In April 2012, James Dove (Princeton High, IL, Class of 2012, cleared a personal best of 14’6″ during his last high school meet. Much has changed in his life since then. He now lives in NC, is a full time student at Durham Tech Community College, works at Papa John’s Pizza, and has been training with Pole Vault Carolina since July. In his first meet in 18 months, James cleared a new personal best of 14’9″, and almost cleared 15’3″!…
Read about the NCAA ruling on the vault box collar which improves safety for pole vaulters. The deadline to comply is Dec. 1, 2013 for colleges and universities, and the start of the 2014-2015 season for high schools.
Pole vault super star Brad Walker recently visited Pole Vault Carolina and taught these two how to get upside down. He led the young athletes in drills and pole carries. Brad gave as much attention to State Champ Ian West… as he did to our youngest vaulter, Antonio, age 6. He gave every athlete valuable feedback… and he stayed late in the freezing cold so these guys will have their best shot at a great season. Brad posed for photos,…
In June 2013, Vaulter Magazine did a story on Pole Vault Carolina athlete Jose San Miguel. Read it here.
Highlights of the Athletes we have coached since 2010…____________________________________________________International Championships2014 Sofia San Miguel – CAC Juniors – PV 4th Place2012 Jose San Miguel – CAC Juniors – PV 3rd Place____________________________________________________New Balance Nationals2017 Brett Parks – PV Outdoors 6th Place2017 Elise Hall – PV Indoors and Outdoors2017 Will Stupalski – PV and TJ Indoors and Outdoors2016 Matt Dillon – PV Outdoors2016 Carter Mathis – PV Indoors and Outdoors2015 Sofia San Miguel – PV Indoors2013 Jose San Miguel – PV Outdoors2013 Cody…
A couple of years ago, Coach Jose made a promise to a high school hurdler who had a dream of competing in college. He was not recruited, and attended community college his first year. Coach promised he would attend a college meet of his, believing the young man would be picked up by a school. Last week, Coach Jose had the opportunity to see Kenley compete for Appalachian State University. Coach is proud to know the journey that took Kenley…
Congratulations to Pole Vault Carolina athlete Carter Mathis (Cary Academy ’16) for scoring 4,158 points in his first ever decathlon! With that score Carter is the #4 Freshman in the USA! (USA Milesplit.)
Sofia San Miguel Appalachian State University Kreager Tabor Middlebury College Garrett Anderson Bates College Megan Comstock Davidson College Harrison Booth UNC Wilmington Class of 2015 Pole Vault Jose San Miguel High Point University Class of 2017 Pole Vault Cody Sterrett Appalachian State University Class of 2017 Pole Vault Kenley Joseph Appalachian State University Class of 2015 55 hurdles/400 hurdles/4 X 4
Pole Vault – High School Boys Top 5 Harrison Booth 14-9 2012 Jose San Miguel 14-7.5 2013 Ryan Czejkowski 13-6 2010 Cody Sterrett 13-0 2013 Carter Mathis 12-0 2013 Pole Vault – High School Girls Top 5 Megan Comstock 11-3 2012 Sofia San Miguel 9-7.5 2013 Allyson Bailey 9-6 2012 Carly Matthews 8-6 2011 Abbey Morrisey 8-6 2011 High School Pole Vault Boys Records Senior Harrison Booth 14-9 2012 Junior Jose San Miguel 14-3 2012 Soph …
