Jared Schuurmans reached the event in the discus. Scott, a 1999 Norfolk grad, is one…
Jeremy clearing 17′ effortlessly at the Henderson Ky Street vault. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3sWpmAcj3I&w=420&h=315]
NORFOLK, Neb. (KTIV/US92) – A Siouxland Olympian will be getting a hero’s welcome in his hometown this weekend. The red carpets is getting rolled out for Norfolk native and Olympic pole vaulter Jeremy Scott. Officials with the Norfolk Area Sports Council say Scott will be taking part in the town’s…
My husband, Olympian Jeremy Scott, came home to hugs and tears yesterday afternoon. Jeremy had been home for only a few days since the Olympic Trials in mid-June. He, immediately after the Olympics, competed in several meets in Germany before returning home. And while Jeremy returned to an enthusiastic 21…
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LONDON (Reuters) – Frenchman Renaud Lavillenie produced an Olympic record jump of 5.97 meters to win gold in the men’s pole vault on Friday as silver and bronze went to Germany. Germans Bjorn Otto, 34, and his 22-year-old compatriot Raphael Holzdeppe cleared 5.91m, but Holzdeppe had more missed attempts which…
LONDON | Siouxland’s two pole vaulting Olympians failed to qualify on Wednesday for the final round at the London Games. Jeremy Scott, a native of Norfolk, Neb., hit the qualifying mark of 5.50 meters (approximately 18 feet, ½ inch), but failed to advance because it took him two attempts. Six…
As a lanky freshman wide receiver at Allegheny College,Jeremy Scott took advice from a teammate about how to get out of dreaded 5 a.m. football workouts: Spend afternoons practicing with the college’s track and fieldteam instead. That suggestion 12 years ago was the dawn of an All-American career in the pole vault for Scott, whose ascendance in the sport nearly matched…
