Jan Johnson is probably the world's foremost expert on pole vaulting safety. The chairman of USA Track and Field's Pole Vault Safety Committee has been researching ways to make vaulting safer for over ...

Lawrence Free State pole vaulters watch their competition during the Barrier Breakers meet on Friday, April 22. Stone said there’s no substitute for having Mitchell at the track to help the ...

Vicente Jordan "VJ" Vanderlipe became the best pole vaulter in Eagle history as a freshman. ... Going that much higher and farther took extra work, something he started in the off-season.

The pole vault qualifying round began at 9:40 a.m. Saturday, ... so he didn’t quite fill the extra-large warmup gear provided. ... He knew when it slowed, something would be different.

“You don’t pole vault to be safe, either,” Duplantis’ father, Greg, a retired American pole vaulter, said in a recent interview. “He’s chomping at the bit to do something. “I understand, there’s some ...

Denk became Ohio's all-time best girls pole vaulter on Friday at the Division I Amherst regional when she cleared 13 feet, five inches. With the vault, she broke the state record that she tied on ...

Pole vaulting can be a dangerous discipline because competitors reach high heights, but Brown said Gorman isn’t afraid of that. Advertisement “She doesn’t get scared very often,” Brown said.

Whippany Park senior pole vaulter Emma Guerard brought 100 green bracelets ... Everyone clapped in unison in hope to give him an extra boost to ... but something like that was shocking to hear ...

Pole vaulter Kyle Pater has the biggest jump in the world this year, but only because he kept his thought small. The 2017 Air Force grad now training with the World Class Athlete Program cleared ...

AKRON, Ohio — Each time Akron senior pole vaulter Matt Ludwig races down the runway, he's armed with more than just his pole. "When you're confident, you're consistent, there's certain things ...

BLACKSBURG — Being a pole vaulter is both physically and mentally challenging. Even for a champion such as Virginia Tech’s Rachel Baxter. “It’s definitely tough to throw yourself over a ...