The Green High graduate thinks over-parenting has become a problem in athletics In addition to her main job as an Olympic-level pole vaulter for Canada, Green High graduate Kelsie Ahbe does a little coaching on the side, both in gymnastics and pole vaulting. About a month ago, after a particularly…
RIO DE JANIERO Former Green High School standout Kelsie Ahbe qualified for the finals of the women’s pole vault Tuesday at the 2016 Rio Olympics. Competing for Canada where her father was born, Ahbe cleared a lifetime-best 4.55 meters. A clean sheet through her first three attempts automatically clinched her…
Kelsie Ahbe won’t be a favorite to win the women’s pole vault at the Rio Olympics next month, but she’s already beat the odds just by making the field. Ahbe, who trains in Knoxville under former Tennessee All-American and Olympic gold medalist Tim Mack, battled back from a stress fracture…
Parents dread the thought of a 3 a.m. phone call about their child. But last Monday in the wee hours, Brad Ahbe called his wife, Suzie, from Edmonton, Alberta, to let her know their daughter, Kelsie, a 2009 Green High graduate, had officially made the Canadian Olympic track and field…
A group of elite pole vaulters in Knoxville is busy gearing up for the 2016 Olympic Trials. One member is utilizing some chilling technology that’s believed to be the first of its kind in East Tennessee. It’s been called the “modern ice bath,” but its real name is cryotherapy. “For me, it’s…
Kelsie Ahbe, Angie Charles, Nina Gutermuth, Sophie Gutermuth Kelsie Ahbe; Senior; Uniontown, Ohio 2011 (SOPHOMORE): Indoor: Took second at Big Tens, clearing 4.05m (13-3.5) for All-Big Ten honors … cleared a season-best 4.11m (13-5.75) at the GaREAT Collegiate Invitational. Outdoor: Took sixth at the NCAA Championships, clearing 4.30m (14-1.25)…
