pole vault
noun
: a vault with the aid of a pole
specifically
: a field event consisting of a vault for height over a crossbar
pole-vaulter
noun
or pole vaulter
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Libby's post pointed out that a transgender track and field athlete had taken first place at a Maine girls pole vault competition after the athlete competed as a boy just one year earlier.
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Jackson Thompson, Fox News, 21 Mar. 2025
Allen Cornwall has been a pole vault official for USA Track & Field (USATF) and Maine high schools for many years.
—Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 11 Mar. 2025
The state's Democrat majority voted to censure her for writing a social media post that identified a trans athlete who won a girls' state pole vault competition in February.
—Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 22 Apr. 2025
Aren’t there any girls’ high-school pole vaulting competitions coming up in Maine this weekend?
—Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 28 Mar. 2025
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Jackson Thompson, Fox News, 21 Mar. 2025
Allen Cornwall has been a pole vault official for USA Track & Field (USATF) and Maine high schools for many years.
—Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 11 Mar. 2025
The state's Democrat majority voted to censure her for writing a social media post that identified a trans athlete who won a girls' state pole vault competition in February.
—Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 22 Apr. 2025
Aren’t there any girls’ high-school pole vaulting competitions coming up in Maine this weekend?
—Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 28 Mar. 2025
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“Pole vault.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pole%20vault. Accessed 17 May. 2025.
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