06.08.2022 Sports Boys Track and Field: After two-year hiatus, Gambino returned to pole vault Returning to pole vault after a two-year hiatus isn’t exactly like riding a bike. No, it’s a little more involved than that. Just ask someone who did it. “I...
12.28.2014 Sports No. 5 Sports Story of the Year: Villa soars to record heights During the 2012-13 school year, Riverhead boasted three of the top pole vaulters in Suffolk County. This past year, after two of those pole vaulters graduated, that distinction was...
06.05.2014 Sports How to pole vault like Villa, Riverhead’s champ When USA Today ran a series in 2005 on the 10 hardest things to do in sports, pole vaulting ranked third. In Riverhead, Charles Villa routinely makes it look...
02.12.2014 Sports Riverhead’s Villa vaults into state championship All it took was three vaults to send Charles Villa to the state championship. Riverhead’s star pole vaulter — whose top height this season is nearly two feet higher...
01.04.2014 Sports Track & Field: Riverhead pole vaulter nears school record Riverhead junior Charles Villa narrowly missed equaling a school record this afternoon by clearing 15 feet 3 inches in the pole vault at the prestigious Hispanic Games at The...
12.27.2013 Sports No. 6 Top Sports Story: Blue Waves pole vaulters For a track and field team to have one elite pole vaulter is a luxury. To have two? Even better. But three? That’s just hard to imagine. But in...
06.16.2013 Sports Track & Field: Locals compete at Nationals It’s been a record-setting year for Riverhead senior Dan Normoyle in the pole vault. From the winter track season straight through the spring season, Normoyle and his Blue Wave...
05.23.2013 Sports Riverhead pole vaulters clear record heights DIVISION CHAMPIONSHIPS At 7:13 p.m. Thursday night — the majority of events at the track and field division championships already completed — Riverhead senior Dan Normoyle sprinted down the...