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Pole Vault Carolina is Enhancing Pole Vaulting in North Carolina!

January 15, 2017

by Jason Creasy, MileSplitNC Jan. 11, 2017 This season is the second year that competitions at Pole Vault Carolina (located in Durham, North Carolina) can qualify you for the NCHSAA State Championships, and many vaulters in North Carolina are taking advantage of that, and the excellent training facilities that Pole Vault Carolina has to offer. Aside from offering many Pole Vault meets throughout the season, Coach Jose San Miguel offers training clinics ranging from beginner’s clinics, to major clinics that…

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…

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 –…

The Race of His Life

July 12, 2014

Adele San Miguel

Sometimes, I predict the future. While attending the Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships in Mexico last week, I met Julius Rivera, a sprinter who lives in PA but who represents Puerto Rico. Julius’ father used to hurdle at the University of Puerto Rico. Julius was there to run the 100 and 200 meter races. He admitted that he intended to scratch the 200. I challenged Julius to reconsider his position. What if you false start in the 100 mm? What…

It’s Go Time

April 18, 2014

Adele San Miguel

We strap the pole bag to the top of the truck with bungees, double check the tape, sticky spray, spikes, jersey, water, snacks, gas money, ear phones and protein bars. Poles for long approach, short approach, and the pole our athletes dream of grabbing after they have surmounted their personal record. It’s go time. Time for the long rides and the opportunity to witness our athletes try once again to push themselves against a higher bar. It’s time to show…

World’s Fastest Human: A Coach, A Son, A Company

March 18, 2014

Adele San Miguel

My first exposure to track and field came during the 1979 Pan American Games in Puerto Rico. I witnessed greatness from athletes and coaches even though I had no real comprehension of the magnitude of their feats. It was then that I decided track was going to be my future. Among those whom I saw were Renaldo the hurdler, Carl the long jumper, Willie and Joao the triple jumpers, and Juan the 400/800 runner. Also, I met a coach named Wilbur.…

Purple-Haired Pole Vault Coach

January 30, 2014

Adele San Miguel

When Megan Comstock first started vaulting, she began like all beginners, jumping about 6′. Early on, during a frustrating practice when she did not believe she would ever improve, Coach Jose bet she would clear 8′ by the end of her freshman season. And if she did, he would dye his hair purple, a nod to Megan who has a purple streak on the under side of her brown ponytail. Megan jumped 8’7″ as a freshman, and 11’3″ as a sophomore,…

Safety in Pole Vault

January 22, 2014

Adele San Miguel

In a sport that defies gravity, and is performed on equipment that deteriorates in weather, safety is a high priority. While dangers lurk for those running on the track, they are amplified for the daring few who feel a higher calling. A vocal advocate for pole vault safety, Coach Jose San Miguel recently trained the coaches at the North Carolina Track & Cross Country Coaches Conference. With an in-depth curricula, Jose instructed high school coaches from North Carolina and Virginia on starting a new…

What Follows Breakdown?

December 18, 2013

Adele San Miguel

She used to play left bench in basketball. Fiercely independent, she wanted her own sport, and we let her choose. Then a pole vault pit turned up in the side yard, the runway beneath her bedroom window. Vaulters started coming to the house for practice, and invited her to jump with them. She picked up a pole. Turns out those long legs are good for something other than playing post. They are powerful propellers of speed and launch, and in…

Pole Vault Carolina is Enhancing Pole Vaulting in North Carolina!

Diamara Planell, The Pride of Puerto Rico

Pole Vault Carolina Athletes in the Outdoor Track and Field Championships

Personal Records

The Race of His Life

It’s Go Time

World’s Fastest Human: A Coach, A Son, A Company

Purple-Haired Pole Vault Coach

Safety in Pole Vault

What Follows Breakdown?

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