The Rise And Fall Of Pole Vaulting Hard-Core Interest Still High Despite Lowered Status December 26, 2002 By Todd Jacobson ...

Filipino pole vaulting champion EJ Obiena is setting the stage for the future of the sport in the Philippines with the launch of a state-of-the-art pole vault facility in Laoag City, Ilocos Norte.

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YORK SPRINGS, Pa. (WHTM) – Central Pennsylvania knows Lilyana Carlson as a pole vaulting sensation. She’s a two-time PIAA District III champion, a three-time PIAA state champion, and no… ...

Sure, there are no animals involved in pole vaulting, and no pole in goat roping. But both sports require speed, coordination and, above all, fearlessness.

Pole vaulting began in the Pontotoc Track and Field Program in 1993 through the concerted efforts of Head Coach Mike Bain who pushed to have the apparatus built to be ...

But it’s so cool to perform in front of, you know, 80,000 or however many people,” Dickinson said. Dickinson also said most pole vaulting coaches don’t even go to the Olympics.

But pole vaulting is won as much with the mind as with the body. Dragila used a sports psychologist to help her “visualize” her winning jumps. Grigorieva turned to a psychic healer.

She’s officially committed to continue her pole vaulting career at Texas A&M. But her ambition doesn’t end there. “My dream is to compete for Austria,” Carlson said.