Aussie Dancing with the Stars contestants include Gold medalist Steve Hooker
OLYMPIC gold medalists Steve Hooker and Libby Trickett head the list of celebrities taking part in this year’s Dancing with the Stars. The pair will be hoping their sports prowess gives them the...
View ArticleNational Pole Vault Summit 2014
January 17th – 18th, 2014 — Registration is OPEN!! Plan for Success – Plan for 2014 National Pole Vault Summit!! Be a part of the largest Pole Vault Event of the YEAR. The National Pole Vault Summit is...
View Article‘Summer of Legends’ No. 13 Chris McGaha
The Backstory: Last month, Arizona State picked up an important recruit for the class of 2014 in wide receiver Tyler Whiley. With a four-star ranking, Whiley is among the best wide receivers in the...
View ArticleTFN Weekend Highlights
Stockholm DL —DN Galan; Stockholm, Sweden, August 22 (cool, windy)—PV: 1. Silke Spiegelburg (Ger) 15-4½ (4.69) (14-8¾, 15-¾, 15-4½ [xxx]) (4.49, 4.59, 4.69 [xxx]); 2. Yarisley Silva (Cub) 15-¾ (4.59);...
View ArticleRemaining International Schedule
Diamond League August 29……………………………………Weltklasse; Zürich, Switzerland September 06……………………..Van Damme Memorial; Brussels, Belgium IAAF WORLD CHALLENGE September 01……………………………………………… ISATF; Berlin,...
View ArticleAnderson preparing to take on the world
The World Athletics Center is delighted to announce that American 400 hurdler Jeshua Anderson will be joining our training group based in Phoenix, Arizona. Jeshua won four straight PAC-10 titles whilst...
View ArticleCalandro, Feinstein Soar To New Heights, Go The Extra Mile
Newtown, CT. –Jenna Calandro and Jake Feinstein are two very different yet, in many ways, similar athletes. Both are track and field standouts — Calandro a pole vaulter and Feinstein a distance runner....
View ArticleFormer vaulter now its the airwaves
Mt. Pleasant, PA — Abbey Way once starred as a student/athlete at Mt. Pleasant Area Junior-Senior High School. Five years after her 2008 graduation, Way still has the spotlight as a sports...
View ArticleTalented Vaulter dies in Car accident
Thousand Oaks, CA. –Police are still trying to determine what caused a 17-year-old driver to crash into a telephone pole in Thousand Oaks last week, killing the student-athlete and injuring his...
View ArticlePAC to Introduce Men’s and Women’s Indoor Track & Field
GREENVILLE, Pa. – The Presidents’ Athletic Conference (PAC) Presidents’ Council and Commissioner Joe Onderko announced that men’s and women’s indoor track and field are to be added as official PAC...
View ArticleJohnson to front anti-doping push
Disgraced sprinter Ben Johnson is to mark 25 years since his infamous 100m Olympics by launching a global anti-doping campaign in London. Johnson, who failed a drugs test after winning the 100m at the...
View ArticleZurich Diamond League: Murer wins; Suhr NH
MURER Fabiana BRA 4.62 SPIEGELBURG Silke GER 4.62 SVOBODOVÁ Jirina CZE 4.62 KYRIAKOPOULOU Nikoleta GRE 4.52 SAXER Mary USA 4.52 SILVA Yarisley CUB 4.52 GADSCHIEW Kristina GER 4.52 BÜCHLER Nicole SUI...
View ArticleBUBKA LEADING?
LONDON (GBR): Insidethegames website is having an on-line poll about IOC Presidential candidates. Currently clearly leading is legendary pole vaulter Sergey Bubka with more than 40 percent of votes....
View ArticleWorld News: Dope and Defecting
ISTANBUL (TUR): The Turkish Athletics Federation has suspended hurdler Nevin Yanit for 2 years due to doping violations, reportssundayszaman.com. The 27 year old tested positive following a doping test...
View ArticleAlana Boyd takes Stuart O’Grady’s position on AOC’s Athletes’ Commission
Australia –Pole vaulter, Alana Boyd, has been appointed to the Australian Olympic Committee’s Athletes’ Commission. Boyd takes the place of Stuart O’Grady. The cyclist’s position on the Commission was...
View ArticleMelinda Owen added to Montana Staff
Owen will work with Montana’s pole vaulters and serve as the program’s recruiting coordinator. “Melinda is going to bring a good recruiting tool to our staff. Not only is she very organized, she is...
View ArticleCSU-Pueblo to add six new sports in 2014-15
PUEBLO, Colo. (GoThunderWolves.com – Aug. 29, 2013) - Colorado State University-Pueblo will increase its athletics offerings to 22 starting in the 2014-15 school year, adding men’s indoor and outdoor...
View ArticleCuban Pole vaulter wins bronze in Diamond League
Havana, Cuba, Aug 30.- The Cuban Yarisley Silva won the bronze medal in the pole vault event at the one-to-last stop on the athletics Diamond League, which was hosted by the Swiss city of Zürich....
View ArticleSuhr on her World Performance
A Vault Battle For The Ages: It is rare indeed when a highly-hyped athletic showdown lives up to its pre-event expectations. The women’s pole vault did. Jenn Suhr knew she would be dueling in...
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