Sentences with word «vaulter»

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.

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

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.

Pole vaulters Dick Kimmell and Dick Gear have cleared 15 feet, Kimmell for the first time Saturday with a leap of 15 feet 1 1/2 inches.

«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.

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.

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.

«This time, it was not as daunting, and I enjoyed hanging out with the other vaulters and competing against the state's best.»

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

They are the undisputed vaulters.

Two nights later, at the Oregon Invitational in Portland, ALTTI ALAROTU, a Finnish vaulter who attends Brigham Young, became the second man ever to reach 17» indoors when he cleared that height on his first try.

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

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

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.

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 this year's CIF State Track and Field Championships, the Northeastern - bound vaulter finally qualified for the finals where he finished 11th with a 15 - 3.75 vault.

(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.

If he is not taking energy from the cool and elegance of ITA quarter - miler John Smith, Oldfield gets it from the jive and nonsense of ITA pole - vaulter Steve Smith.

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.

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.

Pole vaulter clears 4.77 m on opening day of the British Athletics European Indoor Trials and UK Championships in Sheffield

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

Most recently, Sergey Bubka's streak of 17 world records was interrupted by only one other vaulter, Thierry Vigneron (who himself held the record five times), and Bubka's final record stood for 20 years.

The American's win turned the tables on Olympic champion Ekaterini Stefanidi as she cleared 4.76 m for the runner - up spot but the Greek vaulter's achievements throughout the rest of the Diamond League series did mean she secured overall victory.

Celebrity trainer Alexa Towersey chats to former Australian Pole vaulter, exercise physiologist and qualified Yoga Instructor Amanda Bisk after an exclusive floating yoga class on the Yarra.

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.

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

I look like a pole - vaulter.»

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

• David Clark, Olympic pole - vaulter, announcing that he had bought a fiberglass pole: «I decided to quit crying about it and buy one.»

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.

Ideally, the runners, jumpers, vaulters, and throwers reach their peak to record their best time or distance at the end of the season.

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.

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

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).

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

«The change in 7-5-29 last year by the committee was not intended to allow a vaulter to abort a vault but rather to have the opportunity to stop and abort the approach,» said Becky Oakes, NFHS assistant director and liaison to the Track and Field Rules Committee.

In a revision last year, vaulters were allowed to leave the ground and not have a foul charged to them provided they did not break the plane of the crossbar.