Addison Kleinke, a Churchill senior who owns the pole vault state record, announced Jan. 20 that she has committed to Texas A ...

Addison Kleinke taking to the air is no new thing. The state’s best-ever girls pole vaulter, Kleinke has had a vice grip on the Oregon high school record since she was a freshman. It’s a mark that she ...

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 ...

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 ...

A man was practicing his pole vaulting when the pole suddenly snapped right as he went for the jump leaving him falling back ...

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 ...

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 ...

PARIS — When he was a young pole vault prodigy practicing jumps in his parents’ Louisiana backyard, Armand “Mondo” Duplantis would inevitably dream up the same scenario. He’d be competing in the ...

It wasn’t the best day for Addison Kleinke, but it was more than enough for a state gold. On Saturday at Hayward Field, the Churchill junior picked up her third OSAA Class 5A state title in the pole ...