0 a sports competition in which you jump over a high bar using a long stick to push yourself off the ground: --
1 a sports competition in which you hold a long, stiff pole near one end and force it to bend so that when it straightens, it pushes you up over a high bar --
As an active athlete he competed in pole vault, long jump, triple jump, sprints and middle distance events.
The school has an athletics pavilion with a triple and high jump track, a pole vault track, a discus facility and a hammer net.
He has improved pole vault safety and technique through clinics, public speaking, and his consultation service at the youth level.
In 1997 the women's pole vault entered the fray two years before it made an appearance at the games' outdoor counterpart.
There were also ties for the silver medal in men's 200 metres breaststroke in swimming, men's pole vault in athletics, and men's doubles in bowling.
It also has a pole vault and high jump, along with seven new lighted tennis courts.
Spearow was a versatile jumper, excelling not only in the pole vault but also the long jump and the high jump.
Four years later he finished fourth in the pole vault contest.
