Word: vaulter
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...what the vault needs. "I'm just having a great time," says the Stanford economics grad, who plans to start his own business. "I'm not taunting anyone. This is a professional sport--it needs help. It needs fans. And if someone says, 'I heard this crazy pole vaulter that does these dumb dances is going to be at a track meet. Let's go check it out,' I've done something right...
...water, but Lehe earnestly turned it down, as the assistance would count against him in the end. Winthrop proved to be a turning point in the competition, as several competitors dropped out, including McDaniel, Bryson, Lurie and King. Lurie lamented, “You know, I am a pole vaulter, and the toughness of eating that many chickwiches surpasses anything involving cross country. Plus, with food, you know you’re going to boot...
...first chess grand master, who was ranked for a decade among the top 10 in the game; in his sleep, in Birmingham, England. Miles, confident, brassy and aggressive, beat former world champions Mikhail Tal, Boris Spassky and Anatoly Karpov. died. Cornelius Warmerdam, 86, a world record-setting pole vaulter who was named pole vaulter of the century in 2000 by USA Track & Field; in Fresno, California. Warmerdam, a pioneer who competed with primitive bamboo poles, was the first to clear 15 feet, in 1940, holding the record for 11 years. He won the James A. Sullivan Award...
Women do the pole vault? Yes indeed. And an American cowgirl turned vaulter, Stacy Dragila, 30, does it better than anyone ever thought a woman could. The California native has owned the event since it became internationally accepted, including taking the first-ever women's pole vault gold medal at the Olympic Games in Sydney last September and capturing her second World Championship three weeks ago in Edmonton, Canada...
...remember ever seeing another vaulter. There's a good chance that by the time Dad and I showed up every year, the Ukranian had already blown the field away. By the time the competition really got interesting, Bubka's opponents were few in number...