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 ...

She takes a deep breath. Inhale. Exhale. Mikayla Pardun has already checked the tape measure to make sure her steps will be just as she wants them. She brings the pole up to hip level. “Then I always ...

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.

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 ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. Mark Hollis makes his way over the bar and goes on to win the men's invitational pole vault at the Drake ...

Founder Bryan Carrel speaks Thursday at the Pole Vault Junkies’ practice facility in Urbana. Founder Bryan Carrel speaks Thursday at the Pole Vault Junkies’ practice facility in Urbana. URBANA — You ...