Adele San Miguel

Olympic Coach Jim Bemiller to Lead Clinic at Pole Vault Carolina

June 21, 2016

Mr. James Bemiller teaches undergraduate and graduate level courses in sport law and sport governance in Sport Management at The University of Tennessee. His primary legal research interests include negligence and risk management is sport settings, gender equity, and constitutional issues in sport. He has also presented and published regarding the development of elite athletes. He earned his B.S. Ed. from Miami University in 1985, and M.S. Ed (1987) and Jurisprudence Doctorate (1993) from The University of Tennessee. He also…

Pole Vault Carolina Seniors: Carter Mathis

June 9, 2016

Adele San Miguel

For the past 3 years, it has been our privilege to coach recent Cary Academy graduate, Carter Mathis. Extremely athletic, Carter had already met with success in wrestling, basketball, and soccer before attempting track and field as a high school freshman. Carter’s overall challenge was to master pole vault technique and to trust himself. He persevered through the ups and downs of a vaulter’s career, and this past season qualified for New Balance Nationals. Carter competed in New York in…

Diamara Planell, The Pride of Puerto Rico

June 4, 2016

Adele San Miguel

Published in Vaulter magazine, June 1, 2016 by Adele Correale San Miguel When Diamara Planell Cruz vaulted the Olympic A standard on April 16, 2016, a small commonwealth in the Caribbean rejoiced. After clearing 4.5 meters at the Mt. Sac Relays in California, Diamara (dee-ah-mar-a) became the 18th athlete to join the delegation from her native Puerto Rico, and the first woman to compete in the pole vault for the island in the Olympic Games. A 4-time All American, Diamara will graduate…

Pole Vault Carolina Athletes in the Outdoor Track and Field Championships

May 23, 2016

Adele San Miguel

Seventeen of our vaulters competed this past weekend at the NCHSAA and NCISAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships. 70% of these athletes went from zero pole vaulting to the state meet in less than 12 months! There were 5 PR’s (including one of a whopping 18″), 4 tied PR’s, 4 misses at their PR’s, and two 2nd place finishers. We are very proud of our vaulters and excited for their sense of accomplishment! Boys – NCHSAA 4A Matt Dillon – Broughton…

Pole Vault Carolina Invitational Results

May 9, 2016

Adele San Miguel

Women’s Pole Vault 1 Chloe Franks Enloe 11-0 2 Skyler Noble East Chapel Hill 9-7 3 Elise Hall Leesville …

The Quest of April Steiner Bennett

April 2, 2016

Adele San Miguel

by Adele Correale San Miguel Published in Vaulter Magazine, April 1, 2016 “Hold fast to dreamsfor if dreams die,life is a broken-winged birdthat cannot fly.”Langston Hughes In the summer of 1992, April Steiner Bennett was a pony-tailed 12 year-old, sitting on a couch in her family’s middle class home in Mesa, AZ, when the Olympic spark kindled the flame that became her life’s work. Carl Lewis, then 31, was leaping into gold medal position with an 8.68 meter long jump…

Personal Records

March 22, 2016

Adele San Miguel

Since December 2015, our athletes have had outstanding PR increases and generated great results for themselves and their schools: Carter Mathis – SR Cary Academy 14-9 – Improvement 12″Trevor Justice – JR Jordan 13-7 – Improvement 27″Matt Dillon – SR Broughton 13-6 – Improvement 24″Caleb Wright – JR Jordan 12-0 – Improvement 21″Eddie Sanders – SO Cary Academy 10-0 – Improvement 12″Tommy Keech – FR Wakefield 9-0 – Improvement 24″Matt Lang – FR Ravenscroft 9-0 – Improvement 24″Chloe Franks –…

A Pole Vault Carolina Guarantee

February 21, 2016

Adele San Miguel

Do you really want it? For Outdoor Season 2016, we offer the following: Any athletes who train at Pole Vault Carolina 3 days a week for the next 90 days, are guaranteed to: Reach the NCHSAA regional qualifier or Reach the NCISAA state championships or If they have already met the qualifying mark, jump 1 foot higher We are so confident in our systematic trainingapproach and our ability to develop young vaulters, that if the athlete does not improve to…

Pole Vault Carolina Represents at the NCHSAA State Meet

February 15, 2016

Adele San Miguel

The second weekend in February marks the finale of the high school indoor season with a state meet at JDL Fast Track in Winston-Salem. Pole Vault Carolina athletes represented themselves, their schools, and their club, with strong showings. East Chapel Hill freshman Skyler Noble cleared 9’6”, a 6” PR, that ties the school record. Skyler is ranked first among freshman girls in the state. Enloe senior Chloe Franks jumped 10’, a 12” PR that soundly beats the school record. Chloe is…

Pole Vault Carolina Featured in Vaulter Magazine!

January 1, 2016

Adele San Miguel

Becoming More Through Sport by Adele Correale San Miguel Published in Vaulter Magazine on January 1, 2016. Pole Vault Carolina began 6 years ago at the insistence of a steadfast parent. Richard Booth needed a coach for his son, then a junior at Needham Broughton High School in Raleigh, North Carolina. Richard sought out Jose R. San Miguel, who was assisting with track and field practice at another local high school. But Jose had a day job and only attended practice to…

Olympic Coach Jim Bemiller to Lead Clinic at Pole Vault Carolina

Pole Vault Carolina Seniors: Carter Mathis

Diamara Planell, The Pride of Puerto Rico

Pole Vault Carolina Athletes in the Outdoor Track and Field Championships

Pole Vault Carolina Invitational Results

The Quest of April Steiner Bennett

Personal Records

A Pole Vault Carolina Guarantee

Pole Vault Carolina Represents at the NCHSAA State Meet

Pole Vault Carolina Featured in Vaulter Magazine!

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