PAOLA – Nine seniors on the Paola Lady Panther track and field team are ready to make their mark in college, including five who signed national letters of intent to compete at the next level. Lydia Hadle, Alexis Kuehl, Moorea Long, Anna Ohlmeier, Aziza Patillo, Elizabeth Pomatto, Katelynn Scherman, Emily…
Morgan Griffiths, a rising senior at the University of Kansas, won the inaugural Women’s Open Decathlon Championship on Sunday evening with a score of 5,939 points after two days of competition in Grass Valley, California. The 21-year-old said her coaches didn’t mind her tackling the decathlon, though several high-profile coaches recently said they…
Early in the season, we caught up with Zachery Bradford of Bloomington, Illinois. Bradford was still working indoors and was fresh off his 2018 New Balance Nationals Indoor Championship in the pole vault. Bradford vaulted 18 feet, 0.5 inches and is one of only three US high schoolers to vault over 18 feet indoors.…
PAOLA – The higher she soared in the pole vault, the more colleges and universities came calling for Paola senior Samantha VanHoecke. She broke the Class 4A state track and field meet record in the pole vault as a junior, clearing 12 feet, 6 inches to take home the gold…
With the fanatical support of his father, the Prince of Saudi Arabia and the University of Kansas Athletic Coaches and Staff, Hussain Al Hizam is that much closer to standing on top of the Olympic podium in 2020. Many college athletes have a story, some rich history complete with successes…
Not too long ago, Sam Wright sat on a field in Elk Grove, shoulders slumped, injured hamstring aching, having missed a return trip to the CIF State Track and Field Championships for pole vault by three inches. Last weekend, Wright proved he’s back to full form by winning the USA…
LAWRENCE, Kan. – Kansas track & field head coach Stanley Redwine and his staff announced the addition of seven new members to the Jayhawks’ 2016-17 signing class. KU’s latest recruiting class features several high school standouts who boast a long list of achievements at the state and national levels. Alexys Barton…
Douglas High School graduate Nick Maestretti will return to Nevada this weekend to compete at the National Pole Vault Summit in Reno. Maestretti, a 2012 Douglas graduate and now a senior at the University of Kansas, is entered in the collegiate flight that will jump on Saturday at the Reno…
MONROE CITY, Mo. (WGEM) — Monroe City’s two-time defending state champion pole vaulter became the latest in a string of area NCAA Division I commits on Friday morning. Chase Pennewell signed his national letter of intent with the University of Kansas track and field program. Pennewell says he’s ready for what the next level…
Jacob Albright spent most of his high school years learning the pole vault. Whether it was during the season or going to offseason camps, the Louisburg High School graduate’s focus was always to get as high as he could off the ground. All of the hard work has paid off…
