Pole vaulters run at full speed, stab a 15-foot pole into the ground and thrust their entire body weight 13 feet into the air over another pole.
Because of this, athletes, officials and track coaches...
As the stands cleared late Saturday, trails of trash appeared. Covered by spectators, volunteers, faculty, students and team members, UNF’s Hodges Stadium was in need of clean up from a weekend of track...
A hazy May twilight descended upon the final races of the Division I NCAA East Preliminary Round Saturday, May 26, as the packed crowd filling Hodges Stadium surrounded the fleet-footed competitors with wave after wave of palpable energy.
Lining up, pole in hand, sprinting toward the bar set 15 feet, 11 and ¾ inches in the air, David Shepherd plants the long cylinder into the ground and prepares for flight.
Christina King was only introduced to pole vaulting two and a half years ago.
King, a UNF communication senior, competed with a sprained ankle Friday, May 25, in the 2012 NCAA Women’s Pole Vault...
The final day of the NCAA East Regional Track and Field Championship kicked off with an upset for one UNF pole vault athlete Saturday morning. David Shepherd, a UNF sophomore, cleared 5.02 meters but did not qualify for the national championship.
Isiah Young sleeps for eight hours the night before a major track meet.
When he emerges from his dream-filled dormancy, he eats a good breakfast.
Young, an Ole Miss criminal justice junior, is...
As UNF hosts the 2012 Division 1 Outdoor Track and Field East Preliminary Championship May 24-26, it along with the NCAA heavily rely on the work of volunteers to ensure that the three-day meet runs...
The 2012 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field East Preliminaries kicked off with high-scoring athletes, including a Florida State University sprinter who ran an Olympic-qualifying time in the 100-meter...
The second day of the NCAA’s Division 1 East Preliminary Round began Friday, May 25, at UNF’s Hodges Stadium, with college fans from all over the country coming to support their athletes.
An...
