Sacramento Bee (Free subscription) | 09/10/2009
Former world and Olympic champion Stacy Dragila ended her 14-year pole-vaulting career with a second-place finish at the DecaNation athletics meet in Paris on Wednesday. Dragila, 38, a graduate of Placer High School, won gold at the 2000 Sydney Olympics, the first Games in which women competed in the pole vault. She is a two-time world champion. "It was great to be a pioneer in this sport,"...
The Age (Free subscription) | 09/10/2009
Former World and Olympic champion Stacy Dragila ended her 14-year pole vaulting career with a second-place finish at the DecaNation athletics meet on Wednesday.
Sacramento Bee (Free subscription) | 09/09/2009
Stacy Dragila pole vaults during day 4 of the USA Track and Field National Championships on June 28 at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon. The Auburn native retired Wednesday after a 14-year career. PARIS -- Former World and Olympic champion Stacy Dragila has ended her 14-year pole vaulting career with a second-place finish at the DecaNation track and field meet. The 38-year-old Placer High School graduate...
Sacramento Bee (Free subscription) | 08/14/2009
Stephanie Brown Trafton didn't sound satisfied, although that Olympic gold medal from Beijing last August was a nice validation of where she ranks among the world's female discus throwers. Her challenge now is staying at the top. So she's hoping to step into the ring and deliver another magical performance in the IAAF World Outdoor Championships, which begin a nine-day run Saturday in Berlin. Trafton,...
Sacramento Bee (Free subscription) | 03/29/2009
Stacy Dragila For Stacy Dragila and Amy Acuff, it's time to savor one last outdoor track and field season, say goodbye and cherish the memories. And there are plenty. Dragila, the former goat-roper from Placer High School in Auburn, won the first Olympic gold medal in the women's pole vault in 2000, earned two outdoor and one indoor world championships, claimed 17 national titles – nine outdoors...
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