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First day of practice

Unread postby Robert schmitt » Wed Mar 03, 2004 12:36 am

So......In addittion to my seven returning vaulters I had 18 newbies :confused: I could almost field a whole track team with just pole vaulters. :yes:
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Unread postby rainbowgirl28 » Wed Mar 03, 2004 12:40 am

I promise I'll update the WA site with indoor results and marks when I get back from Nationals :o

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Unread postby ashcraftpv » Wed Mar 03, 2004 3:56 am

I"ve got 6 guys, but only one girl :(

one of my girls from last year had surgery and is out this year. I had a freshman come out yesterday, but she decided to go try out for softball today. I told her that when she gets cut she can come back and learn a real sport ;)
PoleVaultPlanet is coming.....

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Unread postby bjvando » Wed Mar 03, 2004 9:22 am

this is kind of off topic, but my VERY first year of coaching, i had THREE lefties, you crazy south paws ...............

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Unread postby lonestar » Wed Mar 03, 2004 11:10 am

I've had up to 30 people on sundays in my backyard. I'm running 2 pits, perpendicular to eachother, and basically playing traffic cop - one side goes, then the other, back and forth. It's crazy. Never have that many at once, and try to schedule no more than 5 at a time on one runway, but people show up late, show up early, show up unannounced, etc. It's crazy! My club kids won at least 8 meets last weekend though!
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Unread postby Robert schmitt » Wed Mar 03, 2004 2:48 pm

My head is still spinning
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Unread postby vaultmd » Wed Mar 03, 2004 3:06 pm

lonestar wrote:I've had up to 30 people on sundays in my backyard. I'm running 2 pits, perpendicular to eachother, and basically playing traffic cop - one side goes, then the other, back and forth. It's crazy. Never have that many at once, and try to schedule no more than 5 at a time on one runway, but people show up late, show up early, show up unannounced, etc. It's crazy! My club kids won at least 8 meets last weekend though!


Sounds like you already are preparing them for the stage at Reno.

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Unread postby lonestar » Wed Mar 03, 2004 3:20 pm

vaultmd wrote:
lonestar wrote:I've had up to 30 people on sundays in my backyard. I'm running 2 pits, perpendicular to eachother, and basically playing traffic cop - one side goes, then the other, back and forth. It's crazy. Never have that many at once, and try to schedule no more than 5 at a time on one runway, but people show up late, show up early, show up unannounced, etc. It's crazy! My club kids won at least 8 meets last weekend though!


Sounds like you already are preparing them for the stage at Reno.


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Unread postby Aviendha » Thu Mar 04, 2004 8:45 pm

we've only got ONE new person this year... we have too many guys....we've only got 3 girl vaulters, including myself
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Unread postby njvaulter » Thu Mar 04, 2004 9:05 pm

It's gonna be another season of myself being the lone vaulter on the team.

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Unread postby vaultinggoat16 » Wed Mar 10, 2004 12:22 am

Our polevault program increased by 200%+ this year with all the effort I put into recruiting those willing and fighting the coaches for money..

All 2 guys and 2 girls :)

Yes,One of them is me.
Rarr we could field an entire uhh foozeball team...almost..maybe ping pong
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