Recent Chapel Hill graduate, Dillon Kopec, has consistently impressed us with his ‘no excuses’ mentality to competition. Dillon is the strong, silent type and an extremely coachable athlete. This last year, Dillon saved his best for last, jumping at his PR all season, and improving it in the final meet. Dillon will vault on the Roanoke College track team next year. We send him on his way with every confidence in his success!
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…
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…
