She dreams of flying high in the maroon and white uniform of Texas A&M. Of competing in pole vault events held on city streets. Of wearing the red and white of her birth nation in an Olympics. The ...

A portable runway set in the sand, live music drifting off the water, and Olympic-caliber athletes soaring against a ...

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 ...

Follow our Olympics coverage in the lead-up to the Paris Games. For most of Olympic history, the United States dominated men’s pole vault — which has been part of the Games since the inaugural event ...

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 ...

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 Maryland-based concept that trains area youngsters in the sport of pole vaulting has moved to an expanded location within the Sulphur Spring Business Park in Halethorpe. Founder and owner Jacob ...

PORTLAND, Texas — The UIL state high school track and field meet will highlight many Coastal Bend athletes this year including a senior pole vaulter from Gregory-Portland, Madi Snody. "Really just ...

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 ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated.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 ...