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 ...

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.

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 ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated.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

ST. JOHNS COUNTY, Fla. – On a quiet street in the Switzerland neighborhood, people may notice a red, grey, and navy blue flag outside a home, which will lead them to the “FL Pole Vault Factory,” a ...

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 ...

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 ...