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.

LAOAG CITY–With EJ Obiena’s careful guidance, Jade Baltazar pierced the pole into the vault box and launched himself into the pit. Obiena, the two-time Olympian, on Friday formally unveiled ...

Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share via e-mail Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share via e-mail The pro track and field athlete on Team Canada, Robin Bone, is an excellent pole vaulter with a ...

To a small housefly, a bog garden is a deathly, swamp-like jungle. But to gardeners, bog gardens are a fascinating attraction. If your home doesn’t have a naturally occurring bog, bog gardens can be ...

More than a thousand bog bodies and skeletons have come to light, and scientists now have the means to study the remains in such detail that they can, in a sense, resurrect these ancient people.

(I’d pay good money to see a farmer vault a bog.) But both these activities were really about length; modern pole vault, which privileges height, emerged in Germany in the 1790s, then England ...

Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share via e-mail Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share via e-mail Alysha Newman is a powerhouse in the world of pole vaulting, recently earning a bronze medal at ...

Leading the crowd of veteran tracksters is senior pole vaulter Monica Stearns. This year, Stearns broke the indoor and outdoor school records in the pole vault, and now, she looks to keep her steady ...

In one image, Ammirati can be seen carrying what appears to be a vaulting pole with his phone tucked into his gray athletic shorts. In a separate selfie, Ammirati wistfully gazes off into the ...

I'm glad you got pole vaulting right,' she said on the podcast. 'I was on the plane the other day, and this person misheard me. 'He was like: "You went to the Olympics for pole dancing?" ...