Buried underneath a mass of pole vaulters who dog-piled him in celebration, Sam Kendricks realized his goal of becoming the American record-holder and the second-best vaulter in world history today at the USATF Outdoor Championships. Kendricks’ world-leading PR vault, 6.06m/19-10.5, which he made on his second attempt at the height,…
Polish pole vaulter Piotr Lisek climbed to a share of the 10th spot on the world all-time list at the IAAF Diamond League meeting in Lausanne on Friday (5), smashing the Athletissima meeting record with a lifetime best of 6.01m. The world silver medallist put together a blemish-free series up to and…
A former Park Hill High School pole vaulter has achieved the highest mark in the world this year. Chris Nilsen, a junior at South Dakota, vaulted 19 feet, 1 inch Saturday at the Beach Invitational in Long Beach, California. That mark extended Nilsen’s NCAA best this season and was 1…
LONG BEACH, Calif.—South Dakota junior Chris Nilsen vaulted a world-leading 19 feet, 1 inch, Saturday at the 25th Beach Invitational at Jack Rose Track. While Nilsen entered Saturday’s meet holding the NCAA’s best height this season. He extended that lead with his new season best of 5.82 meters, jumping two centimeters…
AKRON, Ohio—It’s rare that a person can sit back and say in all honesty, “I’m the best in the world.” University of Akron pole vaulter Matt Ludwig recently had the pleasure of saying that for a few hours. On January 25 in a dual meet against rival Kent State, the…
Armand Duplantis, another of Scandinavia’s phenomenal young athletics talents, brought down the curtain on a breakthrough European championships with a record-breaking pole vault triumph on Sunday. The US-raised Swedish teenager became the youngest man to clear six metres as he set three world junior records, finishing with a remarkable new…
LSU track and field signee Armand ‘Mondo’ Duplantis won the European Championship in the pole vault on Sunday becoming the youngest athlete in the competition’s history to win a field event. Duplantis cleared 6.05 meters (19 feet, 10.25 inches) in the event to take home the gold medal. The 18-year-old…
Kiwi pole vaulter Eliza McCartney has surpassed her own national record with a winning clearance of 4.94m at Jockgrim, Germany. The meeting is a pole vault-only event that regularly attracts the world’s top performers. McCartney’s clearance puts her atop the world rankings for the year and third all-time, edging American…
Paris – On June 30, 2018, American pole vaulter Sam Kendricks triumphed in the men’s pole vault competition at the IAAF Diamond League event in Paris. Kendricks bested some stiff competition from fellow pole vaulters Mondo Duplantis (5.90 meters) and world record holder Renaud Lavillenie (5.84 meters), leaving them in second and third…
Riga’s Jenn Suhr is back on top of the women’s pole vaulting world after clearing 15-10 at the Gill Field Fest in Champaign, Ill. Saturday. The jump takes the world lead, passing the 15-8 vault by Brazil’s Fabiana Murer earlier this season. Suhr, the No. 1 ranked women’s pole vaulter…
