Pole vault training North Carolina

There is a New Issue of TAKEOFF Magazine!

In the summer of 2021, Team USA decathlete, Harrison Williams, limped out of the Olympic Trials at the University of Oregon injured, wearing an orthopedic walking boot, in a crushing 4th place. Surgery three months later brought training to a halt. Fast forward to the 2023 USATF Outdoor Championships, and Harrison was back at Hayward Field with two things at stake: earn one of three spots on Team USA to compete in the decathlon at the World Championships, and prove…

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Julianna Hallyburton – TISAC Conference Champion!

JULIANNA HALLYBURTON won it ALL at the TISAC* championships! On day one, Julianna broke the conference record by 14 inches, and jumped a new personal best of 11’8″! On day two, she and her relay teammates in the 4X100 and 4X200 won their events and the Durham Academy girls are the conference champions! Julianna was featured in the December issue of TAKEOFF Magazine. To read more about her quiet determination, follow this link to her story! *TISAC stands for Triangle Independent…

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The Pole Vault Carolina Challenge!

The Pole Vault Carolina Challenge is a series of 3 meets. Competing athletes have been grouped into 4 teams of athletes across experience levels.  Beginning with The Pole Vault Carolina TAKEOFF Magazine Invitational  on Friday Jan. 29 and ending with The Pole Vault Carolina Indoor Championships on February 26, athletes will compete in the team format.  Here are the details:Each team will select a team captain.  Among themselves, each team must come up with a team name, coordinate what they…

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Makes and Misses

This installment of Makes and Misses was written by Jose R. San Miguel, and originally published in The TAKEOFF Magazine, December 2020. In March 2020, the world as we knew it came to a grinding halt.   No more school; gatherings with friends; no sports or New Balance Nationals; not even the Olympic Games.   But what happened to athletic dreams during the shutdown? For some, track careers ended before they realized they had taken their last jump.  Opportunities to earn…

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Megan Clark: On Her Way Up

byAdele San Miguel This article was published in Vaulter Magazine on October 1, 2020. Earlier this year, when the world held a sense of vibrant possibility, Megan Clark made a comeback. At last injury free, Megan accomplished her best indoor season yet. She earned silver at the Millrose Games with a 4.40 meter jump. Two weeks later, she qualified for her second Olympic Trials by powering over 4.60 meters at the Toyota USATF Indoor Championships. Then the country shut down…

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October At Home Workouts!

The first meet is 4 weeks away! Paying diligent attention to your At Home Workouts, will help you set a new personal best early in the season! Stretching – 10 minutes Leg raises hanging from pull up bars – 2 sets of 20 Pull Ups – 2 sets of 15 Swing ups on pull up bar – 3 sets of 10 Plank on elbows – 2 minutes Plank push up position, 1/2 way down – 2 minutes One legged plank…

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Dillon Kopec

Pole Vault Carolina Senior Dillon Kopec

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!

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