Pistorius trial: Defence quiz ‘screams’ neighbour
BBCNews –defense lawyers of South African athlete Oscar Pistorius have resumed questioning a witness who told a court in Pretoria that she heard a woman’s “terrible screams” on 14 February 2013. Mr...
View ArticleAltland picks Rutgers
–Dylan Altland of Kingsway, one of the state’s top pole vaulters, has decided to attend Rutgers, his coach Christian Lynch announced. Altland, who has a personal best in the pole vault of 15-2 1/4,...
View ArticleSergeant clears 13
Orlando, Florida –Lake Mary senior and two-time defending state champion Erica Sergeant broke an area record when she cleared 13-feet to win the pole vault at Saturday’s Lake Brantley Invitational.That...
View ArticleMcM’s Mariah Steinbock Earns LSC All-Academic Honor
RICHARDSON, Texas – McMurry University junior women’s pole vault specialist Mariah Steinbock has been elected to the 2014 Lone Star Conference All-Academic Team for women’s indoor track and field, it...
View ArticleUSA Track & Field Foundation awards Grants to 4 vaulters
INDIANAPOLIS – The USA Track & Field Foundation has awarded Elite Athlete Development Grants to 28 athletes, Foundation Executive Director Tom Jackovic and Chairman Bob Greifeld announced today....
View ArticleKendricks beats Irwin to win SEC title
League titles by Sam Kendricks in the pole vault and the distance medley relay team were among the highlights for Ole Miss at the 2014 Southeastern Conference Indoor Championships, which wrapped up...
View ArticleTien and Ottley improve provisional marks
The Fort Hays State University men’s track and field team competed at the MIAA Indoor Track and Field Championships in Joplin, Mo. on Mar. 28-Feb. 2. Pole vaulters Brady Tien and Brett Ottley both...
View ArticleNPA Skydome Classic set to start today
With 25 schools set to compete, Flagstaff’s largest city meet will begin the season today in NAU’s Walkup Skydome. Both track and field events get underway at 10:30 a.m. All three of Flagstaff’s high...
View ArticleKnowles ( 15-0) commits to Lehigh
new jersey –North Hunterdon High School’s Trevor Knowles, who finished fifth in the boys pole vault at the NJSIAA Meet of Champions on Saturday, has committed to attend Lehigh University next fall....
View ArticlePadden ready for another title
Shortly after winning his first indoor NAIA national title last year, Carroll College pole vaulter Easton Padden said it was going to take a while to sink in. He has now had a year to reflect on his...
View ArticleAussie Teen vaults to open title
Australia –Madeline Lawson has won her first open-age Victorian championship in the event, adding to the under-20 title she took out last month. Jumping in the state meet at Albert Park last Friday,...
View ArticlePiepenbrink Named USTFCCCA National Athlete of the Week
Pittsburg State University junior Jeff Piepenbrink was named the NCAA Division II National Men’s Indoor Track & Field Athlete Tuesday (Mar. 4). Piepenbrink won the pole vault and placed second in...
View ArticleJoey Uhle Selected to NCAA Indoor Championships
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. - Air Force junior Joey Uhle will compete in the pole vault at the 2014 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships, the national office announced this evening (March 4)...
View ArticleAmanda Bisk: former Aussie vaulter preaches the power of positivity!
What gives someone the right to consider themselves a successful fitness model or personality in the industry? Is it the amount of covers one can land because of their physique? Could it be how many...
View ArticlePistorius trial: Athlete blamed for restaurant shooting
BBCnews The focus of the Oscar Pistorius trial has shifted from the house where he shot his girlfriend to a restaurant in Johannesburg where he allegedly fired a gun under a table just weeks before...
View ArticleNPA Skydome Classic
Flagstaff — 3/4/14 Pole Vault – Varsity – Finals 12 Quentin Scott 14-00.00 Snowflake 11 Trey Perkins 13-00.00 Coconino 11 Cody McBride 12-00.00 Blue Ridge 12 Kohl Shannon 11-00.00 Payson 12 Lehi...
View ArticleBrandt wins KCAC title
MANHATTAN, Kan. — Ryin Brandt, a 2009 Paola High School graduate, won the KCAC title in the pole vault Feb. 7, clearing 14 feet, 1.25 inches. Brandt, a senior at Ottawa University, was injured earlier...
View ArticleOscar Pistorius trial: Star found praying over body
Analysis by Pumza Fihlani BBC News, Johannesburg Johan Stipp, a radiologist, had heard screams and gunshots on the morning Reeva Steenkamp died. After ascertaining where they came from and that it was...
View ArticleAlana Boyd focused on breaking her national record
Australia –Olympic pole vault finalist Alana Boyd says she is in shape to break her Australian record during the remainder of the domestic season. Boyd set her national record of 4.76 meters in Perth...
View ArticleBleasdale relishing role as a pantomime villain
Holly Bleasdale cuts an unlikely villain. The 22-year-old pole vaulter, who understatedly describes her job as “flinging myself over a bar with a stick”, could hardly be more bubbly and affable. But...
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