How to Use pole vault in a Sentence

pole vault

noun
  • Among them are the triple jump, the pole vault, the steeplechase, and the hammer throw.
    Oliver Staley, Quartz, 24 July 2021
  • Sara Busch was the runner-up in the pole vault at 8 feet.
    Bill Blewett, baltimoresun.com, 16 June 2021
  • Mette Van der Meer increased the school record in the pole vault to 11-6.5 to tie for sixth place.
    Josh Reed, Anchorage Daily News, 8 Apr. 2022
  • But Schuller plans to compete in that and the pole vault in college.
    Dallas News, 9 Nov. 2022
  • And the Owls had golds from junior Ryehn Byrnes (pole vault) and the 4x800 relay.
    Carroll County Times Staff, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 8 June 2021
  • The move to Lincoln Center is more of a pole vault than a jump.
    Justin Davidson, Vulture, 3 Aug. 2021
  • His best finishes were fourth in the 1,500 and sixth in pole vault.
    Star Tribune, 11 June 2021
  • In the pole vault, the eighth event of the decathlon, Kazmaier fouled in his first two attempts.
    BostonGlobe.com, 10 July 2021
  • Tigard freshman Alexa Anderson took the gold in the pole vault with a jump of 11-3.
    oregonlive, 14 May 2022
  • With Nageotte's win, the U.S. became the first nation to win in pole vault three times at the Olympics.
    Karen Mizoguchi, PEOPLE.com, 5 Aug. 2021
  • The final of the men’s pole vault is scheduled for Sunday evening.
    oregonlive, 22 July 2022
  • Cathedral’s Kailee Swart set a state meet record with 13-6 ½ pole vault.
    The Indianapolis Star, 4 June 2023
  • Sergey Bubka broke the world record in the pole vault 35 times but won only one gold medal.
    John Branch, New York Times, 28 July 2021
  • The women’s pole vault became an Olympic event in 2000.
    Oliver Staley, Quartz, 24 July 2021
  • Scripps Ranch juinor Lexi Evans did a great job getting over the bar at 12-6, to capture the girls’ pole vault.
    Ramon Scott, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 June 2021
  • Senior Richards won last year’s pole vault and will look to defend his crown.
    cleveland, 1 June 2022
  • Sheehan High senior Erin Brennan didn’t make the finals of the pole vault or the long jump.
    Lori Riley, Hartford Courant, 3 June 2022
  • Westborough, which earned the three podium spots in the boys’ and girls’ pole vault, managed 31 points from the one event on the boys’ side.
    Aj Traub, BostonGlobe.com, 27 May 2023
  • Cathedral junior Kailee Swart was sixth with a pole vault of 12-9 ½, best in the state this year, at Greensboro.
    David Woods, The Indianapolis Star, 20 June 2022
  • Pinkston, also a wrestling state medalist, finished fifth in the pole vault last year.
    James Weber, The Enquirer, 4 June 2022
  • Katie Nageotte’s gold medal in the pole vault increased the U.S. women’s total to four.
    Dylan Hernández Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 6 Aug. 2021
  • The meet begins at 9:30 am Friday with girls discus and high jump, and boys shot put, long jump and pole vault.
    cleveland, 1 June 2022
  • The junior cleared 15 feet, 6 inches to win the Division 1 pole vault.
    Mark Stewart, Journal Sentinel, 5 June 2022
  • On a day when double wins and yearly sectional bests came from all over the track, the girls pole vault was one for the ages.
    Steve Brand, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 June 2021
  • The pole vault field at Tallmadge was no match for Sifferlin.
    cleveland, 3 May 2022
  • Sophomore Brayden Richards took eighth in pole vault, and looks to return to the state meet again this season.
    cleveland, 29 Mar. 2022
  • Sandi Morris and Katie Nageotte were first and third in the women’s pole vault.
    David Woods, The Indianapolis Star, 25 June 2022
  • Olmsted Falls’ Nageotte won the pole vault at the Olympic Trials.
    Kayla Harvey, cleveland, 15 July 2021
  • Scantling regained the lead with strong performances in the discus and pole vault.
    oregonlive, 7 May 2022
  • Reagan junior Samuel Abati easily won the boys 6A pole vault with a height of 16-0, a win by more than one foot.
    David Hinojosa, San Antonio Express-News, 28 Apr. 2023

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