A crash course for anyone who wants to know about the elusive pole vault. Written By: Tori Gaul In celebration of the beginning of a new track season, I would like to inform people about what they need to know about pole vaulters. The common response to “I pole vault”…
Vaulter Magazine has started their annual prestigious calendar contest for 2015. Many athletes have contributed from all aspects of pole vaulting. High School, College, Masters, Elite/Pro, Camps and Clubs and more. Get started today because space is limited. Many sections only have four spaces left, so send your best shot!…
The MSHSL pole vault record book was rewritten this weekend as new state marks were set in every event but the women’s Class A vault. As the runners circled around the pole vault pit completing their races on the track, the crowd’s attention was continually directed to the vault runway…
In a recent competition in Chula Vista, California, Tori Pena set a new Irish Pole Vault record when she cleared 4m 60cms in her first attempt. This is an improvement of 8 cms on her previous record of 4m 52 cms which was set in 2012. It also qualifies her…
In its June 8-10 and in August meetings in Indianapolis, the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) Track and Field and Cross Country Rules Committee addressed the jewelry rule and clarified two rules in the pole vault among its nine major changes. All changes were subsequently approved by…
NEW DELHI: Naturally, Vijaypal Singh would dearly love to meet and congratulate the man who broke his national pole vault record of 5.10 metres set over a quarter century ago. KP Benin, with the help of a borrowed fibre glass pole, leaped 5.13m in the Inter-Railway meet at the Tantya…
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Steve Hooker sat on the ground beside the pole vault runway, not 10 metres from where his friends, and fellow daredevils, were lifting off. When the women’s 1500m started, he stood near the track to scream his encouragement for Russian girlfriend Ekaterina Kostetskaya. Yet, through the warm-up, and the 52…
PHOENIX — Twelve years ago Nick Hysong won Olympic Gold in the Men’s Pole Vault Final at the Olympic games. Hysong, who grew up in Winslow, Arizona, set a personal best that day with a jump of 5.90 meters. He appeared on Good Morning Arizona to chat about his friend…
LONDON (Reuters) – Frenchman Renaud Lavillenie produced an Olympic record jump of 5.97 meters to win gold in the men’s pole vault on Friday as silver and bronze went to Germany. Germans Bjorn Otto, 34, and his 22-year-old compatriot Raphael Holzdeppe cleared 5.91m, but Holzdeppe had more missed attempts which…
