pole-vaulter

This week, pole-vaulter Jenn Stucynski set a personal and American record by clearing 16 feet, 3/4 inches at a meet in California.

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I steal a badge from a blond pole-vaulter who looks like me and give the guard at the gate a hard stare when he checks my ID.

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A politician who isn't ambitious is like a fat pole-vaulter.

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It all started with one photo surfacing of the young pole-vaulter and soon more and more were popping up all over the Internet, catapulting Stokke to unexpected and unwanted fame.

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She swung her body back and forward in an increasing arc then pushed herself up and over the ledge like a pole-vaulter clearing the bar.

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You start to feel as though you are the pole-vaulter or the ice-skater since your brain mirrors the actions of those you are watching.

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"It's like having one pole-vaulter using a fiberglass pole and another using a wooden pole," said Phil Whitten, executive director of the College Swim Coaches Association.

The Suit That Changes Everything 2009

The next day, Sergei Bubka, far and away the best pole-vaulter extant, failed to clear the bar, raging at the winds.

The Old Man And The Wind 2008

Watch a pole-vaulter tearing down the runway, and it's obvious where his energy comes from: speed.

The Pole-Vault Principle 2008

Where once a pole-vaulter might have accepted the greater challenge of the decathlon, the finances of such a choice had become punitive.

For God And For Reebok 2008