Columbus North’s Sierra Newell readies herself for an attmpt in the pole vault during Tuesday’s Columbus North High School. Sierra Newell comes from a family of distance runners, and for awhile, she ...

April 25 (Reuters) - Pole vault sensation Armand 'Mondo' Duplantis, crowned World Sportsman of the Year at the Laureus Awards, says no competitor in history could match him jump for jump. "I don't ...

PISCATAWAY – Track and field events generally include sprints, high hurdles, relays and long distance runs around an oval track, the shot put, high jump, long jump and javelin. Not one of them compete ...

Learn about Amanda and Hana Moll, twins who excel in pole vaulting, showcasing incredible skill and teamwork in every jump.

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 ...

Jess Savner rode horses while she was growing up. She set the school record in pole vaulting in college. She was competing in triathlons when she met Suzie Paxton, an Olympic fencer. Paxton knew that ...

Even 53 years later, David Butler remembers the feeling of executing his first pole vault for New Haven High School. “I jumped 6 feet,” Butler said. “Now, 6 feet is not very high. But I thought it was ...

In one of the most dramatic finishes of the Meet of Champions, Pompton Lakes’ Owen Keating emerged victorious in the pole vault after a tense jump-off that extended the competition by several ...

French pole vaulter Anthony Ammirati’s bulge might have played a role in costing him Olympic gold — but now it’s given him the chance for some major green. After Ammirati’s bulge clipped the crossbar ...

ROME, Sept 17 (Reuters) - American-born Swede Armand Duplantis produced the highest-ever outdoor pole vault jump on Thursday when he cleared 6.15 metres to win gold at the Rome Diamond League meeting ...

KOCKENGEN, Netherlands — A split second of flight, then a landing on the sand — or a splashdown in a canal. That's the thrill of the Dutch sport of “fierljeppen” — far leaping — which sees athletes ...