BELTON — In her first meet of the season, Annie Rhodes Johnigan already looks to be in midseason form. The former Baylor All-American won the women’s elite pole vault division at the Expo Explosion meet, which wrapped up Saturday at the Belton Expo Center. Johnigan vaulted 14-11 to claim gold. The…
After competing in the various rounds of the third annual Kansas Relays Street Pole Vault, the seven athletes were called back to the stage. This time, the voice doing so was not one from a Kansas Relays official, nor that of PA announcer Cal Butcher, whose voiced boomed over the…
Kristen Hixson’s national championship seems distant, but her success isn’t. At age 25, the former Grand Valley State national champion in the pole vault is enjoying a successful career at a professional — one that is taking her around the world … in a matter of weeks. In the past…
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica – Former Grand Valley State track & field star Kristen Hixson took first place in the women’s pole vault at the 2015 NACAC Senior Championships. Hixson, a three-time outdoor national champion and seven-time indoor and outdoor All-American for the Lakers, topped the competitors in the event…
The rapid rise of Kristen Hixson continued Sunday night. Hixson, a 2010 Chippewa Hills graduate and pole vault standout who went on to Division II national record-setting stardom at Grand Valley State University, is now considered among the best nationally after finishing fifth last weekend at the USA Outdoor Track…
EUGENE, Ore. — Grand Valley State graduate Kristen Hixson made her mark on the track & field world Sunday, finishing fifth in the USATF Outdoor Championships. Hixson matched her career high of 4.5 meters (14 feet, 9 inches) to finish fifth. It matched the vault that set the NCAA Division II…
Allendale — Kristen Hixson led a group of three Grand Valley State University student-athletes on the 2013 Capital One Academic All-America NCAA Division II Women’s Track/Cross Country First Team as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America. Hixson, with a 3.96 grade point average in finance, earned the…
