For Burroughs High’s Eli Gault-Crabb, he and his club, Lucky Pole Vault, has created a 120-foot long runway in the backyard of a teammate’s home.

Pole vaulting first came to the Olympics in 1896, and has been propelled back into the limelight every four years since. Old Poles The earliest poles were made from wood, like ash or bamboo.

WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — Wichita State University’s Pole Vault Coach Aliyah Welter is in her first year training collegiate athletes. She also has her own hopes of competing at the next level ...

Duplantis (5ft 11in) is small by pole vault standards, built more like Lavillenie (5ft 10in) than the U.S.’s Chris Nilsen (6ft 5in). As a high-schooler, he ran the 100m in 10.57s (wind-assisted ...

Pole vaulting is as much science as art, as much precision as feel. He made a technical adjustment, moving the uprights a little closer. Kendricks wasn’t saying Mondo got that from him.