Every once in a while, E.J. Bulauitan wonders just how much better a pole vaulter he’d be if he hadn’t waited until his junior year to try racing down a runway carrying a long, fiberglass pole, jam it into a metal receptacle and propel himself heavenward − on purpose. “I…
VALDESE — One of the most successful high school athletes in Burke County has nailed down her college destination. Two-time state-champion pole vaulter Leanna Seagraves, a Draughn senior, will continue her track and field career at Montreat College in the North Carolina mountains. As a junior, Seagraves was girls field…
WARWICK — Two Warwick Valley High School scholar athletes this week signed National Letters of Intent that will allow them to pursue their sports at the collegiate level. Senior Kaeli Thompson, a track and field athlete, signed a National Letter of Intent to attend Duke University of Durham, North Carolina. She…
Celia Agee started training as a pole vaulter while she was in seventh grade at Louisa County Middle School. Five years later, the senior track and field standout has no plans to stop after signing her National Letter of Intent to compete in the pole vault at Appalachian State University…
Recent Davis Academy graduate Alon Rogow and Riverwood International Charter High School sophomore Nick West have qualified for the USA Track & Field National Junior Olympic Championships in pole vaulting after West placed 3rd and Rogow placed 5th in their age groups. The boys are the first Davis alumni to…
Averill Park senior Alana Carroll won a national championship in pole vault at the New Balance Games in Greensboro, North Carolina on Saturday. Carroll set a personal record, clearing 13 feet 6 and 1/4 inches. Read More
In Greensboro, North Carolina, Jefferson Forest’s Gracie Jauch backed up her state championship performance by recording a fifth-place finish in the pole vault at the New Balance Nationals held at North Carolina A&T’s Irwin Belk Track. Jauch, won recently claimed the VHSL Class 4 title in the event, cleared 12…
FPD standout Carson Dingler won the New Balance Nationals Outdoor pole vault title during the weekend of competition in Greensboro, North Carolina. Dingler set a meet record with a jump of 13-8 1/2 . She also won the New Balance Indoor Nationals in March in New York City. She is the…
The 2012 North Carolina Top Ten Austin Vegas 15′ 7.00 12 Ethan Smith15′ 3.00 11 Reid Harris 15′ 2.00 12 Harrison Booth14′ 8.25 12 Thor Smith 14′ 8.25 11 Eric DeOliviera 14′ 2.50 12 Ian West14′ 2.50 9 Patrick Quinn 14′ 0.00 12 Dustin Triplett14′ 0.00 12 Josh Marco 13′…
