Russ Johnson, who spent 12 seasons mentoring Tennessee pole vaulters to great heights as a volunteer assistant, has been hired by Georgia’s track and field staff. An elite pole vaulter at UT, Johnson won the SEC indoor championship in 1998. His mark of 18 feet, 6 1/2 inches ranks third on the Vols’ all-time list…
The American Track League (ATL) is in the final stages of preparation for the latest staging of it’s ‘street meet,’ with the Liberty Bridge Jump-Off located in Greenville, South Carolina. The Liberty Bridge Jump-Off will host elite and olympic medalling athletes competing in the Men’s & Women’s Pole Vault on Friday,…
Fighting back tears, Olympic pole vaulter and Riga resident Jenn Suhr spoke Tuesday, for the first time, after getting sick and failing to medal in Rio. She said the Olympic experience, and the last month really, has been a very trying time for her. Especially because she didn’t know what…
Chili, N.Y. (WHAM) – Olympic pole vaulter Jenn Suhr spoke publicly Tuesday for the first time since she became ill at the 2016 Rio Olympics. Suhr, joined by her husband Rick, talked about how hard it was for her to work so hard for four years, only to have it…
SAM KENDRICKS On sacrifices that were made to make it the Olympics… “The sacrifices that you make set precedent for the rest of your life in sports. They become who you are. 10 years down the road I will see my sacrifices. We are athletes, and we live this life…
Stockholm, Sweden – Several of the key competitors in tomorrow’sDN Galan – Samsung Diamond League line-up met with the press this afternoon at the Stockholm Waterfront Congress Centre. Among those present were Olympic Shot Put champions Valerie Adams (NZL) and Tomasz Majewski (POL), Olympic Long Jump champion Brittney Reese (USA), Olympic…
