His front sidewalk has pole-vault runway markings and he runs on it to practice jump timing. Ropes, weights and technique-building gear fill his basement. A vaulting pit is in the back yard.

hoisting a tall pole into a boxed area and launching themselves into the air over a raised bar before finally landing on a large padded mat in a vault pit. These athletes are practicing a sport ...

One study found that out of 34 pole vault deaths studied, 32 could have been prevented by using a pit at that size. The sizable cost, however, has caused many institutions to try to slide by with ...

With no pole vault pit at either Elmwood or Brimfield, Strahm travels to the Normal-based Flying Dragons Pole Vault Club on Tuesdays and Thursdays. There she trains under the watchful eye of Mike ...

He even constructed a pole vault pit in his own backyard for training. "I can't think of anybody in the last 30 years who was in pole vaulting in the Jacksonville area that didn't encounter him ...