When Dave Gable, a former state-champion pole vaulter with Beaverton who has coached pole vaulters at Crescent Valley High for 35 years, was walking down toward the track for practice, he noticed that ...

Why she was selected: Eriks set the school record in the pole vault in her first season of track and field. She hit a vault of 2.78 meters (9 feet, 1 1/2 inches) taking first at Princeton's Ferris ...

MAKATI CITY, Philippines, Oct. 01, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The inaugural Atletang Ayala World Pole Vault Challenge, held on September 20 and 21, 2025, has successfully positioned the Philippines as a ...

The men’s Field Athlete of the Year nominees are also all world outdoor champions: Mondo Duplantis (Sweden, pole vault), ...

Katie Moon, a former Dayton Flyers athlete who finished her career at Ashland University, won her third straight pole vault world title on Wednesday. Moon won the gold medal with a vault of 4.90 ...

BRAINERD -- In less-than-ideal weather conditions, Joe Smith blocked everything out and catapulted himself. The Brainerd Warrior junior soared through the air 13 feet and nine inches over the crossbar ...

KOCKENGEN, Netherlands (AP) — 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 ...

At the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo in September, the Swede, who is still coached by his parents, set his 14th ...