Owens is already a pole vaulting prodigy. In late October at a meet in Joliet, Illinois, Owens attempted and completed a vault of 16-feet, 3 inches. That height? Oh just a world record for his age.
A hand raise in the spring of 2023 resulted in an IESA 4A state championship in pole vault by Owens this past May and, more recently on Oct. 26, a world record. At an official United States Track ...
PARIS (Reuters) - Sweden's Mondo Duplantis broke his own pole vault world record when he cleared 6.25 metres at the third attempt on Monday having retained the Olympic gold medal with a 6.00m leap.