T&FN Weekend USA Highlights
OTC XI–Chula Vista, California, July 5 (may not meet IAAF standards for WC qualifying)— PV: 1. Dustin DeLeo (unat) 18-½ (5.50). World Youth Trials —Edwardsville, Illinois, June 25–26–PV: 1. *Devin King...
View ArticleUSATF Region 15 Junior Olympic Championships
Region 15 (Hawaii, Nevada, San Diego, Southern California) Pole Vault 17-18 Men 1 Groener, Dillon 33-33 Chino,Chino H 4.66m 4.53m 14-10.25 2 Griffin, Sean...
View ArticleUSATF Region 6 Junior Olympic Championships
Region 6 (Alabama, Southern, Tennessee) Pole Vault 17-18 Men 1 2724 Robichaux, Cameron 95 Unattached 4.70m 15-05.00 2 4854 Bertrand, Caleb 94 24-New Heigh 4.55m...
View ArticleEcker retires from the vault
ULM (GER): At German Championships final thank you was said to following retiring athletes: pole vaulter Danny Ecker, long jumper Nils Winter and female sprinter Anne Cibis. From Wikipedia: Ecker...
View ArticleBrewer bound for Junior Olympics
Texas –GRJHS eighth grader Amalie Brewer has maintained her busy schedule ever since her Lady Tiger track and field season ended, and it’s paying big dividends. On June 30 while competing in the AAU...
View ArticleFlo Meiler is 79, and she can pole vault
The National Senior Games is an Olympic-style event for seniors, and Flo Meiler is the sport’s Jackie Joyner-Kersee. Meiler listed for us the events in which she competes: “The hundred-meter; the...
View ArticleVault Coach Seaton Tabbed Cincinnati Coach of the Year
CINCINNATI – University of Cincinnati women’s track and field head coach Susan Seaton was named Coach of the Year the Department of Athletics announced Monday.The 2012-13 season, which marked Seaton’s...
View ArticleDefeated and Dejected Folsom makes comeback and named ATHLETE OF THE YEAR
Kennebec, Maine–Defeated and dejected, Lindsey Folsom came out of indoor track and field season questioning whether all the training and competition was worth repeating in the spring. The Cony senior...
View ArticleEuropean Juniors Entries
A total of 1010 athletes from 46 European Athletics Member Federation countries have entered for the 22nd European Athletics Junior Championships to be held in Rieti, Italy, from 18-21 July. PV Wirth...
View ArticlePreview: World Youth Championships
The first gold medals of the 2013 IAAF World Youth Championships in Donetsk, Ukraine, will be decided in the boys’ Shot on the evening of 10 July, while the morning session of day one will be buzzing...
View ArticleUSATF Region 8 Junior Olympic Championships
Region 8 (Dakotas, Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, Wisconsin) Pole Vault 17-18 Division Men 1 Mitchell Valli 95 Unattached 4.82m 4.70m 15-05.00 2 Reagan Francom 94...
View ArticlePeinado discusses her success as World Youth Leader
Venezuela’s 15-year-old Robeilys Peinado, the world youth leader in the Pole Vault with a 4.35m best this season, explained how she switched sports to find more success: “I came to athletics three...
View ArticleShawn Barber Blog: Pole Vaulter Set To Compete in Russia
Zips freshman All-American Shawn Barber, who won the Canadian Pole Vault Championship last month, will be competing around the globe this summer in a number of elite meets. To help follow his progress,...
View ArticleNewman Sets Another Canadian Junior National Record
EMU women’s track and field star leaps 14-feet 1.75-inches (4.31 meters) at 310 Outdoor Pole Vault Classic. BOLTON, Ontario (EMUEagles.com) – Eastern Michigan University pole vaulter Alysha Newman...
View ArticleGeider will pole vault at the University of Pennsylvania
DEMAREST. NJ - “Eric is perhaps the most driven athlete I have ever coached,” said NV/Demarest assistant track coach Mike Ives. The “Eric” Ives is talking about is pole vaulter Eric Geider, who will...
View ArticleRuiz Captures Silver Medal At The Central American And Carribean Championships
(Morelia, Mexico) Mt. SAC Freshman Pole Vaulter, Tiziana Ruiz, representing her home country of Mexico, captured the silver medal at the 2013 Central American and Carribean (CAC) Championships. Ruiz...
View ArticleCuban Pole Vault Expert Gets another Title at French Tournament
Guantanamo’s Venceremos Newspaper–-Cuban pole vault expert Yarisley Silva got her fourth title at the current 2013 season after leading the athletics meet of Sotteville les Rouen, in France. The...
View ArticleEliza McCartney – Pole Vaulting in Ukraine
New Zealand –Rising pole vault star Eliza McCartney is ranked fifth in the world going into the World Youth Championships staged in Donetsk (July 10-14). We caught up with the North Harbour Bays...
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