A portable runway set in the sand, live music drifting off the water, and Olympic-caliber athletes soaring against a turquoise backdrop will once again define the start of the new ...

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 ...

Amy Chow may have to be my favorite member of the Magnificent Seven, the U.S. gymnastics team that competed in the 1996 Atlanta Olympics. Born to immigrant parents from Guangzhou and Hong Kong in San ...

Highland sophomore Jett Black improved his pole vaulting by nearly four feet in a year thanks to training at the Buckeye Pole Vault Academy. Black won the D-III indoor state title at 15-2, but ...

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 ...

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 ...

BLOOMINGTON — The advantage of a year-round indoor pole vault training facility continued to pay dividends for the Pantagraph area on day two of the 22nd Illinois Prep Top Times Indoor Track Classic ...