Laney Babo, a sophomore at Northwoods High School, is the winner of the NCHSAA 2A Outdoor State Championships! Laney has many big jumps ahead of her and we look forward to what she accomplishes! #polevaultcarolina #NCHSAA #NCHSAAOutdoorStateChampionships #northwoodshighschool #trackandfield #polevault #
We would like to congratulate all our athletes who competed at the 2022 NCHSAA Indoor State Championships! Maddie Davies took first place in the girls 4A contest with a jump of 12′! This is Maddie’s second first place finish as she won the NCHSAA Outdoor Championships in June 2021! 1st place: Maddie Davies 4A2nd place: Alyssa Cooley 3A; Jack Daffron 3A3rd place: Bailey Tart 4A; Noah Rhodes 4A4th place: Summer Laskey 4A; Colin Johnson 1-2A; McKenna Panos 3A5th place: Mason…
Pole Vault Carolina is excited to announce a Pole Vault Clinic with 2 Time Olympic Medal Coach Jim Bemiller on Saturday June 8, 2019, from 9:30 am – 4:30 pm! A meet, The Pole Vault Carolina Jim Bemiller Invitational will immediately follow. Spend the day with an Olympic coach and improve your vault! Early Bird Pricing is $85 through April 18, 2019. The price will increase to $100 on April 19, 2019. This clinic will take place at Pole Vault Carolina in…
What a day we had! Spending the day with Bob Phillips! A huge thank you to Bob Phillips for spending the day teaching us at the club! We learned, we drilled, we jumped, and received personalized feedback on every move we made. It was an inspiring start to the upcoming season. Together we will make it a great one!
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…
The 2016-17 indoor season for pole vault is underway and there are several opportunities to compete this December at Pole Vault Carolina. We invite you to take advantage of our indoor facility located in the heart of Raleigh-Durham, and maximize your athletes’ performances. These invitationals are open to athletes of all levels and ages, including elementary school, middle school, high school, unattached collegiate, open, and masters. The NCHSAA has officially sanctioned all invitationals hosted at Pole Vault Carolina’s indoor facility. …
When Matt Dillon started vaulting with us in the spring of his junior year, he had never pushed his athletic limits. When he returned as a senior from Needham-Broughton High School, we knew Matt would make the New Balance Nationals qualifying height, because when Matt is on, he is on. He improved 37.5” between November and May. Our favorite Matt story took place at the 2016 NCHSAA 4A Outdoor State Championships. Matt shocked only himself when he placed 2nd at the…
Recent Enloe graduate Chloe Franks joined Pole Vault Carolina in the early part of 2016, and wowed us with her physical conditioning and focus. A former level 10 gymnast, Chloe hoped to make the indoor state qualifying mark in the pole vault, with a week left to make it happen. After some intense days of training, Chloe jumped the height and has continued her upward climb. In the last meet of her high school season, Chloe enjoyed another breakthrough, clearing a…
Interesting article on why Usain Bolt, the Jamaican sprinter who is the fastest person ever timed, never runs a mile. There are significant differences in sprint running and distance running that require two different methods of training. Short distance runs focus on bursts and quickness out of the gate; longer distances require more patience and focus on controlling speed and energy over a longer period of time. The top pole vaulters, be they in high school, college, or professional, DO…
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…
