Pole vaulter Austin Miller. Photo Credit: Leroy Ryser. American pole vaulter Austin Miller chatted about his latest endeavors in athletics, including the Pole Vaulter’s Professional Network. Miller ...

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 ...

Pole vaulting is one of the more outlandish Olympic events. The primary instruments of the sport are curious creations—big sticks, between 10 and 17 feet in length, that certain track & field ...

Three decades ago, pole vaulting was discontinued in Baltimore City high school track and field. The event was forced to conclude due to a lack of resources, funding and knowledge of the event.

There is running, there is jumping, there is throwing things. And then there is the pole vault. On the one hand, it’s totally part of the fabric: on the climactic, final afternoon of the first modern ...