Karalis had cleared 6m and came mighty close to clear 6.15. He was over the bar, but as he came down, got the slightest of the touches and the bar toppled.

Katie Moon has talked for years about being in the latter part of her career, but it’s going to be hard to walk away if she keeps winning. Like on Wednesday. Moon became the first woman to win three consecutive world outdoor titles in the pole vault, doing so in Tokyo, where she won Olympic gold four years ago.

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 some of the athletes got there early and were doing ...

It's not something you'd expect to see walking down the street. "Where else are you going to find something like this," said Clovis Business Development Manager Shawn Miller. But that's exactly why the Pole Vaulting Championship has become a crowd favorite.

Eight Ruidoso athletes punched their ticket to state at Friday’s Ruidoso Warrior Invite, with pole vault being the best event, both in boys and girls. Jairdan Pederson set the gold standard for the day, vaulting over the bar at 12 feet even, winning the ...

Before Kent Sheridan even arrived at Cape Central High School, he was determined to leave with the school’s pole vault record. Such aspiration was first met with doubt from his father, Tigers head track coach Collin Sheridan. But that doubt was followed ...

The bar has been set high in the pole vault at Hudson High School. Hudson senior Natalie Murray not only holds the school record in the pole vault at 12-foot-7, but is also the first athlete from the school to advance to the state meet in the event.