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Asian Games
Asian Games —Inch’ŏ, South Korea, September 27-October 3—PV: 1. Changrui Xue (Chn) 18-2½ (5.55);2. Daichi Sawano (Jpn) 18-2½; 3. Min-SupJin (SK) 17-10½ (5.45); 4. Yancheng Yang(Chn) 17-10½.PV: 1. Ling...
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Bubka secures third term as head of Ukraine’s national Olympic committee
KIEV, Ukraine — Pole vault great Sergei Bubka has been re-elected president of Ukraine’s national Olympic committee. Bubka, the only candidate, secured a third four-year term. He received 108 votes in...
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Vaulter and Winter Olympiian joins heroes of past and present take center...
BAY CITY, MI — It may only be October, but Sunday’s Bay County Sports Hall of Fame banquet had a wintery feel to it. With Alex Izykowski’s induction, the Hall now includes all three of Bay County’s...
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Coe ‘big problems’ with Gatlin on IAAF shortlist
LONDON — IAAF vice president Sebastian Coe has “big problems” with the track and field governing body including doping-tainted sprinter Justin Gatlin on the athlete of the year short list. The American...
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Aim High’s Coach Bishop
Coach Kyle Bishop is a native of Prince George County Virginia. His love of sports began at an early age; inspired by his father who had been an accomplished baseball/fast pitch softball player during...
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Etherington and two other national champions to be recognized at halftime
St. Louis, Mo., Oct. 7, 2014 – The Washington University in St. Louis Department of Athletics will recognize its three student-athletes who won individual national championships last year as part of a...
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A.C. Gilbert: Pole vault pioneer
After finding out how Willie Banks accidentally invented the slow, rhythmic hand clap in 1981, we take another trip down memory lane. This time, SPIKES learns how the pole vault box, a revolutionary...
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Buffalo NY vaulter battles back from life-threatening infection
Mariana Maniscalco was a regular 14-year-old girl entering her freshman year at Kenmore East High School in September 2012. The active and motivated teen had just finished middle school as a pole...
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Daley Unfazed by Russia’s Anti-Gay Stance Ahead of World Aquatics Championships
Tom Daley, the Great Britain Olympic bronze medalist diver from London 2012, will not stage protests against Russia’s anti-gay outlook during next year’s World Aquatics Championships in Kazan next...
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Valley View names boys coaches boys hoops and track
Scranton, Pa. –Valley View filled a pair of vacancies in its boys athletic programs. Mike Kurpis was appointed the boys varsity basketball coach, while Pete Kolankoski was appointed the boys track and...
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16 year old race car driver also vaults in high school
The driving instructor didn’t detect any major issues. OK: The kid maybe drove a tiny bit fast. But he was steady, relaxed. The kid seemed to know exactly what he was doing.This was the springtime in...
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Vanderbilt vaulter becomes third woman to qualify for American Ninja Warrior
Many Vanderbilt alumni go on to accomplish incredible feats in all facets of life, but Meagan Martin, class of 2012, has set herself apart in a field much different from that of any other graduate....
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Two-time Olympic sprinter Muna Lee joining World Athletics Center in Phoenix
Two-time U.S. Olympic sprinter Muna Lee is among the athletes joining the World Athletic Center in Phoenix to train for 2014-15. Lee was fourth in the 200-meter and fifth in the 100 at the 2008...
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Softball, vault and track star Ed Kelly passes away
Canada — Provincial softball and track and field Hall of Famer Ed Kelly passed away in St. John’s this week. He was 74. Kelly, from Bell Island, was also a member of that community’s Hall of Fame. He...
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Former vault and football coach Shaw named to Huntsville Hornet Hall of Fame
After decades of service as a coach at Huntsville High School, former coach Doug Shaw was honored before Friday’s game. Shaw became the ninth entrant into the Huntsville Hornet Hall of Fame. “Being...
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Pole Vault Pit project leads to hands-on experience for SSC High School...
Dakota County, Neb. –The district’s need for a pole vault pit turned into a hands-on, learning experience for the South Sioux City High School’s construction classes. Students and their instructors...
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Is End in Sight of Forgiveness for Dopers? Lavillenie among those that say no
Paris — Can you forgive and forget? Justin Gatlin asks that of his sport every time he competes. Not with words, because saying “sorry” time and again for two doping positives is not his style. But...
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Lavillenie, Schippers, Gemili, Kuchina crowned at Golden Tracks ceremony in Baku
Baku, October 12 (AzerTAc). France’s Renaud Lavillenie and Dafne Schippers of the Netherlands were named European Athletes of the Year at the Golden Tracks awards ceremony in Baku, Azerbaijan, on...
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Chinese track season comes to a close
With China enjoying huge success at the Asian Games, where the athletics action ended just nine days ago, it was always clear that many of the top athletes gaining success there would not appear at the...
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Look Back: Bob Seagren
Robert “Bob” Seagren (born October 17, 1946) is a retired American pole vaulter, the 1968 Olympic champion.A native of Pomona, California, Bob Seagren was one of the world’s top pole vaulters in the...
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