TFN: Formchart: Women
1. Kaitlin Petrillose Texas So 2. Annika Roloff’ Akron So 3. Bethany Firsick South Dakota Sr 4. Megan Clark Duke So 5. Sandi Morris Arkansas Jr 6. Morgann LeLeux Georgia Jr 7. Sophie Gutermuth Indiana...
View ArticleAn Illustrated History of Pole Vault: Where pole vaulting is now
Advances in pole-making technology are primarily responsible for the huge increase in pole vaulting heights over the years. William Hoyt won the 1896 Olympic pole vault with a leap of 3.30 meters. By...
View ArticleSporting Heroes: Damiel DOSSEVI
DATE OF BIRTH Thursday, 03 February 1983 PLACE OF BIRTH Chambray-lès-Tours, France INTERNATIONAL France Event(s) Pole Vault Championship Performances Worlds: 2009 sixth Pole Vault
View ArticleSporting heroes: Romain MESNIL
DATE OF BIRTH Wednesday, 13 July 1977 PLACE OF BIRTH Le Plessis Bouchard, France INTERNATIONAL France Event(s) Pole Vault Championship Performances Worlds: 2007 & 2009 silver Pole Vault. European:...
View ArticleSporting Heroes: Steve HOOKER
DATE OF BIRTH Friday, 16 July 1982 PLACE OF BIRTH Melbourne, Australia INTERNATIONAL Australia Event(s) Pole Vault Championship Performances Olympics: 2008 Gold Pole Vault. Worlds: 2009 Gold Pole...
View ArticleObiena seeks funds
Filipino teenage athlete Ernest John “EJ” Obiena, who holds the national juniors’ and men’s record in pole vaulting, appeals for additional funding so he can qualify for the World Juniors Championship...
View ArticleLAVILLENIE TO SAN DIEGO
PARIS (FRA): Pole vault World record holder Renaud Lavillenie starts another journey. For two weeks training camp in San Diego, California. With him also other French pole vaulters and World indoor...
View ArticleOscar Pistorius: I did not pick on Reeva Steenkamp
South African athlete Oscar Pistorius has denied “picking on” his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, as his cross-examination continues. He was commenting on a mobile phone message Ms Steenkamp sent him. The...
View ArticleKenyan national meet missing vault
Organizers of the third Athletics Kenya weekend meeting have dropped three events due to lack of equipment at Gusii Stadium. AK Nyanza South region chairman, Peter Angwenyi, yesterday said pole vault,...
View ArticleHigh School Briefs: Records set
Burbank, California — Burroughs meet: Perhaps the highlight of the meet came when Indians pole vaulter Matt Schwartz set a school record with a vault of 15 feet, which was secured on his second...
View ArticleWhat energy transformations take place when an athlete is pole-vaulting?
yahoo answer: As soon as the pole vaulter passes over the bar, they are almost stationary, having reached the maximum height reached above ground, so apart from a little amount of kinetic energy as a...
View ArticleAthlete of the Week: Thomason soaring to new heights at Rancho Bernardo High
Rancho Bernardo, CA. — Too many coaches can often lead to confusion, but for Augusta Thomason it has led her to heights she has never reached before. The Rancho Bernardo High senior pole vaulter has...
View ArticleBirkmeier reaches new heights at MSU
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. – Height has never been an issue for Sarah Birkmeier. After all, the Michigan State University redshirt junior is one of the best pole vaulters in the country this season. But the...
View ArticleGregory achieves personal best in pole vault
Pole vaulter Tre Gregory of Out-of-Door clears 14 feet, 6 inches at the Class 1A-District 10 track and field meet Thursday at Out-of-Door Academy. STAFF PHOTO / DENNIS MAFFEZZOLI SARASOTA. Florida...
View ArticleConnecticut prep vaulter to watch
Joseph Fogarasi, Windham, Jr., pole vault: Set the indoor State Open record in the pole vault in February (15-4) and returns to outdoor season as the defending New England champion (15-3). more
View ArticleLion vaulters look to deliver one-two punch
Sophomore Emily Ramey and junior Keegan Provo are hoping to vault their way the Washington State 3A championships.— image credit: Shawn Skager/Reporter Washington –When Auburn Mountainview track and...
View ArticleArcadia Invitational — Today’s heat sheets
Men Pole Vault Friday 4/11/2014 – 4:30 PM 1 Ryan Keliher 12 Redondo Un /ss 2 Alex Casiano 11 Loyola /ss 3 Travis Kartz 10 Granite Bay /sj 4 Chris Sosa 12 Mt. Pleasant /cc 5 Ryan Polakiewicz 11 Great...
View ArticleArcadia Invitational — Saturday AM Heat Sheets
Men Pole Vault Saturday 4/12/2014 – 10:30 AM 1 Andrew Tyndall 12 Davis (Ut) 2 Matt Logan 12 Rancho Bern /sd 3 Scott Winters 12 Rancho Bern /sd 4 Tristin Zawadzki 11 Patrick Henry/SD 5 Drew Hladek 12...
View ArticleArcadia Invitational — Saturday PM Heat Sheets
Women Pole Vault Saturday 4/12/2014 – 4:30 PM 1 Aliya Simpson 10 Desert Vista (Az 2 Kari McCollum 11 Lutheran (Or)/Ss 3 Augusta Thomason 12 Rancho Bern /sd 4 Beth Rossi 12 Clovis North /ce 5 Claire...
View ArticleHooker calls it quits
Pole vaulter Steve Hooker has announced his retirement from athletics, ending one of Australia’s most decorated track and field careers. Steve Hooker reckons it’s ironic his mind, not his body, ended...
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