...the competition after failing to clear a height in Friday's preliminaries, Lawrence Johnson won at 19-5 1/2 and Nick Hysong was second at 18-9 1/2. There was a three-way tie for third between Derek Miles, Pat Manson and Tye Harvey...

...Pole Vault Qualifying Group 1 5, Lawrence Johnson, Chesapeake, Va., (5.65), 18-6 1-2 (Q). Group 2 1, Nick Hysong, Phoenix, (5.70), 18-8 1-4 (Q). 14, Chad Harting, Jonesboro, Ark., (5.40), 17-8 1-2. Decathlon...

...survive jump-offs to earn their spots on the Olympic team. After Lawrence Johnson (19 feet 1 1/2 inches) and Nick Hysong (18-9 1/4) clinched the first two pole-vault berths, Harting had to outlast Derek Miles and Pat Manson in the...

...doctor, and had heavy strapping on my thigh. Others who didn't match their Olympic success were American pole vaulter Nick Hysong, second to German Tim Lobinger; Russia's Sergey Klyugin, fifth in the high jump, where countryman Vyacheslav Voronin...

...Lawrence Johnson won at 19-2 1/4, then missed three times at an American record 19-10 1/4. Olympic gold medalist Nick Hysong placed third to qualify for the world meet. A surprise in the event came when American record holder Jeff Hartwig no-heighted...

...079 points, and Deena Drossin was 11th in the 10,000 with a time of 32 minutes, 18.65 seconds. Timothy Mack and Nick Hysong of the U.S. cleared 18 feet 8 1/4 inches to advance to the men's pole vault final. The third U.S. entrant...

...Olympics by winning the 110-meter hurdles in 13.04 seconds, the world's fastest time this year. Pole vaulter Nick Hysong didn't equal his Sydney gold-medal finish but won bronze before a crowd of 33,140 at Commonwealth Stadium. And...