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Top 15 sports achievement for 2013-14; No. 11 – Flores wins pole vault...
MESA, AZ – While it is almost common knowledge among Mesa athletic fans that two MCC teams won national championships during the 2013-14 year what may have slipped unnoticed was an individual national...
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TFN: World Junior Men Champs
Eugene, Oregon–July 22-27–1. Axel Chapelle (Fra) 18-2½ (5.55) PR (WJL);2. Danyil Kotov (Rus) 18-½(5.50) PR; 3. Oleg Zernikel (Ger) 18-½ PR;4. Devin King (US) 18-½ PR (AJL, HSL)(6, 7 HS);5. tie, Bokai...
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Australian athletics head coach stripped of accreditation after row with...
Athletics Australia (AA) head coach Eric Hollingsworth has had his accreditation revoked and will be sent home from Glasgow 2014 as the fall-out of his public criticism of the country’s most high...
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Luke is aiming to be a Cutt above in Glasgow
Luke Cutts is set to make his 2014 Commonwealth Games bow today as the Pole Vault Finals get underway, writes James Marshall. Thurnscoe-born Cutts (pictured), who broke the British indoor record in...
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Box Hill’s Joel Pocklington’s social media surprise
Box Hill’s Joel Pocklington is the first to admit he’s not social media-savvy. It’s why he was surprised to find out that he had a significant presence on Twitter. Shortly before the Commonwealth Games...
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Hooker leaves Commonwealth Games early to return home and support wife Katya...
STEVE Hooker has quit his duties as a commentator for Commonwealth Games broadcaster Channel Ten and is returning to Melbourne to support his wife. Katya Kostetskaya, a Russian middle-distance runner...
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TFN: USATF Men Championships
By Bob Hersh–Hooray for track & field. “Off year” schmoff-year–Sacramento hosted the USATF Championships, athletes show up, (minus impressively few stars taking a pass) and the competitions...
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TFN: USATF Women Championships
It didn’t take very many vaults for Jenn Suhr to pick up overall national title number 15 (8 outdoors, 7 Indoors). That left her just 1 or 2 behind local hero Stacy Dragila—who got a warm welcome here...
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TFN: USATF Junior Championships
Men:1. Cole Walsh (Oregon) 17-6 1/2 (5.35); 2. Devin King (BartA) 17-6 1/2 (5.35); 3. Grant Sisserson (Cornell) 17-4 1/4 (5.30) Women: 1. Freier (Texas PV) 14-1 1/4 (4.30); 2. Draxler (GVert) 13-11...
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TFN: Mileposts
Baby Arrival: a baby girl for World Record holder Yelena Isinbaeva The European Vault champion is back to her original name of Jirina Ptacnikova after the split with her hurdler/husband Petr Svoboda....
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Curran casualty of pole vault carnage
Olivia Curran had to contend with some atrocious conditions as she contested Saturday evening’s Commonwealth Games women’s pole vault final at Hampden Park.In at times torrential downpours, the...
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Glasgow 2014: Disappointment for Zoe Brown
Northern Ireland medal hope Zoe Brown suffered huge disappointment in the women’s pole vault at the Commonwealth Games as she failed to register a height in rain-lashed conditions. The competition was...
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Bristol’s pole vaulting star Lucy Bryan rising above advertisy
At 19, Lucy Bryan is rated number three among Britain’s female pole vaulters and is the top-ranked U20. It’s an event that requires great strength and a fearless attitude, so I’m expecting a steely...
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UCLA begins recovery from flooding
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The famed hardwood court at UCLA’s Pauley Pavilion will be replaced because of damage caused when 20 million gallons of water cascaded onto campus from a broken water main, the...
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AAU Junior Olympics
Men Pole Vault 17-18 years old 1 8020 Joseph Fogarasi 97 Columbia, CT 13-11.25 15-00.00 4.57m 2 7197 Armand Woodley 97 Orlando, FL 14-07.00 14-06.00 4.41m 3...
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2014 USATF JO National Championships
Pole Vault 17-18 Division Men 1 Gavin Gautreau 96 New Iberia, LA 5.00m 16-04.75 2 Jacob Wooten 97 16-Unattache J5.00m 16-04.75 3 Antonio Ruiz...
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Nikkanen set new record
Finnish pole vaulter Minna Nikkanen on Sunday set a new Finnish record in the women pole vault at the Kaleva kisat-the Finnish national athletic championships held in Kuopio. Nikkanen improved her...
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Former world pole vault champion Dmitri Markov has high hopes for...
Adelaide, Australia –FORMER world pole vault champion Dmitri Markov knows a few footy rules. “I know if it’s a goal it’s six points,” he says.Beyond that it’s all a bit of a mystery.But the 2006...
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Box Hill’s Joel Pocklington finishes seventh
United Kingdom –Box Hill’s Joel Pocklington was the first man to jump in the men’s pole vault on Friday night, clearing 5.2 metres. He finished seventh. With a personal and season best of 5.41m,...
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FPD’s Dingler is America’s best freshman
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – It seems no jump is too high for FPD freshman pole vaulter Carson Dingler. Here lately, record-setting jumps have been no problem. At the Amateur Athletics Union (AAU)...
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