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Whether you’re simply watching from the stands or you’re the one jumping, this guide to pole vaulting regulations explains all, from take-off to landing. While there’s a lot going on in the span of ...
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PISCATAWAY – Track and field events generally include sprints, high hurdles, relays and long distance runs around an oval track, the shot put, high jump, long jump and javelin. Not one of them compete ...
When Dave Gable, a former state-champion pole vaulter with Beaverton who has coached pole vaulters at Crescent Valley High for 35 years, was walking down toward the track for practice, he noticed that ...
The Dutch sport of "fierljeppen" sees athletes hoist themselves up and over canals on slender carbon poles in the Netherlands ...
After 22 years with the Gophers, assistant pole vaulting coach Caroline White retired from the position. White started her role back in the 2003-2004 season, just two years after she graduated from ...
There is now a three-time state champion residing at Parkside High School, and his journey to the top of the pole vault competition in the state of Maryland has taken an unconventional route. On Feb.
Even 53 years later, David Butler remembers the feeling of executing his first pole vault for New Haven High School. “I jumped 6 feet,” Butler said. “Now, 6 feet is not very high. But I thought it was ...
WACO, Texas (KWTX) - The coronavirus has caused numerous headaches across pretty much all sports and activities. The Pole Vaulting world is no exception... but with big cities canceling their indoor ...
She dreams of flying high in the maroon and white uniform of Texas A&M. Of competing in pole vault events held on city streets. Of wearing the red and white of her birth nation in an Olympics. The ...
While there’s a lot going on in the span of less than a minute, the best pole vaulters make a successful jump look easy. Red Bull pole vaulter Armand 'Mondo' Duplantis is a great example. He describes ...