pole vault
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1. pole vault - Noun
2. pole vault - Verb
Meaning
a competition that involves jumping over a high crossbar with the aid of a long pole
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pole-vault
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Adrianne is a mother to two young kids and in her spare time volunteers as a pole vault coach with the Running Wild athletics club, and as a member of the Reconciliation Saskatoon Business Action Group.
Add to that, they have also recorded the second-best marks in the 60-meter dash, 400 meters, the distance medley relay, the pole vault and the long jump.
At the season’s final event at Kinnett Stadium in Columbus, Gibbs finished first in the 110-meter hurdles and the 300-meter hurdles, and he was fourth in the pole vault.
Back then, there was no fiberglass pole for the pole vault, and there was no Fosbury Flop in the high jump.
He could long jump 23 ft 6 in and high-jump 6 ft 5 in. He could pole vault 11 feet, put the shot 47 ft 9 in, throw the javelin 163 feet, and throw the discus 136 feet.
He could long jump 23 ft 6 in and high-jump 6 ft 5 in. He could pole vault convert, put the shot convert, throw the javelin convert, and throw the discus convert.