“I put sport on a pedestal,” admits Hunter Hall. “Pole vaulting was everything to me. It was where I gained success from, where I gained approval from, where I looked for love, respect, adoration. It was what provided all those things for me.” Temporarily, the All-American vaulter from Virginia Tech…
POLE-vaulter Kate Dennison insists she has been performing better than scoreboards have suggested this season – and is eager to prove the point at this weekend’s Olympic trials. The 28-year-old from Alsager had long been the poster girl of British women’s pole-vaulting, breaking the national record 10 times in 2009.…
A City of Bath College sports student is aiming high after representing Great Britain at the pole vault. Hannah Grubb, 17, was selected to represent the country in the under 20s international athletics championships at Loughborough and, despite getting a late call up, took an impressive second place. “I was…
POCATELLO, Idaho – “I’ve always had an interest in track and field,” said Head Track and Field Coach Dave Nielsen. “I really liked the high jump then I really liked the pole vault because I could go higher than I could in the high jump.” Nielsen has used that passion…
POLE-VAULTER Abigail Haywood admits this summer’s London Olympics will come too soon in her career. However, she is adamant an impressive showing at this weekend’s Aviva Trials in Birmingham is a must if she is to achieve her goal of reaching the 2016 Games in Rio. The 21-year-old admits that…
Jade Bewster, the nation’s leading under-17 pole vaulter, smashed the Sussex Schools record on Saturday on her way to gold. Horsham Blue Star Harriers athlete Jade vaulted 3.50metres at Crawley’s K2 Leisure Centre, adding 10 centimetres to the previous best mark, set by fellow Blue Star member Lucy Stickland…
Taylore Jaques picked a perfect time to establish a new personal best. The pole vaulter from Presentation High cleared 13 feet, 41/4 inches at Buchanan High-Clovis on June 2 to win the state championship. “At the beginning of the season I didn’t know if it was attainable,” Jaques said. “After I cleared…
Casey Bowen, a freshman from Gardner, finished second in the pole vault at the USA Junior Championships last Friday afternoon. The championship was held at Indiana University in Bloomington, Ind. According to the University of Kansas Athletics Department, Bowen’s runner-up position earned him a spot on Team USA, which travels…
Rookie Falcons cheerleader Kat M. will be spending her summer doing more than just learning choreography for the upcoming season. This week, she’ll be traveling to Eugene, Ore., to hopeful fulfill what has been a lifelong dream of hers. Kat is participating in the USA Track and Field Olympic Team…
A former Commonwealth pole vault champion who trained using old mattresses from refitted ships in Belfast has been awarded the OBE.Mike Bull, 65, attracted audiences of hundreds of shipyard workers on their lunch break as a student in the 1960s, practising in a cavernous shed under the shadow of the…
