Mary Saxer almost never tried pole vaulting. The former high school and NCAA All-American and current pro didn’t even pick up the sport until her junior season at Lancaster High School. Today, as a world-touring pro pole vaulter with a Notre Dame education, Saxer can reflect on how much of…
Four years ago, professional pole vaulter Mary Saxer found herself at the Olympic processing center sitting with three of the top female pole vaulters in the world. Each from the United States, each had cleared the 4.50-meter qualifying height and each were headed to the 2012 London Olympic Games. But…
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…
World pole vault champion Shawn Barber continued his strong start to the season by setting a lifetime best of 6.00m – the best height by a Canadian under any conditions – at the Pole Vault Summit in Reno on Friday (15). The 21-year-old opened his season with a 5.88m vault…
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…
The women of Vaulter Fit are thoroughly excited to share with you guys an interview with one of our fitness role models, Mary Saxer, a professional pole vaulter from Buffalo, New York. She has jumped a season best of 15’2″ during the 2015 outdoor competition season, which finishes up by…
Mary Saxer is one of track and field’s rising stars. She proved so during last season’s USA Track and Field Indoor National Championships, where she won the pole vault with an impressive 15’ 5.5” clearing over a deep field including 2012 Olympic champion, Jenn Suhr. That was Saxer’s first major…
Part 2…the fun part! If you follow my social media, you may have seen several pictures of my adventures so now is my time to share all the awesome details! Although I had been to Europe several times, I had never set foot in France before this trip. This summer…
It has been a while and as many of you know, from following my Twitter & Facebook this summer, it has been quite a ride! I decided to break up this huge blog update into 3 posts. This one will be a general overview of all my competitions throughout this…
July 2013: this was a nice athletic meeting FROM: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Ju8HFMA3ZQ
