SAN DIEGO — Lexi Evans pondered the question: How did being able to pole vault during the COVID 19 pandemic in 2020 affect you? “To a degree, I think it saved my sanity,” said the Scripps Ranch senior. “It was a rough time doing nothing. Being with others with the same…
MOUNT OLIVE, N.C. – Senior Joe O’Connor (Henrico, Va. / Douglas Freeman) led the Washington and Lee men’s track and field team’s performances at the Mount Olive First Chance meet on Saturday with a new program and ODAC record. -O’Connor posted 5.05m (16’6.75″) in the pole vault to take first…
BERLIN, May 16 (Reuters) – Russian members of the International Olympic Committee can take part in this week’s IOC session despite Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, with the Olympic body saying on Monday they are not representatives of their country. Yelena Isinbayeva, Olympic pole vault champion and member of the International…
The Washington State track and field team wrapped up its Pac-12 season this weekend with the Pac-12 Championships in Eugene and senior Jacob Englar is bringing some hardware back to Pullman after winning the Pac-12 pole vault championship Englar cleared 5.11 meters on his first attempt and that proved to…
While the girls had the better team finish, senior Ben Kirbo had Stephenville’s only gold medal at the state track meet held last week in Austin. The senior cleared 15 feet and won the title when Pleasanton’s Preston Pilgrim and Argyle’s Mitchell Thompson missed at 15-3. Both Pilgrim and Thompson…
HANOI — Ernest John Obiena didn’t deny everyone of a chance to glimpse his world class talent, winning the 31st Southeast Asian men’s pole vault gold in record fashion on Saturday. Amid the hazy sky in the drizzly afternoon at My Dinh Stadium, Obiena waited for all his competitors to…
DAVIS, Calif. – CSU Bakersfield men and women’s track and field showed up and made their presence known Friday at the Woody Wilson Track and Toomy Field in Davis. Miranda Miller highlighted the first day of the Big West Championships soaring to a conference title in pole vault. The Roadrunners…
Melana Schumaker’s expectations are as lofty as her pole vaults. Twelve feet high and higher. Currently, Litwinovich serves as the boys’ and girls’ track coach at South Fayette. Schumaker’s father, Mike, moves the bar up for Schumaker as she soars higher while Tim Sullivan tweaks her technique at the Steel…
LONGMONT – A year ago, Riverdale Ridge’s Lucas Couron pole-vaulted competitively for the first time and vaulted 9 feet. A year later, Couron, a senior, had the top height in the state (15 feet 7 inches) through competition last week. READ MORE
LIBERTY — Adrenaline rushes through Rachel Homoly as she waits on the runway. She gathers herself and sprints towards her target, setting her pole into the ground and lifting off. Pole vault is not your average sport with most pole vault athletes not being given a pole in their crib…