Steven Hooker back to the where it all started from A month after making his first Olympic team in 2004, Steve Hooker competed in the Australian club championships, doing the 200, 400, high jump and 4×100 for his club, Box Hill. He tells us what his club and first vault coach mean to him and [...]

College Track & Field Kansas University plans $24.6 million ‘Olympic Village’!!! This is great news which bucks the trend of cutting back on olympic sports LSU Coach opens up on challenging process of recruiting international athletes Doping Chambers Invited to Dutch Athletics Meet Soccer’s FIFA Reject World Doping Agency’s ‘Whereabouts’ Rule It is about time [...]

Part 3 of Bill Falk’s Pole Vault Education Video Series.

Interview with Pole Vaulter and American Record Holder Brad Walker His career has largely been under the radar, but as Brad Walker proved with his clutch vault at the Prefontaine Classic, the face of the U.S. pole vaulting can fly high with the best of ‘em. PreRaceJitters.com had the chance to catch up with the [...]

Erica Bartolina: The One-Eyed Pole Vaulter Click Here to Read the Entire Spikes Magazine Interview US pole vaulter Erica Bartolina cleared a personal best of 4.55m to finish third at the 2008 US Championships. She spoke to spikesmag.com about how she has overcome the loss of an eye to be one of her country’s top [...]

Doug Logan insists on a shorter Olympic Trials. The question is: Why? USA Track and Field CEO Doug Logan Visits Eugene Chula Vista survives brunt of USOC job cuts US Olympic Committee Lays Off 54 Employees Nike Shares Drop Amid Sales Concerns NBCU Reteams With MSN, Microsoft for 2010 Olympics

The View From the Finish Line has an interesting interview with former Balco founder Trevor Graham. He details his idea for a National Track & Field League and how the newly-formed league could further the sport. Here is a little snippet of the interview: Graham – I have a full plan that I intend to [...]

Part 5 of Bill Falk’s Pole Vault Education Video Series.