On the women's side, two school records in the pole vault and steeplechase helped put Lane in second place with 66 1/2 points.

In a pole vault event, the fiberglass pole has not been infrequently broken into two pieces.

"He has been my pole vault coach since the beginning.

Women: Rachel Johncock (100m), Rebecca Williams (200m), Seren Bundy-Davies (400m), Jade Williams (800m), Rhianwedd Price (mile), Elinor Kirk (3000m), Sally Peake (pole vault), Carys Parry (hammer).

SERGEI BUBKA, the former pole vault champion who is standing for election to be the next IOC president, has insisted that public confidence in athletics has not been destroyed by the recent positive drugs tests by leading sprinters.

The pole vault is a complex athletics event that requires considerable ability in sprinting, jumping, and gymnastics.

HOLLY BLEASDALE - POLE VAULT THE 20-year-old pole vault prodigy is at the top of her game after clearing 4.87m at a meet in Villeurbanne, France, last month which moved her to No.2 on the indoor alltime list, just behind world indoor record holder Yelena Isinbayeva.

The 19-year-old (above) has climbed from nowhere to be the British senior pole vault record holder in just a few months.

Cleveland-based Suote Nyananyo won the senior 60m hurdles, while Kerry McGuire of Gateshead, won the Under-17 pole vault.

"He's won everything and everybody who does pole vault looks up to him.

In the field, Ade Babatunde took maximum points in the long and triple jumps, while team manager Glen Blenkinsopp vaulted well to take the pole vault.

POLE VAULT: Russia's Yelena Isinbaeva broke her own world record to win gold in the women's pole vault in Beijing.

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