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Bleasdale to lead GB at European Under-23s
Holly Bleasdale will be looking to defend her pole vault crown after being selected for next month’s European Under-23 Championships in Tampere, Finland. Bleasdale, who finished sixth at the London...
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41st Annual National Junior DECATHLON Championships
Wednesday-Thursday June 19-20, 2013 Drake University Des Moines, Iowa THE FIELD—Qualifying standards: 6200 (jr international), 6250 (high school), 6000 (sr international) 7420 hs Wolf Mahler Belton HS,...
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94th NATIONAL DECATHLON CHAMPIONSHIPS
Drake University –Des Moines, Iowa–June 21-22, 2013 Qualifiers–Qualified Automatically(A) >7850 and Provisionally(B) 7500 [Jan 2, 2012 - June 16, 2013] 9039 Ashton Eaton Oregon-e TC/Nike US Olympic...
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Vault camp visits Crestline
CRESTLINE, Ohio — Three pole vaulters, ranging in age from 12 to 18 years old, came together Wednesday morning at Crestline high school and left with a new-found confidence. Recent Crestline graduate...
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USD’s Buell receives Summit honor
VERMILLION, S.D. — USD standout pole vaulter Bethany Buell was named the Summit League’s Women’s Outdoor Field Athlete of the Year on Wednesday. Buell, this year’s NCAA Division I pole vault champion,...
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Soaring Sam: Ole Miss vaulter Kendricks among world’s best
OXFORD, Miss — This is the true story of how a Mississippian came to be one of the best pole vaulters in the world. There’s another story, one Sam Kendricks will tell people. It’s shorter, more direct...
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Lewis out with injury; Andy is in
Great Britain –Andy Sutcliffe will be doing packing of a different kind in the next couple of days after being drafted into Great Britain’s European Championship squad. The Dukinfield-based pole...
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Decathlon Preview from Runblogrun
The Decathlon is more or less the same story: one wild card (Trey Hardee) and two people with the “A” standard (WR holder and Olympic Champ Ashton Eaton and NCAA Runner-Up Jeremy Taiwo), and a horde of...
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For Clark, sky’s the limit in the vault
Before Megan Clark met Tim St. Lawrence, pole vaulting was merely running down a runway and hoping for the best. St. Lawrence helped teach Clark the intricacies and nuances of the vault, and coached...
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Neuenswander to compete in pole vault nationals
Vera Neuenswander performed her best, and now she gets to compete with the best. By vaulting a personal-record 14-71⁄4 during the Vault in the Ville competition June 8 in Louisville, Ky., the former...
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Ginley places fourth at Nationals
Hendersonville, NC–After setting a new personal record and placing first at the Powerade State Games track meet two weeks ago to qualify for Nationals, East Henderson pole vaulter Corey Ginley outdid...
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Riebold to compete in US National championships
CHARLESTON – After a third place finish in the pole vault at the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field National Championships, Eastern Illinois junior Jade Riebold is to extend her summer of competition at...
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Spikes Magazine asks: can Jenn Suhr recapture her indoor form at Nationals?
Since setting the world indoor record in the winter, the Olympic champion’s outdoor form this summer has been patchy at best. Cuban Yarisley Silva has been the world’s most consistent performer, so...
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50-year-old pole-vaulter jumping to new heights
When Jim Moeller was a boy, a large roll of new carpet arrived at his home in Illinois one afternoon. It came wrapped around a bamboo pole — a pole that was just right for practicing the pole vault. He...
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Former Panthers on big stage
DES MOINES, Iowa — A pair of Norfolk High graduates were scheduled to compete at the USA outdoor track and field championships here Friday. Jeremy Scott qualified for the meet in the pole vault, and...
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Rouse No Heights at Nationals
Conner Rouse competed in the men’s pole vault, but was unable to clear the first bar which was set at 15-11. Rouse also wrapped up an outstanding freshman season at Long Beach State that saw him...
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Estes exits as most-decorated Green athlete ever
Green, Ohio —At the Baltimore Ravens’ Super Bowl championship celebration in February, future Hall of Fame linebacker Ray Lewis punctuated the second title of his career by proclaiming to the assembled...
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Isinbayeva in Golden Spike
OSTRAVA (CZE): The 52nd Ostrava Golden Spike meeting (next week on June 27 as IAAF World Challenge) announced last wave of top stars. Ethiopian legend Kenenisa Bekele will return after 2004 10 000 m...
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German showdown with Holzdeppe and Malte
INGOLSTADT (GER): Interesting pole vault competition this friday in Ingolstadt where Raphael Holzdeppe takes on Malte Mohr, Alexander Straub and Tobias Scherbarth confirms leichtathletik.de.
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Riverhead vaulter doesn’t let bad break ruin her prom
New York –Though she felt beautiful in a flowing blue gown with rhinestones, Christy Brewer was still hesitant at the thought of dancing at her prom. Three weeks ago, the 18-year-old Riverhead High...
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