After falling out of love with the pole vault, Yelena Isinbayeva is back at the peak of her powers as she bids to become the first female track and field athlete to win three successive Olympic golds in what is likely to be her last Games. The peerless Russian, with 28…
Southern Regional senior Chelsea Vaughan won the pole vault, posting a jump of 12-0 to best sophomore Marlena Sabatino of Hillsborough and Voorhees senior Erin Knabe, who both had jumps of 11-6 at the NJSIAA Meet of Champions on Monday at Lombardi Field in Old Bridge. Sabatino’s Hillsborough teammate, senior Lindsay Carbone,…
It’s nothing new for senior pole vaulter Kovey Simmons. The DeRidder, La. native performed well enough in the 2011 track season to warrant an invitation to the NCAA Championships, and found himself in the same position for the 2012 season. Simmons turned in a solid performance at the NCAA East Regional Preliminaries…
Kevin Wagner proved to be a quick learner in his first full season pole vaulting. The Mankato Loyola-Cleveland senior earned his first medal at the Minnesota State Class A Track and Field Championships by placing fourth in the pole vault Friday at Hamline University in St. Paul. He…
Lenzey Stidham from Siena Heights University won the women’s pole vault competition Thursday afternoon after she cleared the 3.85-meter mark. Stidham went on to fail three subsequent attempts at a 4-meter vault as onlookers clapped in unison during her final try. The junior said she was pleased to have won the…
On June 2 at the state track and field finals in Grand Rapids, Marine City Mariner Jamie Salisbury set a new Division II record in the pole vault with a jump of 16 feet, one inch. Last Saturday, Salisbury beat that record jump by five inches to earn a third…
Paige Grosel partied like there was no tomorrow last weekend. Hey, you only graduate from high school once in this life, and you might as well make it count, right? “Yes, I celebrated,” said Grosel before pole vault practice at Don Drumm Stadium on Monday Memorial Day. “It was a good time.”…
COLUMBUS — Whomever pole vaults next year at Ridgewood won’t have an enviable task, because Chris Saylor and Meghan Cunningham have set the bar high. Both Generals ended their careers by earning All-Ohio finishes during the Division III state track meet Friday at Ohio State’s Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium. This…
LA CROSSE – Once having broken the Beaver Dam school record in the pole vault Saturday at La Crosse, Matt Schneider didn’t stop there. He celebrated his vault of 14 feet, 6 inches with a backflip on the landing pad. Then he settled for fourth place in Division 1 after…
Australian pole vaulter Alana Boyd concedes she will probably have to set a new personal best if she is to finish on the podium at the London Olympics. Boyd set a new Australian record when she cleared 4.76m at an interclub meet in Perth in February, beating Kim Howe’s national…
