Olivia Gruver soared over the bar and cascaded down onto the mat, knowing that collegiate pole-vault history was about to be made — but only if the bar held steady. She had nicked it on the way down, and so Gruver looked up, apprehensively, to see if the bar was…
Senior Olivia Gruver cleared 15 feet, 6.25 inches early at today’s Stanford Invitational to set a new NCAA record in the outdoor women’s pole vault. The former record was held by Arkansas’ Sandi Morris, whose mark of 15 feet, 5.83 inches lasted nearly four years. Gruver barely edged out the…
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – The No. 3 University of Arkansas women’s track and field team closed out this weekend’s John McDonnell Invitational with eight wins including an NCAA-record performance from Sandi Morris in the pole vault. Morris finished the night with a final clearance of 4.62m/15-1.75 to eclipse the previous record…
NACOGDOCHES, TX (KLTV) – SFA Athletics Release One week after claiming the best women’s indoor pole vault mark in NCAA history, Demi Payne broke her own record not once, but twice, on Saturday afternoon at the University of New Mexico Lobo Collegiate Open in the Albuquerque Convention Center. Stephen F.…
NACOGDOCHES, TX (KTRE) – Pole vaulting has become so much more than just a hobby or sport for Stephen F. Austin State University junior, Demi Payne. Starting out at Kansas with All-American honors, it was the week before Big 12’s when Payne received news that would forever change her life.…
