How to Use vaulter in a Sentence

vaulter

noun
  • Even two boys pole vaulters finished in first and third place at state track and field.
    — Lia Assimakopoulos, Dallas News, 7 June 2023
  • They are getting cheered on by their peers and other pole vaulters.
    — John Sharp | [email protected], al, 15 July 2023
  • Kern is just the seventh area vaulter to clear the 16-foot mark.
    — Buddy Collings, orlandosentinel.com, 4 May 2021
  • Life couldn’t have been much better for the best pole-vaulter ever.
    — Ben Cohen, WSJ, 10 June 2021
  • The block Aly Raisman had a front-row seat to the world’s best vaulters.
    — Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 24 July 2024
  • Now the school whose vaulter was displaced from the podium is trying to get a medal for that girl.
    — David Woods, The Indianapolis Star, 14 June 2021
  • Moran, 19, was a freshman pole vaulter for the women's track and field team at the school.
    — Raven Brunner, PEOPLE, 31 May 2026
  • Malachi Clark, a 13-foot vaulter who qualified for state last year.
    — David Woods, Indianapolis Star, 3 June 2020
  • Duplantis is a right-handed vaulter, so that hand grips the top of the pole, palm facing the sky.
    — Liam Tharme, The Athletic, 4 Aug. 2024
  • Lawrence is strong on the high bar and rings, while Collins is an excellent tumbler and vaulter.
    — Jon J. Kerr, chicagotribune.com, 5 May 2018
  • Pole vaulter Blaise Black made the podium in third place at 16-3½.
    — Seattle Times Staff, The Seattle Times, 13 May 2017
  • It’s created a pole vaulter who has the science and art down, the precision and feel.
    — Marcus Thompson Ii, The Athletic, 5 Aug. 2024
  • Shot putters and pole vaulters take center stage in New Zealand.
    — Ken Goe, OregonLive.com, 20 Mar. 2018
  • Washington vaulter Tori Franzen still is looking to raise the bar.
    — OregonLive.com, 13 Apr. 2018
  • To be fair, Duplantis isn’t just the best pole vaulter in Sweden.
    — Sean Gregory, TIME, 31 July 2024
  • The vaulter jumps high into the air and pulls himself into a handstand as the pole starts to straighten.
    — Popular Mechanics Editors, Popular Mechanics, 25 July 2021
  • Duplantis and Richards are the only men’s pole vaulters with two Olympic golds in the event.
    — Marcus Thompson Ii, The Athletic, 5 Aug. 2024
  • This year's event brings in three Olympic pole vaulters, the American record holder and more.
    — Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal, 26 June 2017
  • Baker and pole vaulter Sam Kendricks are repeat winners in Rome.
    — OregonLive.com, 1 June 2018
  • As the top pole vaulter in the county, Rosenberg got better as the season progressed.
    — Jacob Calvin Meyer, baltimoresun.com, 21 July 2021
  • Carmel pole vaulter Tristan Barr cleared 12-3, two inches off her state best.
    — David Woods, The Indianapolis Star, 19 May 2021
  • The positive test that knocked pole vaulter Sam Kendricks out of the Olympics rattled him.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 4 Aug. 2021
  • Pole vaulter Tiber Seireeni went 16 feet, 2 inches, the second-best mark in the state.
    — Eric Sondheimer, latimes.com, 4 May 2018
  • Pole vaulter Laina Lillge drenched Pearce with an ice bath, a fitting end to a steamy weekend of track and field.
    — The Indianapolis Star, 4 June 2023
  • On one screen, a Swedish pole vaulter soared up and over the bar, beating the American and claiming gold.
    — Fred Bahnson, Harper’s Magazine , 20 July 2022
  • Pole vaulter Sandi Morris on the fine line between your body to the limit and staying healthy.
    — Ken Goe, OregonLive.com, 23 Apr. 2018
  • Nyers used it to place fifth in the 1952 state meet, and was an all-conference pole vaulter in college.
    — Gregg Doyel, Indianapolis Star, 7 Jan. 2020
  • The real pole vaulter couldn’t dream of attending a college like USC.
    — Washington Post, 21 Aug. 2020
  • Pole vaulter Nathan Stone of Lawrence North cleared 15-6 to break the old mark by a half-inch.
    — Lewis Bagley, Indianapolis Star, 9 May 2018
  • The Keller vaulters and a competitor from Tyler Lee will be pushing for the title, too, though.
    — Randy Sachs, star-telegram, 26 Apr. 2018

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