KOCKENGEN, Netherlands (AP) — A split second of flight, then a landing on the sand — or a splashdown in a canal. That's the thrill of the Dutch sport of “fierljeppen” — far leaping — which sees ...

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 ...

Why she was selected: Eriks set the school record in the pole vault in her first season of track and field. She hit a vault of 2.78 meters (9 feet, 1 1/2 inches) taking first at Princeton's Ferris ...

As you head east on Grant Road near Mountain Avenue on Monday and Thursday evenings, you’ll spot something soaring through the air in the backyard of a midtown home. While zipping down the road, it ...

KOCKENGEN, Netherlands (AP) — A split second of flight, then a landing on the sand — or a splashdown in a canal. That's the thrill of the Dutch sport of “fierljeppen” — far leaping — which sees ...

KOCKENGEN, Netherlands — A split second of flight, then a landing on the sand — or a splashdown in a canal. That's the thrill of the Dutch sport of “fierljeppen” — far leaping — which sees athletes ...