Sentences with phrase «pole vaulter»

Most of the millions of people who heard Tony Hulman say, «Gentlemen, start your engines,» probably were unaware that he had once been a formidable competitor: the nation's top prep school pole vaulter in 1920; the international collegiate high - hurdles champion in London in 1923; an end on Yale's undefeated football team that same year; and a deep - sea fisherman who captained the U.S. tuna team in 1951.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

Sandi Morris became just the third female pole vaulter to clear 5.00 m indoors or out as she broke the Diamond League record at the AG Insurance Memorial Van Damme before three unsuccessful attempts at a world record height on Friday (September 9).

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.

Gissendaner grew up in Stow, Ohio, where he was not only an all - county running back but also a 13 - foot pole vaulter.

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

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.

Benicia pole vaulter Adam Thomas was more worried about qualifying for the state meet to enjoy the Section Masters as much as he enjoyed the trip to Clovis.

(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.

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.

-- Melinda Withrow, 31, pole vaulter vying for a spot in the 2016 Olympics

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?

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.

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.

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.

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.

Like a pole vaulter, Bain devotes most of his time to preparing for the event — say, a meeting with a chief executive.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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