this is really bugging me

AVC Coach · Unread postby **AVC Coach** » Thu Dec 01, 2005 9:24 pm

Sounds like you're in a tough environment for vaulters......No poles, no pit. The important thing is that you obviously love the sport. Maybe you can find a high school nearby to train. Watching some videos and reading some books on the vault can help you improve. Good luck with your endeavors!

PVMD2B · Unread postby **PVMD2B** » Sat Dec 03, 2005 2:55 pm

Hey MillerTime...

The depth of smaller schools / divisions in college may not be as deep,
but that does not say anything about the quality at the top.

NCAA Division III around 2000 (01, 02)...

Jeremy Scott jumped well over 18 feet ...
and I jumped 12' 11.5"...

Both of those at the time were pushing good D-1 heights.
You don't HAVE to be at a D-1 Pole Vault strong school to jump well!

Go to school where you will be happy... not only
the place where you think you could jump high!
Good Luck!

MillerTime · Unread postby **MillerTime** » Sat Dec 03, 2005 6:03 pm

PVMD2B wrote:Hey MillerTime...

The depth of smaller schools / divisions in college may not be as deep,
but that does not say anything about the quality at the top.

NCAA Division III around 2000 (01, 02)...

Jeremy Scott jumped well over 18 feet ...
and I jumped 12' 11.5"...

Both of those at the time were pushing good D-1 heights.
You don't HAVE to be at a D-1 Pole Vault strong school to jump well!

Go to school where you will be happy... not only
the place where you think you could jump high!
Good Luck!

yeah i agree, i know theres good jumpers everywhere, i just wanted to see if i was reading that article right. i just couldnt imagine any division's national championship being won at 13'4 in any level. especially college. i mean its not like NJCAA D3 is a small division, theres 3 NJCAA D3 schools within 20 miles of where i live. and it happend 6 months ago! i dont believe mens nationals was won at 13'4, there has to be somethin wrong there, thats too good to be true.

SKOT · Unread postby **SKOT** » Sat Dec 03, 2005 6:12 pm

go win a national championship then! its yours for the taking! good luck, thats something you can never have enough of when you are vaulting!

VaultMarq26 · Unread postby **VaultMarq26** » Sat Dec 03, 2005 6:54 pm

how many DIII junior colleges are there....i never even knew that junior colleges had divisions...and i keep up on alot of college vaulting heights

Unread postby **rainbowgirl28** » Mon Dec 05, 2005 10:06 am

VaultMarq26 wrote:how many DIII junior colleges are there....i never even knew that junior colleges had divisions...and i keep up on alot of college vaulting heights

JC divisions are pretty crazy. I don't even understand how they work.

There's no real national JC meet. I think there are at least 5 or 6 JC asociations. NJCAA (which I guess has 3 divisions?), NWACC (or something like that), whatever the California ones are called...

VaultMarq26 · Unread postby **VaultMarq26** » Mon Dec 05, 2005 10:45 am

i did a little research.....NJCAA Division 3 has only 27 schools in it......that would help account for the ease of qualification

MillerTime · Unread postby **MillerTime** » Mon Dec 05, 2005 9:51 pm

VaultMarq26 wrote:i did a little research.....NJCAA Division 3 has only 27 schools in it......that would help account for the ease of qualification

ah maybe its only like new england of somethin, most of the schools i saw were in PA, MD, and NY. i still think its crazy that nats was won at 13'4, theres no way thats happening when im vaulting. i dont mean im gonna raise that bar, i mean i have shitty luck and i bet theres gonna be a bunch of kick a** freshman commin in. :eek:

MillerTime · Unread postby **MillerTime** » Sun Mar 26, 2006 12:12 am

MillerTime wrote:
VaultMarq26 wrote:i did a little research.....NJCAA Division 3 has only 27 schools in it......that would help account for the ease of qualification
ah maybe its only like new england of somethin, most of the schools i saw were in PA, MD, and NY. i still think its crazy that nats was won at 13'4, theres no way thats happening when im vaulting. i dont mean im gonna raise that bar, i mean i have shitty luck and i bet theres gonna be a bunch of kick a** freshman commin in.

yup i was right, theres already 2 kids over 14 feet from indoors, both freshman, so theyll beat me next year too. I wish i was a year older, i prolly woulda been a freakin all-american if i vaulted last year!

Unread postby **rainbowgirl28** » Sun Mar 26, 2006 8:16 am

Or you could try and get better and jump higher than them? :confused:

Robert schmitt · Unread postby **Robert schmitt** » Sun Mar 26, 2006 12:26 pm

Is that poster refering to a womens mark? I was out of the sport when colleges started to let women jump. If memory serves me right in 95-96 Mel mueller was training with us and she qualified for the olympic trials (as an exhibition event I think) with 12'3" at an last chance meet at UW-Lacrosse. Of yeah and she was a DIII athlete.

VaultMarq26 · Unread postby **VaultMarq26** » Sun Mar 26, 2006 2:30 pm

no it men's I think, but it is junior college.

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