When junior high school student Osamu Takeda saw a pole vaulter at a track and field competition for the first time, he found ...

Baranica Elangovan, a 29-year-old pole vaulter from Tamil Nadu, set a new national record by clearing 4.22m, surpassing the ...

I go to bed at the same time, around 11 p.m. every single night and wake up at 8 a.m. just to keep the same sleep routine, so my body doesn’t get out of order. Then, I usually do my homework first and ...

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 ...

There is now a three-time state champion residing at Parkside High School, and his journey to the top of the pole vault competition in the state of Maryland has taken an unconventional route. On Feb.

It’s an opportunity of a lifetime to be coached by an Olympic gold medalist. For Hudson’s Natalie Murray, who in May placed second in the pole vault at the Class 4A state track and field meet, that ...

On the ground at Brown University’s Olney-Margolies Athletic Center, throwers were stretching, runners were sprinting and jumpers were getting ready for their jumps. Five meters and 20 centimeters ...

Baranica, initially hesitant due to her underweight frame, transformed her initial caution into a passion for pole vaulting.

Longtime track and field coach Ira Welborn, who earned the title of Jacksonville's Mr. Pole Vault during a career coaching hundreds of Northeast Florida pole vaulters over the span of decades, died ...