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Thanks, grandevaulter! Lexi and Tori are exceptional athletes but they also strive relentlessly to improve their technique. I'm not in any hurry to see them go off to college but it will be fun to watch them continue to develop under Bryan Compton!

May 30, 2015
USATF Sanctioned Summer Kick-off Vault Meet
Arkansas Vault Club Indoor Training Center
Black Springs, AR

Results: http://www.arkansasvaultclub.org/#!summer-kickoff-results/c1rqx

May 23, 2015
USATF Sanctioned Gravity Cheater Vault Meet
Arkansas Vault Club Indoor Training Center
Black Springs, AR

Results: http://www.arkansasvaultclub.org/#!gravity-cheater-results/c1v5y

5/16/15 Arkansas Meet of Champions Russellville, AR Lexi Weeks jumped 14'02" on her first attempt to set a new meet record and state overall record yesterday in Russellville at the Meet of Champs. Tori Weeks finished 2nd with 13'06" and Nettleton sophomore, Rachel Milnes, PR'd to place 3rd...

5/07/15 Arkansas 7A State Championships Fayetteville, AR Lexi and Tori were tied at the meet record for about 5 minutes until Lexi made 14'00" on her first attempt to keep it for herself. Lexi held the record with 13'06.5" from last year. She was 4 for 4 with first attempt makes at 12'00&q...

The boys ran out of time with 8 total makes. In their defense, they only compete in the pole vault at meets and the girls do 6 events each. The boys went 3 for 3 each out of the gate and we're ahead of pace on time but ran out of gas. I think both of them realized that they just thought they were in...

Last night, I had a special training session with my top 2 girls and top 2 boys. At the end of a 90 minute session, we had a little competition between the girls and boys and it went like this... Girls: -Bungee at 12'00" (stretched tight) -run from 8 steps (4 lefts) -clear the bar clean 8 times...

This should be one of the first rules when you open the book: Any athlete that has never touched a pole vault pole will not be afforded the opportunity to do so, for the first time, in a meet. I know it would be hard to monitor this and justify automatic disqualification but it's a serious safety is...

Thanks, Wilson! I just love the kids and I love what I do. Not all of them will be great vaulters but we all have a great time trying to figure it out.

4/17/15 Lake Hamilton Invitational Pearcy, Arkansas Tori set a new outdoor PR, breaking the meet record set a year ago by her sister Lexi with a jump of 13'10". Results: http://www.directathletics.com/results/track/39683_2489695.html Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGZQRiohuE8

4/10/15 John McDonnell Invitational University of Arkansas Lexi got a new outdoor PR and took the sole lead in the national rankings with a vault of 14'01.25" at the John McDonnell Invite. She was on a 13'9" 20.8 (8.2) flex Altius Carbon Elite holding 13'6" from 12 steps. This ranks h...

Wow! That's a big team of pole vaulters! How did you get so many kids to try out? :confused: How many pits do you have? :confused: And how did you get 50% more girls than boys? :confused: Congratulations on organizing such a good group of athletes! Good luck! Kirk Pole vaulting is a big deal at my ...