Mondo Duplantis breaks pole vault world record for 14th time
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Louisiana-born Armand “Mondo” Duplantis needed motivation to learn — in his case — Swedish. The globe saw his inspiration at Japan’s National Stadium when he clambered into the stands after setting a world record in the pole vault,
Duplantis, who was winning division one high-school meets in his mid-teens, was on the radar of Swedish national team staff in 2015 ahead of that year’s World Youth Championships (a biannual global competition for under-18s, which finished in 2017).
AUSTIN — Hayes Bressler's athletic career at Happy High School came to an end Saturday. After four years competing in football as well as track and field, Bressler earned a bronze medal in Class 1A boys pole vault at the UIL State Track Meet, ending his ...
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 ...
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. 21, Parkside's Reese Howard won the MPSSAA Class 2A ...
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 can be hard to tell exactly what you’re seeing.
Molly Caudery sustained an ankle injury in the warm-up, while Emile Cairess battled through the heat before bowing out
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 the College of St. Benedict. Initially, she did not want ...
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