How to Use the pole vault in a Sentence

the pole vault

noun
  • Brynn King is from the Woodlands and will compete in the pole vault.
    Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 July 2024
  • Rathke is chasing three-peats in both the pole vault and long jump.
    Matt Schubert, The Denver Post, 16 May 2024
  • Jack Garrett was the top scorer for the boys team, winning first in the pole vault.
    Ben Thomas | Bthomas@al.com, al, 4 Apr. 2023
  • He was introduced to the pole vault as a high school senior.
    Alex Traub, BostonGlobe.com, 15 July 2023
  • And a little more: He was introduced to the pole vault as a high school senior.
    Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 18 July 2023
  • Argyle sophomore Gator Young Young won the 5A state title in the pole vault, clearing 16-0.
    Greg Riddle, Dallas News, 2 June 2023
  • Torrey Pines’ Joey Weisman took the section lead for the season in the pole vault, clearing 16 feet.
    Steve Brand, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 May 2023
  • His clearance of 15 feet was the second best in the pole vault in Orange County last season.
    Steve Fryer, Orange County Register, 16 Feb. 2024
  • For the pole vault, the AI system will measure the gap between the athlete and the bar to work out what effect that has on jump quality.
    Laura McCreddie-Doak, WIRED, 20 July 2024
  • Duplantis has broken the pole vault world record 12 times in his career.
    Katelyn Hutchison, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024
  • Marion County’s boys lead the Class 1A meet with 42.5 points, including a first place, tie for second and fourth place in the pole vault.
    al, 6 May 2023
  • Their winter title came down to the final event, the pole vault, and Oakland Mills edged Century by three points.
    Anthony Maluso, Baltimore Sun, 21 Mar. 2023
  • At the same time, the primal genius of the pole vault—the Calydonian boar—operates outside the realm of reason.
    Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2024
  • Siuslaw’s Hughes dominates the pole vault Kyle Hughes made it to 15 feet just once this season.
    Nikstreng, oregonlive, 26 Jan. 2023
  • Sarah Gassman, Westminster, senior Gassman was county champion in the 300 hurdles and the pole vault.
    Glenn Graham, Baltimore Sun, 9 July 2023
  • His father, George, was born in Ontario, Canada, and competed for Canada in the pole vault at the 1983 world championships.
    Ingrid Vasquez, Peoplemag, 19 Jan. 2024
  • Two events are particularly deep this year: the pole vault and 300-meter hurdles.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Feb. 2024
  • In a series of vaults that turned the pole vault pit into the epicenter of the state meet, Nichols broke the girls state record not once, but twice, eventually clearing 14 feet to set a new standard in the event.
    Matt Schubert, The Denver Post, 16 May 2024
  • Lukas Michael, Westminster, senior Michael closed his standout high school career with a 3A state runner-up finish in the pole vault.
    Anthony Maluso, Baltimore Sun, 1 July 2024
  • Oakland Mills girls trailed Century by a half point for the Class 2A state team championship with only the pole vault remaining.
    Jacob Steinberg, Baltimore Sun, 21 Feb. 2023
  • There’s just something about the pole vault pit Thursday at Jeffco Stadium.
    Matt Schubert, The Denver Post, 16 May 2024
  • Hobart’s Cody Johnston won the pole vault with a 17-0 to easily outdistance the competition.
    The Indianapolis Star, 3 June 2023
  • His latest record of 6.23 meters, achieved at last year’s world championships, is seven centimeters higher than anyone else has managed in the history of the sport, a testament to his supremacy in the pole vault over the past four years.
    George Ramsay, CNN, 11 Apr. 2024

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