Word: vaulter
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Harvard Track and Field competed hard and yielded some great results in the IC4A and ECAC Championships this past Saturday and Sunday. Of the men, who competed in the 20-event IC4A Championships at Boston University’s track, standouts included sprinter John Dingus and pole vaulter Nico Weiler, both freshmen. Dingus qualified for the finals of the 400-meter dash, finishing ninth overall at 48:19 and breaking his own school record. He finished eighth in the finals at 49:43. Weiler finished his event impressively at first overall, vaulting 5.00 meters. The rookie was pleased with...
...type freshman Nico Weiler’s name into Google, it won’t take you long to realize that he is a pole vaulter, now beginning his first season of track and field at Harvard. Then you’ll realize something else—he’s really good. “I think he’s going to be extremely successful,” Harvard Coach Will Thomas says. “The sky’s the limit for Nico as far as what he can accomplish this year and the next four...
...Gymnastics is a punishing sport, and training through injuries is particularly common among Chinese athletes. The high-scoring vaulter Li, for instance, continued competing on the parallel bars in the qualification round even though his arm began bleeding. "My arm bleeds every time I practice," said the athlete, who has also suffered a string of foot and ankle ailments. "It is normal...
...that it began to affect his health (he had a heart attack in 1978, the start of heart problems that would eventually kill him) and his career as well. "I really wasn't being as creative," Carlin admitted years later. "I lost years. I could have been a pole vaulter in those years, and instead I was kind of like doing hurdles...
...following this weekend. “It was a good meet for us,” Harvard coach Jason Saretsky said. “We were able to work on some things that need to get done. We had some great performances all around.”Senior pole-vaulter Clara Blattler headlined the weekend’s action, besting the Harvard school record of 3.65 meters—which she set at last year’s UConn Invitational—by clearing 3.80 meters. The clearance ties her indoor personal best that she said at last year?...