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 story has been updated to reflect Mondo Duplantis breaking the pole vault world record at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo. Only Armand ‘Mondo’ Duplantis would describe the pole vault ...

Pole vaulting is highly technical – not to mention fear-inducing at times. It requires more than running down a runway with a long pole in hand and then propelling off said pole over a bar three times ...

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 ...

Addison Kleinke taking to the air is no new thing. The state’s best-ever girls pole vaulter, Kleinke has had a vice grip on the Oregon high school record since she was a freshman. It’s a mark that she ...

Tara Davis-Woodhall competes in the long jump in Times Square Athlos It was on Broadway, the home of theatre in New York City, where a one-off long jump competition became more of a show than an ...

On the ground at Brown University’s Olney-Margolies Athletic Center, throwers were stretching, runners were sprinting and jumpers were getting ready for their jumps. Five meters and 20 centimeters ...