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.
Ira Welborn, a Georgia pole vault record-breaker who coached hundreds of young vaulters in Jacksonville, has died at age 83.
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 ...
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Why this elite pole vaulter from Elmwood/Brimfield will graduate early and compete in the SECWith 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 ...
For those who are still living under a pole vault pit, “American Ninja Warrior” is a long-running TV game show where participants compete against a formidable obstacle course that routinely ...
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