Graduate student pole vaulter Alli Lofquist stood at the end of the runway, pole in hand, staring down the opening bar set at 3.52 meters — a height she cleared countless times before during her ...

Pole vault is a track and field event in which athletes attempt to clear a horizontal bar by sprinting down a runway and using a pole to catapult themselves into the air. The athlete who clears the ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WVLA) — A Swedish-American athlete from Louisiana has set a new world record in pole vaulting at the Olympics — and the celebration in the Stade de France was quite a sight to behold ...

As you head east on Grant Road near Mountain Avenue on Monday and Thursday evenings, you’ll spot something soaring through the air in the backyard of a midtown home. While zipping down the road, it ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Against all odds, Anthony Ammirati has become one of the faces of the 2024 Summer Olympics without even coming close to the podium ...

Pole vaulter Austin Miller. Photo Credit: Leroy Ryser. Pole vaulter Austin Miller. Photo Credit: Leroy Ryser. American pole vaulter Austin Miller chatted about his latest endeavors in athletics, ...

Lucas senior Rebekah Case and Crestview junior Liam Kuhn held a joint practice to prepare for the OHSAA Division III State Track and Field Championships. Both Case and Kuhn are two-time All-Ohio pole ...

Pole vaulting is one of the more outlandish Olympic events. The primary instruments of the sport are curious creations—big sticks, between 10 and 17 feet in length, that certain track & field ...

ST. JOHNS COUNTY, Fla. – On a quiet street in the Switzerland neighborhood, people may notice a red, grey, and navy blue flag outside a home, which will lead them to the “FL Pole Vault Factory,” a ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. BATON ROUGE, La. (WVLA) — A Swedish-American ...