
Search found 7 matches
- Thu Jun 23, 2011 1:42 pm
- Forum: Pole Vault - Training
- Topic: Elite Training
- Replies: 4
- Views: 8365
Re: Elite Training
Oh man kcvault, you are just too smart
I didn't even think of that! You need crazy speed for both.

- Wed Jun 22, 2011 5:06 pm
- Forum: Pole Vault - Training
- Topic: Elite Training
- Replies: 4
- Views: 8365
Re: Elite Training
Charlie Simpkins the triple jumper? This is a pole vault forum...
- Mon May 23, 2011 12:18 am
- Forum: Pole Vault - College
- Topic: Height needed for scholarship?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 47990
Re: Height needed for scholarship?
To even be eligible to compete in college sports your freshman year in a DI or DII you need to register with the NCAA Clearinghouse. This makes sure you are academically eligible and they also check your amateur status. If you don't register colleges won't even look at you.
- Sun May 08, 2011 3:52 pm
- Forum: Pole Vault - General
- Topic: The Wait is the hardest part
- Replies: 2
- Views: 7062
The Wait is the hardest part
Like Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers say "The wait is the hardest part." I am a high school vaulter and am in a league with only a few vaulters. This makes it so at dual meets I am either the only female vaulter or I am up against one other girl. The whole event lasts maybe 15 minutes. The...
- Fri Apr 29, 2011 8:03 pm
- Forum: Pole Vault Safety
- Topic: High School Vaulting in the Rain
- Replies: 24
- Views: 44367
Re: High School Vaulting in the Rain
I am a Washington vaulter as well and this season seems to be particularly wet. Because of all this rain I have seen maybe kids sliding down their pole. Worse even, a team mate of mine slipped on the runway and brake his ankle. Personally when ever it is raining I don't have a good competition. I ge...
- Wed Aug 11, 2010 5:16 pm
- Forum: Pole Vault - Training
- Topic: Not so high high bar
- Replies: 9
- Views: 8239
Not so high high bar
When I was little I was a gymnast and had a high bar build in my back yard. Now a retired gymnast and aspiring pole vaulter the high bar in my back yard is a little low. There is no way for me to raise it and while hanging on my bar with bend knees I am about 2 inches off the ground. I was wondering...
- Tue Aug 10, 2010 6:49 pm
- Forum: General Track and Field
- Topic: Gay running again
- Replies: 1
- Views: 6295
Re: Gay running again
Such an amazing race! Go Tyson Gay!