World’s Top ranked women’s vaulters: number 5
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GREENSBORO — The town of Greensboro at its meeting Thursday, June 5, recognized three residents, including a high school student for athletic achievement and two employees for stepping up and doing the...
View ArticleTobel Caps Career as Second Team Academic All-American
AUSTIN, Texas – Fifth-year senior pole vaulter Kiley Tobel (Commerce Twp., Mich./Walled Lake Western), who recently concluded a standout career for the University of Michigan women’s track and field...
View ArticleIskandar Alwi qualifies for 2015 SEA Games
KANGAR: National pole vaulter Iskandar Alwi needed a return to the Tuanku Syed Putra Stadium in Kangar to confirm his place in the SEA Games in Singapore next June. The 20-year-old broke the national...
View ArticleThe two best vaulters ever
Caption:Pole vault world record holder, French Renaud Lavillenie (R) poses with former record holder, Russian Serguei Bubka (L) in front of the Eiffel Tower in Paris, on June 27, 2014, at the eve of a...
View ArticleEngland Championships bronze medallist Liam Yarwood loving life at...
RAYLEIGH pole vaulter Liam Yarwood admits going to Loughborough University was the best decision he’s made. Yarwood won a bronze medal in the under-23 men’s pole vault at the England Under-23...
View ArticleQueen of Peace, Rutherford High School girls lead all area track team
A Rutherford senior and a Queen of Peace junior led the All South Bergenite girls track and field team. Lady Golden Griffins junior Catherine Rozalski garnered first team honors in Bergen County for...
View ArticleBig Sky’s No. 1 moment: ISU’s Stacy Dragila vaults into Olympic history
Women’s pole vault is a relatively new sport in the track and field world. It didn’t really come into play until the 1990s, and wasn’t sanctioned by the International Association of Athletic...
View ArticleDearne duo strike gold
Adam Hague and Abigail Roberts were jumping for joy after landing pole vault golds at the England Athletics Under 20 Championships in Bedford. The Dearne Valley Athletic Club duo, both 16, will now...
View ArticlePage High Athlete Wins State Title
Congratulations to Page High School student Peter Leichner for winning the 2014 Class A-AA state championship in pole vault. Leichner tied his personal best with a winning vault of 14 feet. His coach...
View ArticleMuskegon Player of the Year: Spring Lake’s Allie LeRoux earns area’s top...
MUSKEGON, MI – Allie LeRoux didn’t have to be named captain to assume leadership. In a program that craves success the way Spring Lake does, it’s an expectation – more of a requirement – that seniors...
View ArticleBritish Athletics Championships 2014 preview with Holly Bleasdale
With the British Athletics Championships taking place in Birmingham this weekend, we caught up with pole vaulter Holly Bleasdale and asked her to assess the potential highlights of what is sure to be a...
View ArticleBubka raises concerns on drug use
KYIV (UKR): IAAF Vice President and pole vault great Sergey Bubka has said that members of the IAAF Race Walking Committee have raised strong concern to the IAAF about the high number of positive drug...
View ArticleViken second team academic all-American
AUSTIN, Texas – Eastern Illinois senior pole vaulter Mick Viken has been named a Capital One Second Team Academic All-American as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America. Viken...
View ArticleUSATF Championships — Quotes
Men’s Decathlon Trey Hardee, winner “It was very consistent. There weren’t really many good things that happened, but on the flip side of that, a lot of athletes struggled. But I was on par. Like golf,...
View ArticleIn-form Lavillenie just needs good conditions – IAAF online diaries
27 JUN 2014 Renaud Lavillenie Paris, France Hi everybody! I am still undefeated this summer, but I have mixed feelings so far. Apart from the IAAF Diamond League meeting in Shanghai, where I cleared...
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