Coming into this season, pole vaulter Chase Smith had only competed in two outdoor meets since May 2017. After about three months of recovery from a right medial meniscus tear early into his 2018 campaign and redshirting his past indoor season, Smith is just now getting back into competitions. “I…
Not many athletic careers go without a minor speed bump. Andy Jacobs knows that better than most. The Husker pole vaulter was fresh off an impressive freshman campaign that included second-place finishes at the Big Ten indoor and outdoor meets. She was looking to take the next step in her…
Alysha Newman might have been wearing a megawatt smile when she soared to pole vault gold at the Commonwealth Games last March. But the 24-year-old was competing through pain so bad, she’d barely been able to practise. “Oh yeah, it was horrible,” Newman said. “I had taken two weeks off…
Kiwi Olympic bronze medallist McCartney cleared 4.70m off a short ten-step run-up at the Potts Classic meet in Hastings yesterday. In her first hit-out since her failed world championships medal bid in August, McCartney eased over that height and then raised the bar to 4.83m, which would have eclipsed her…
Reno, Nevada –2012 Summer Games Olympian Becky Holliday will make her first trip to the Truckee Meadows following her ninth-place finish in London.Holliday, a 32-year-old pole vaulter who graduated from Reed High in Sparks, will be at the Second Annual Reno Tahoe International Sports Hall of Fame Gala on Saturday. She is…
