BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The future of NCAA pole vaulting looks sky-high. Heck, the present, too. Five of the top 10 finishers in the event at Friday’s opening day of the NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships were freshmen. That includes Baylor’s KC Lightfoot, who achieved the first All-America honor of…
University of Akron pole vaulter Matt Ludwig (Lake Catholic) earned a bid on Feb. 27 to the March 8-9 NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships in Birmingham, Ala. Ludwig recently won his fifth straight Mid-American Conference title in the pole vault with a MAC record jump of 19-0.75. He attempted to establish a collegiate record of…
