New and exciting news about Pole Vault City
Nati Sheppard set a new personal best on Saturday, March 7th, at the Pine Crest Relays in Fort Lauderdale. Her new vault currently ranks her 3rd nationally outdoor. Nati will be competing on Sunday, March 15th, along with Nikki Carroll at the New Balance Indoor High School Championships. Other personal bests around the state included…
New limits on standard settings will be in effect for the 2013 track season. The National Federation of State High School Associations has moved the front end limit of the standards from 15.5″ back to 18″ in an effort to increase the safety of the pole vault. The rule states: “Changes the range for the position of the standards to 18 inches (45.7cm) measured beyond the…
Pole Vault City is proud to recognize the efforts of 9 athletes that will be continuing their pole vault careers at the next level as they head off to college for the 2012 – 2013 school year. These 10 athletes are Josh McDaniel,Winston Perry, Annie Harwig, Stephanie Cook, Kristin Petry, Grayson Mack, Shelton McLean, Marcus Blessing, Nico Shepherd, and Katie Moshchouris. Josh McDaniel will be travelling out of state…
Summer competitions often mean an opportunity to finish unfinished business from the regular season. This summer, athletes from Pole Vault City took advantage of the opportunity to travel and compete without pressure. The first meet of the summer took us to Orlando for the Golden South Classic Invitational. On the boys side, Josh McDaniel finished 4th, Shelton McLean finished…
“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did. So throw off the bowlines, sail away from the safe harbor, catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” is a quote from Mark Twain that best summarizes the first year in…
Clean performances by the Gale twins and Shelton McLean lead to one of the most memorable performances in Pole Vault City Clean performances by the Gale twins and Shelton McLean lead to one of the most memorable performances in Pole Vault City history. During the girls 1A competition on Friday, an unexpected result occured. The much awaited contest between Emily Gale…
There is a substantial differential between 10 feet 6 inches and 13 feet. 2 and a half feet for those non math majors reading this article. That’s how far Clayton Washburn raised his personal best in one meet. On Saturday, at the Brian Jaeger Invitational in Winter Park, everything came together for this rising star from Olympia High School in Orlando.…
Emily Gale is returning to her statechampionship form as she approaches the most important part of the year. Her 11’7″ victory at the Mirmar Invitational last weekend combined with a 12’1″ vault at the Mustang Invitational two weeks ago has earned her the title of Pole Vault City Athlete of the Week. With the Florida Relays and the Statetournament rapidly approaching, Emily has chosen the right time of…
Tyler Cone set three new personal bests at the Chandler Rotary Invitational meet in Arizona to earn the title of Pole Vault City Athlete of theWeek. His new PR of 14′ eclipses his previous best of 13′ by 12 inches clearing 13’6″, 13’9″ and finally 14′. Breakthroughs of this magnitude are few and far between and usually happen after a full slate of off…
Shelton McLean has come a long way since I first met him back in 2007 at a camp at St. Thomas Aquinas in Ft. Lauderdale. After vaulting 8′ at the camp he never gave up on being a great vaulter. Even as a backup to Mikey Vani and then behind Sam Adams, this wirey, spunk-laden youth from Merritt…
