The highlight of the fourth and final day of the Texas Relays in Austin on Saturday (31) was a pole vault competition in which Renaud Lavillenie, Shawn Barber and Armand Duplantis all cleared 5.92m. Competing in his first competition since winning his third world indoor title earlier in March, Lavillenie…
Canadian pole vaulter Shawn Barber has a major reason to be proud. He was able to clear 5.92 meters at the 2018 Texas Relays that took place yesterday. Barber accomplished this pole vault clearance on his first attempt at 5.92 meters, and in the end, he was tied with Frenchman Renaud…
The storylines were stellar, which made the competition even better. In the end, the three finalists in Saturday’s elite pole vault competition at the Texas Relays all lived up to their impressive reputations — but none more than 18-year-old Armand Duplantis from Lafayette, La., who set a world junior record…
Mondo Duplantis broke his own world junior record in the pole vault today with a 5.92m/19-5 clearance at the 91st Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays in Austin. His prior record was 5.90m, which he set at last year’s edition of the Texas Relays. Duplantis, a senior at Lafayette High School in…
The LHSAA announced it has issued a one-time waiver that will allow Lafayette High pole vaulter Armand “Mondo” Duplantis to compete in the elite division of the 91st Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays on Saturday. A one-sentence statement released by the LHSAA just after 10 a.m. also ended a controversy that…
AUSTIN — Early’s Tuesdi Tidwell placed fifth out of 24 competitors in the high school girls Section B pole vault at the Texas Relays Saturday with a personal-best height of 12-2. No one vaulted higher than 12-2, and Tidwell cleared the bar on her third attempt. Farmersville’s Chloe Waller and…
AUSTIN, Texas – A career best from junior pole vaulter Nick Meyer in his first outing of the outdoor season highlighted a solid afternoon from the Kansas track & field team at the Nike Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays Thursday inside Mike A. Myers Stadium. Meyer turned in an NCAA top-10…
Tritt wrote and sang a country hit titled “Ten Feet Tall and Bulletproof,” which accurately described the ideal mindset for a pole vaulter. Lumberton senior Kaitlyn Black stands exactly half of 10 feet. The 18-year-old loves the pole vault more than she needs it. West Brook senior Will Gavrelos knows…
AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Texas Relays are overflowing with its largest field to date. This week, 7,500 athletes are taking to the Texas track with Olympians and hopefuls alike hoping to take a page from pole vaulter Jenn Suhr. “We live it. We live this event and this sport like no other.…
Day two of the Texas Relays started with the final events of the men’s decathlon and women’s heptathlon. Sophomore Ashtin Zamzow finished fourth overall with 5,829 points after setting a new personal record in long jump of 5.73 meters. Freshman Reese Thompson also finished fourth in the men’s decathlon with…
