YORK SPRINGS, Pa. (WHTM) – Central Pennsylvania knows Lilyana Carlson as a pole vaulting sensation. She’s a two-time PIAA District III champion, a three-time PIAA state champion, and now, the Pennsylvania state record holder for girls pole vault.

Graduate student pole vaulter Alli Lofquist stood at the end of the runway, pole in hand, staring down the opening bar set at 3.52 meters — a height she cleared countless times before during her five-year career at Boston University. Alli Lofquist.

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 ...

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 first is in Lily Carlson’s immediate future. The next two ...

ST. JOHNS COUNTY, Fla. – On a quiet street in the Switzerland neighborhood, people may notice a red, grey, and navy blue flag outside a home, which will lead them to the “FL Pole Vault Factory,” a business dedicated to bringing more attention to the ...

TOKYO — American pole vaulter Sam Kendricks, a two-time world champion, has been forced to pull out of the Tokyo Olympics after testing positive for the coronavirus. The U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee announced the 28-year-old athlete’s positive ...

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 ...

Athletes shipping poles directly to Hayward Field must complete THIS FORM. Athletes shipping poles directly to Hayward Field must specify the shipment cannot arrive earlier than 9:00 AM on Tuesday, July 29. Shipments arriving prior to 9:00 AM on Tuesday ...