AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – For three years, Charlotte Brown has been chasing a medal by trying to jump over a bar she couldn’t see. The senior pole vaulter cleared that bar Saturday, earning a third-place finish at the Texas state high school championships. And proudly joining her on the podium…
ATLANTA – After winning his third world championship in the decathlon last summer, Dan O’Brien decided he could approach the future only by confronting the past. His next decathlon would be at the 1996 Olympic track and field trials in Atlanta. At the 1992 trials, O’Brien had failed to clear…
Bob Seagren competed during an era when the capabilities of fibreglass poles were still being explored, which resulted in frequent revisions to the world pole vault record. Seagren was one of the key contributors to these revisions, and he set his first world record of 5.30m at Fresno on 14…
LONDON — Jenn Suhr walked with a purpose over to the stands to see her husband, who gingerly wrapped an American flag around her shoulders while she sobbed into his chest. Yes, they’ve come a long way together. From training in a pair of huts connected together to form a…
»Newham & Essex Beagle Steve Lewis pulled himself into Olympic medal contention after he broke the 14-year-old British pole vault record in Poland on Saturday. The 26-year-old produced the best leap of his life as he surpassed Nick Buckfield’s previous record of 5.80metres set back in 1998, with a 5.82m…
POLE vaulting novice Nikko Hunt completed a remarkable comeback from injury by claiming a silver medal at the Aviva English Schools’ Track & Field Championships. The 14-year-old, from Enford near Pewsey, finished runner-up in the junior boys event, narrowly losing to Essex rival Jack Longhurst in a gold medal jump-off…
The Associated Press released its predictions for the 2012 Summer Olympics track and field events Tuesday. In the women’s pole vault, the AP predicted Fredonia native Jenn Suhr will take home the bronze medal. Russia’s Yelena Isinbayeva is the favorite and Brazil’s Fabiana Murer is predicted to take silver. Isinbayeva…