Kansas Athletics staff photographer Jeff Jacobsen shares his memories of what he saw “Through the Lens” from his 23-year career with the Jayhawks. Ask any casual Kansas track & field fan what they remember the most about former Jayhawk pole vaulter Jordan Scott. The response is sure to be “his…
Today is the day that Jordan Scott and Mary Saxer reach the front cover of Vaulter Magazine. Please take a minute and read this magazine and buy a poster or magazine if you choose to do so. https://vaultermagazine.com/2016-issue-of-vaulter-magazine/ May: the month where the sun decides to shine more consistently, after-school…
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…
LAWRENCE, Kan. – Before a standing-room only crowd inside the Booth Family Hall of Athletics, KU pole vault great Jordan Scott, the 2008 KU women’s indoor track & field team and the 2010 men’s outdoor track & field team were inducted into the Kansas Athletics Hall of Fame Friday morning. In…
On December 10, pole vaulter Jordan Scott had the opportunity to spend the day and play the Run With US! game with children from two elementary schools in Springfield, Missouri as part of the GoNoodle program. Below he shares what it means to him to give back to the community. Even more than…
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Kansas alumus Jordan Scott won gold in the pole vault at the USA Track & Field Indoor Championships Sunday. Scott cleared 5.60 meters (18-4.25 ft.) to earn his first national championship in the event. Scott, who vaulted for Kansas from 2007-11, was nothing short of stellar in…
HENDERSON, Ky. — Jordan Scott had to build the suspense before he set a meet record in Saturday night’s Jammin’ and Jumpin’ Street Vault, and Mary Saxer took a relaxed approach to claim another “big” check from the event. Scott, the 2010 NCAA pole vault champion from Kansas University, had to…
(Clovis, CA) – In this Olympic Year, the annual North American Pole Vaulting Association (NAPVA) Championships will celebrate the “Spirit of the Olympics” with five former U.S. Pole Vault Olympians in attendance. The event will be held on streets of Old Town Clovis (corner of 4th and Pollasky), on Friday, August…
