Julia Fixsen is Minnesota’s best-ever female pole vaulter but the Mounds View senior will miss that event in next week’s state meet, where she is the two-time defending champion. Fixsen, who qualified for state in three other events, did not place in pole vault because she “no-heighted,” meaning she failed…
HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Sometimes a ticket being punched to state comes down to just a few inches. That was the case for Tomball’s Rachel Maciejeski. The then-sophomore cleared 11-feet-6 inches at the Region III-5A Meet, which ended up being four inches short of clinching a spot at state. “It…
Cody sophomore Grace Shaffer started pole vaulting when she was 3 years old. This year she learned the skill all over again, paying more attention to the fundamentals. At the state tournament last weekend in Gillette she turned that new knowledge into a vault of 11 feet 6 inches and…
PROVIDENCE — At any given moment at Saturday’s state track meet, you had a good chance to see a North Kingstown High School pole vaulter flying through the air. The Skippers won seven of 12 available medals in the boys and girls pole vault, with Kaitlyn Brayman winning her third…
A pair of pole vaulters and a long jumper will represent Jackson County in the biggest high school track and field meet of the year this weekend. Brownstown Central senior Colton Ritz and junior Caleb Bollinger and Seymour sophomore Lance Roark will all make the trip to the Robert C.…
A year after finishing eighth in the pole vault at the state track meet as a sophomore, Vandalia’s Zane Steele moved up a place this past weekend. Steele, who won an eighth-place medal at the state meet last year, cleared 14 feet, then missed three attempts at 14 feet, 3…
Columbus — Aurora High’s Dominic Roberto ran into a lot of tough competition at the state track meet over the weekend, and placed 13th out of 16 athletes in the Division I boys pole vault. He cleaned 13-6, but then failed to clear 14 feet even in his three attempts.…
