Sentences with phrase «benicia pole vaulter»

Out of the thousands of athletes participating in relay track meets last week came two sprinters and a pole vaulter whose performances were Olympian

Jeff Bennett, a two - time All - America pole vaulter at OCC and a decathlete in the»72 Olympics, made one of the most remarkable vaults ever seen at OCC or, indeed, anywhere.

Olympic gold and 20 feet beckon as Soviet pole vaulter Sergei Bubka, not unlike the flowers in his hometown of Donetsk, bursts skyward

Elliott says he appreciates Harper's work ethic, and that the senior pole vaulter will be a key cog in Davis» quest for a second consecutive section title.

Just before midnight last Friday on the floor of the Athens Olympic Stadium, U.S. pole vaulter Toby Stevenson looked up between jumps and saw a fleet of runners tear past him on the final leg of the women's 4 √ ó100 - meter relay, the crowd in full throat.

Harper is one of the top pole vaulters in the state, and Clancy is one of the most well - rounded athletes in the area, specializing in the high jump and long jump.

Ponderosa senior pole vaulter Kylee Trageser's season exemplified the ups and downs felt by a number of student - athletes who experience the thrill of victory and agony of defeat on the sport's biggest stages.

(Photograph by Bill Gerth / for SVCN / 5/24 / 2013) Los Gatos High School's pole vaulter Greta Wagner in the 2013 CCS Track Finals at Gilroy High School on 5/24/2013.

Greta Wagner — The Los Gatos senior pole vaulter won gold at the state championships by clearing a personal - best 13 feet, 0.25 inches.

Dwight Stones took the high jump at 7» 2», but pole vaulter Dan Ripley, who had set an indoor record of 18» 1/4» the week before, could do only 17» 6» and finished second to Yuri Isakov of the Soviet Union, who cleared the same height with fewer misses.

Among the broomstick limbs of the distance runners and the slender legs and muscular torsos of the pole vaulters, the bulky Capes stood out in his gray sweat shirt and dark beard, which he grew in 1970 to keep the shot from irritating his neck.

At the world junior championships in Beijing last August, Anthony finished eighth — the best showing ever by a female U.S. pole vaulter at the event.

Anthony followed suit, and less than three years later she is the best high school girl pole vaulter in the country.

French pole vaulter Renaud Lavillenie knew he also would just have to turn up to gain what was for him a seventh consecutive Diamond title, extending his record tally.

In this category things were very tight at the top and pole vaulter Molly Caudery was narrowly voted No. 1, ahead of European junior 1500m bronze medallist Harriet Knowles - Jones.

The pole vaulter has won at every other major event and is keen to complete the set in Birmingham in 2018

While British Athletics requested a host nation place for pole vaulter Adam Hague following his personal best of 5.65 m on the way to the British title at the weekend, the governing body says the nomination was declined by the IAAF.

The animal could have launched itself like a pole vaulter, pushing forward with its hind limbs and using its powerful arms to thrust it high enough into the air to stretch its wings and fly away.

«It's like training someone to be a pole vaulter for 15 years and then saying, «You haven't made the Olympic team but have a go at shot - putting,»» says chemistry lecturer Lee Higham of Newcastle University, U.K. Still, others are just determined to pursue an academic job even though they know how hard they'll have to compete for a permanent position.

Athletes rarely show us a glimpse of how the recover, but this Australian trainer (and former pro pole vaulter) Amanda Bisk demos self - massage with a foam roller.

There are plenty of men and women who have LOTS of muscular development without the beefy look (think rock climbers, pole vaulters etc...) obv everyone has a different body but, why is that the goal?

Amanda is a pole vaulter that participated in the 2010 Commonwealth Games.

Rickie Fowler and pole vaulter Allison Stokke sparked rumors that they could be dating when they posted some photos together on social media.

Carey Mulligan as an ex-Olympic pole vaulter is a leap of faith.

Some competitions — like the lengthy battle between the West German and the American pole vaulters — are followed through from beginning to end, but this is the exception.

Rear seats can be flipped and folded in a variety of configurations and unless you're a pole vaulter will easily accommodate your gear.

You'll be like a former champion pole vaulter who has started to take frequent breaks from training to snag donuts and coffee.

Once a gymnast, collegiate pole vaulter and soccer player, Dr. Goodwin's love of animals eventually conquered that of athletics when she took an apprenticeship assisting Dr. Bonar at the Cleveland Zoo while an undergraduate student at Case Western Reserve University.

The giant killer whale from Free Willy has been replaced with a pole vaulter and the swimmer on the Jaws poster is more concerned about getting the gold than about a giant great white shark.

Imagine the first craftsperson who used an electric drill after a lifetime of hand cranking, or the first pole vaulter who transitioned from wood or steel to a fiberglass pole.

An accomplished college pole vaulter in Missouri allegedly filmed his roommate having sex with a woman — and then threatened the woman that he would post the videos online.

Not exact matches

I look like a pole - vaulter.»

France's Renaud Lavillenie missed hardly any jumps in the pole vault competition at the 2012 London Olympics, and when it came time for his second attempt at an Olympic - record 19.58 feet (5.97 meters), he cooly planted his pole into the ground and vaulted himself into history and past two German vaulters for the gold medal.

Jordan Knight, a junior at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia (and also, adventitiously, a champion pole - vaulter on the university's track team), says he's determined to pursue graduate study and a career track in the neuromarketing field.

Skydex's compression and rebound characteristics have been customized for applications as diverse as pole - vault plant boxes (where the vaulter launches off) and shock - absorbing decks on Navy SEAL assault boats.

It also helps if the car has a good name, and simply «SS» falls short of the bar like a pole - vaulter who botched the pole plant.

Take the pole vault (I was a mediocre college vaulter, thus my interest).