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Exchange Year

Unread postby marcia » Thu Feb 08, 2007 12:49 pm

Hey !! I hope somebody can help me ! I'm from Germany and I want to spend the next year as an exchange student in the usa. Unfortunately not all high schools offer pole vault and that's why I am looking for a high school that would accept me as an exchange student and gives me the opportunity to practice pole vault. By the way, my PB is 11'5 .
I hope anybody can help me.

thanks, marcia
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Unread postby rainbowgirl28 » Thu Feb 08, 2007 1:01 pm

The US is a super big country and this is a really vague request.

Have you at least narrowed down what part of the US you would like to be an exchange student in?

I believe there is a German guy vaulter who is an exchange student in California. That is a good part of the country for pole vaulting.
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Unread postby THSVaulter » Thu Feb 08, 2007 1:15 pm

You can always come to texas
south texas has great education
just got to find a school to take you in
but most schools in texas have pole vaulting
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Unread postby vaultman18 » Thu Feb 08, 2007 1:36 pm

I need a guy vaulter PM me and I will give you our school info. We are tops for education our vault program is pretty good too.
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Unread postby invert07 » Thu Feb 08, 2007 3:33 pm

yea come to texas and vault that is the best place in the US
sic 'em!!

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Unread postby theczar » Thu Feb 08, 2007 5:19 pm

we hand a german foreign exchange student who vaulted at my high school for a while. She was pretty good too!

My high school was O'Fallon Township High School in O'fallon, Illinois. One of the best academic High Schools in the nation (top 25, if I remeber correctly).
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Unread postby polevaulter08nw » Thu Feb 08, 2007 8:11 pm

vaultman18 wrote:I need a guy vaulter PM me and I will give you our school info. We are tops for education our vault program is pretty good too.


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Unread postby multicard18 » Thu Feb 08, 2007 11:43 pm

Russiaville, Indiana (just west of Kokomo, Indiana) at Western High School. Great coach in Bill Burkholder, he vaulted at Purdue University and really knows his stuff. Good competion around the area too.
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Unread postby multicard18 » Thu Feb 08, 2007 11:44 pm

Russiaville, Indiana (just west of Kokomo, Indiana) at Western High School. Great coach in Bill Burkholder, he vaulted at Purdue University and really knows his stuff. Good competion around the area too.
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Unread postby vaultman18 » Thu Feb 08, 2007 11:49 pm

i can second this


thanks Scott
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Unread postby Vault Chick » Fri Feb 09, 2007 12:53 am

Hey Marcia!!!

We had an exchange student come to our school from France. He came and vaulted for us, having never tried it in his life, and was jumping 11'6" his first track season! You should definetely consider coming to our school! It would be great! We are located about an hour east of San Francisco in California. It is a city called Brentwood. Hope to hear from you! Don't be hesitant in shooting me an email if you are interested.
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