Playing music is important for Addison Kleinke as she prepares to pole vault at an indoor practice facility in Springfield. "Sometimes it's for the motivation, sometimes it's for the vibe," she said.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Sharing may not be caring after all. After pole vaulters Nina Kennedy of Australia and Katie Moon of the U.S. elected to hold a tiebreaker instead of both taking gold in the women’s individual final ...

You could hear her screams from everywhere. NJSIAA officials looked on, other athletes were confused, everyone in the bleachers was curious as to what was occurring, but unless you were near the pole ...

ROME, Sept 17 (Reuters) - American-born Swede Armand Duplantis produced the highest-ever outdoor pole vault jump on Thursday when he cleared 6.15 metres to win gold at the Rome Diamond League meeting ...