Isinbayeva says daughter more important than Olympic gold
MOSCOW, September 29. /ITAR-TASS/. Russia’s pole vault queen Yelena Isinbayeva said on Monday that no matter how desirable another Olympic gold could be, the issue of her daughter’s well-being is by...
View Article2015 Arizona Christian University Schedule
Date Time/Result Opponent Home / Away Conference Game Details 1/18/2015 All Day Puma Invitational – Indoors A Details 1/24-25/2015 All Day Paradise Valley – Indoor A Details 2/1/2015 All Day Aztec –...
View ArticleAsian Games: Women’s Results
Rank Bib Name NOC Date of Birth 3.75 3.90 4.05 4.15 4.25 4.35 4.40 4.45 4.50 Result Remark 1 1042 LI Ling CHNChina 06 JUL 1989 - - - xo - o - - xxx 4.35 2 1121 ABIKO Tomomi JPNJapan 17 MAR 1988 - - o...
View ArticleRecords Galore at IMGold Pole Vault
Isle of Man –It was up, up and away at the NSC athletics arena on Wednesday evening in a very late season athletics competition which was solely about how high you can go! It was a veritable feast of...
View ArticleAnithatha equals national pole vault record
Sri Lanka –Aniththa Jegatheeswaran, an 18-year-old pole vaulter from Jaffna stole the limelight on day one of the 30th All Island School Games athletics competition equalling the women’s national...
View ArticlePole vaulter’s son leaps into AFL football
Australia –Oleg Markov was born in Belarus, is the son of a world champion pole vaulter, speaks Russian at home and is studying to become a geologist. If things go the way he hopes, he will be drafted...
View ArticleLum’s death still a mystery after five years
Much has been written about Jeremy Lum and his tragic, untimely demise.Due to the nature of the circumstances surrounding his death five years ago, police reports and subsequent investigation, and now...
View ArticleFred Hansen’s road to the Olympics started in Cuero
Cuero, Texas –The year was 1964. The Summer Olympics were held in October in Tokyo. After a 10 hour competition, Fred Hansen snagged the gold medal in pole vaulting. This month marks the 50th...
View ArticleRedruth student storms to the top of UK rankings
MOLLY Caudery produced a stunning finish to the season to not only smash her personal best in the pole vault but also soar to the top of the UK Rankings. The 14-year-old Redruth School student from...
View ArticleVaulter wins University of Minnesota award
Tennis player Jeremy Lynn and pole vaulter Katie Murgic were named the first winners of the Most Valuable Gophers Award for the month of September. Criteria for the award are leadership, professional...
View ArticleClassroom Champions: Mart’s Savannah Freeman
Waco, Texas –No one at Mart High School wants to talk about it.”I’m dreading the day,” volleyball head coach and assistant track coach Jerry Hoffman said.”We’re going to be so sad,” Mart principal...
View ArticleWIU retired vaulter dies
MACOMB, IL — Services for Kenneth Epperson, retired community college relations director for Western Illinois University Admissions, will be held at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 7 at the First Presbyterian...
View ArticleVenezuela wins three gold medals at regional athletics tourney
CARACAS, Oct. 3 (Xinhua) — Venezuelan track and field stars garnered three gold medals on the opening day Friday of the U-23 South American Athletics Championship being held in Uruguay. Day one of the...
View ArticleT&FN High School All-America Teams — Boys Pole Vault 2010 – 2013
2010 1 Michael Woepse (Mater Dei, Santa Ana, California) 2 Paul Malquist (Gainesville, Georgia) 3 *Andrew Irwin (Mt. Ida, Arkansas) 4 Logan Pflibsen (Township, Streator, Illinois) 5 *JJ Juilfs...
View ArticleT&FN High School All-America Teams — Boys Pole Vault 2000 – 2009
2000 1 *Sage Thomas (Frenship, Wolfforth, Texas) 2 Trevor Woods (Marshfield, Coos Bay, Oregon) 3 PJ Brown (Poplar Bluff, Missouri) 4 Kevin Opalaka (Memorial, Edmond, Oklahoma) 5 Shane Hackett (Verdugo...
View ArticleT&FN High School All-America Teams — Boys Pole Vault 1990s
1990 1 Nick Hysong (Tolleson, Arizona) 2 Jayson Lavender (Wichita Falls, Texas) 3 Scooter Hesseltine (Refugio, Texas) 1991 1 David Cox (Hoover, Fresno, California) 2 Mark Buse (Southridge,...
View ArticleT&FN High School All-America Teams — Boys Pole Vault 1980s
1980 1 Steve Stubblefield (Wyandotte, Kansas City, Kansas) 2 *Joe Dial (Marlow, Oklahoma) 3 Dave Volz (South, Bloomington, Indiana) 1981 1 Joe Dial (Marlow, Oklahoma) 2 Greg Duplantis (Lafayette,...
View ArticleT&FN High School All-America Teams — Boys Pole Vault 1970s
2 vaulters have made the rankings 3 times: Jayson Lavender (1988-90) and Jacob Davis (1994-96) but only Davis made it to No. 1 (as a junior in ’95)…3 have ranked No. 1 twice: Brandon Richards...
View ArticleTFN Vault Briefs
Early ends to ’14 seasons: Swedish vaulter Angelica Bengtsson (foot) Two-time NCAA vault winner Sam Kendricks, will forego his senior season at Ole Miss to turn pro. He will be commissioned as a U.S....
View ArticleRed Grange: First sports injury in the vault
In the summer of 1920, a Wheaton teen named Harold Grange, , son of the local police chief, for the sixth consecutive year spent the majority of his waking vacation hours hauling massive blocks of ice...
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