Mike Soule and Wayne Andersen prove that you're never too old to take a flying leap. Soule, a 71-year-old North Branch, Minnesota, resident, and Andersen, 71, of Shoreview, Minnesota, are at the ...

Athletes are drawn to the pole vaulting pit for any number of reasons. Some are looking for an adrenaline rush during the offseason of their primary sport. Others are track competitors tired of ...

Athletes use a fiberglass or carbon fiber pole and run toward the height bar, gathering kinetic energy. Nearing the crossbar, vaulters have to place the pole in a pit which is known as the . vault box ...

The art of pole vaulting: How local athletes fell in love with the unique track and field event. 0 Comments ... Gable says having the proper things around you, from the pit size, ...

A pole vault pit makes sense when you marry Allison Stokke, one of the country's best track and field athletes while growing up in Newport Beach, California.

Pole Vaulting has been an Olympic track and field event since 1896. In 2000, women were finally allowed to compete in the event. On a quiet street in the Switzerland neighborhood, people may ...

A pole vault stand, pit and runway sit conspicuously against a rustic backdrop in a sprawling yard on 10th Street in Hobart. "The story hasn't changed," Jim Johnston Jr. said. Indeed it hasn't ...

EJ has been preparing for the outdoor season of pole vaulting as he revealed that it was too late for him to participate in the 2025 World Indoor Championships.

Doug LeBrun’s annual summer of pole vault lessons had a certain foreign flair this year. LeBrun, the longtime pole vault coach at Helena High, introduced a select group of kids to one of the ...

Baylor sophomore Molly Haywood can rightfully call herself a ninja, as a past competitor on "American Ninja Warrior." Now she's soaring as the top-ranked pole vaulter in the Big 12.

Next: Armand Duplantis, his family of Swedish origin, his pole vault prowess born and bred on the Louisiana bayou. Mondo is what they call him. He cleared 6.0 meters (roughly 19.7 feet) with ease.

Mike Soule, among the oldest pole vaulters in the state, posed for a portrait on the landing pit after he coached young vaulters at Forest Lake High School Thursday afternoon, June 29, 2023.