APELDORN, Netherlands (AP) — Peter “Gramps” DeJong has been based in Amsterdam for The Associated since March 1989. He has ...

Parkside's Reece Howard recently won his third state championship in the Pole Vault, setting many personal and school records ...

These athletes are practicing a sport that can be traced back to ancient times — pole vault. After making their jump, each vaulter receives feedback from Roy Willits, Jr., a former pole vaulter ...

Armand Duplantis shattered the world pole vault record for the 11th time, clearing 6.27m at the All Star Perche meet in ...

Centimeter by centimeter, Mondo Duplantis is soaring closer to the sky and securing his legacy as the greatest pole vaulter ...

He’s got world-class potential that he’s pouring into two track-and- field disciplines—the high jump and the pole vault—that basically nobody attempts to double up at the highest level.

Colonie’s Ryan Buskey won the boys’ high jump title, and Guilderland’s Tatum Cramer claimed a pair of second-place finishes ...

INDIANAPOLIS — Central Washington sprinter E'Lexis Hollis cruised into another NCAA Division II Indoor Track and Field ...

Two Columbus North track and field athletes set freshman school records Wednesday at the Bloomington North HSR Qualifier at ...

Howard won with a jump of 15 feet, a personal record for him and a school record for Parkside, surpassing records he had already set in previous years. And in a competition like the Pole Vault ...

Swedish Olympic champion Armand Duplantis broke his own world record on Friday (Saturday, Manila time) at the All Star Pole ...

It was the 11th time he had broken the record by 1cm since first claiming it with a leap of 6.16m in February 2020. Read more ...