Lone Star Pole Vaulting
Newsletter
May 20th, 2014
In this issue:
- UIL
State Meet Results
- ATL
Meet
- Summer
Pole Vaulting
- Practice
Schedule
- Port
Aransas Beach Vault
- Facility
Updates
UIL High School Track
and Field State Meet
Seven of our high school athletes qualified for and
participated in the UIL Track and Field State Championship at UT Austin on May
9th-10th. Four of the seven athletes set new personal records, three
medaled, and one set a new State Record! We're very proud of these and
all our other vaulters that worked so hard this past season.
5A Girls: 2nd Place, Calie Spencer, Canyon HS, 13'0 PR
6th Place, Nicole Summersett,
Westlake HS, 12'0
4A Girls: 4th Place,
Rebekah Pogue, Hays HS, 12'0 PR
3A Girls: 1st Place, Kally Long, Wimberley HS, 13'2 State 3A Record
3A Boys: 3rd Place, Luke
Jaroszewski, Navarro HS, 15'6 PR
1A Girls: 4th Place,
Hannah Lyssy, Falls City HS, 10'0 PR
1A Boys: 8th Place,
Tyler Malcolm, Falls City HS, 13'6
American Track League (ATL)
Meet THIS FRIDAY, May 24
The American Track League rolls into Texas
this Friday night (May 23) for its 4th stop on the tour which
promises to revolutionize the sport of track and field. This FREE and
high energy event featuring live music and the ATL dance team will be hosted by
Texas State University in San Marcos (1100 Aquarena Springs Drive
San Marcos, TX 78666). Many Olympic Heroes
will be on hand for the competition which allows fans to get up close and
personal with the competitors.
2-Time
World Champion, Lolo Jones will seek her 2nd win on
the tour in the 100m Hurdles, but it won’t come easy as she will have to face the very talented Olympic
Bronze Medalist, Janay DeLoach.
The
men’s 400m Hurdles will feature the “World’s Greatest Athlete”, Ashton Eaton. Ashton is the World and Olympic Champion and
World Record holder in the Decathlon but this evening he will be trying his
talents out on his new event, the 400m hurdles.
Brittney Reece will feature in the women’s Long Jump, an event where she too found
Olympic Glory winning Gold in London 2012 to compliment her 5 World titles.
The
rarely run 300m race will feature 3-Time Olympic Gold Medalist and former
Baylor athlete, Jeremy Wariner.
The
Men’s Pole Vault will include more local stars with
Texas State’s own Logan Cunningham facing
UT alum Trey
Hardee, the latter of which is
a 2-Time World Champion and Olympic Silver Medalist in the Decathlon.
The
events which kick off at 7:00pm on Friday, will be
hosted by master of ceremonies Paul Souza, the lead singer of
the Velveteen Playboys. The main entertainment of the night will be
the sounds and experience of award winning DJ, Abe the Assassin,
and the girls of the ATL Dance team, led bySabrina
Clark, the “2011 NFL’s Hottest Cheerleader”.
Summer Pole Vaulting
Your spring track season may have been over after
your District, Area, Regional, or State Meets, but you don't have to wait
another 2/3 of a year to continue pole vaulting! Seriously, put down the
football helmets, cross country spikes, and pom-poms and decide now if you are
curious or serious about your pole vaulting future. The 7 State
Qualifiers mentioned above did not make it that far by just fooling around with
the pole vault a couple of months each year... three of them have been pole vaulting
year-round for over 7 years! I would venture a conservative guess that
over 75% of all the pole vaulters on the medal stand at the State Meet have
private coaches and pole vault at least 8 months per year.
This summer Lone Star PV
will compete in 2 separate youth circuits (USATF and TAAF), and 1 All-Comers
Circuit (all ages and abilities). Coaches Kris Allison and Will Kirchoff will split coaching duties at practice and at each
event. Youth athletes can compete in 1, 2, or all 3 circuits if they wish
but must note any conflicts via the schedules provided below. Youth,
Open, Masters, and/or Seniors may compete on our Club
Team at any of the All-Comers events.
All-Comers Team: Open to all ages! You must enter
yourselves individually for all of these events except the June 21st meet.
June 7 – Summer Fun Pole Vault Meet
(at water park) – Belton, TX
June 14 – Quintana
Beach Vault – Freeport, TX
June
21 - USATF South Texas Association Masters and Open Championships
(same as Jr. Olympics meet) - San Marcos, TX
http://southtexas.usatf.org/Home.aspx
June
28 - Port Aransas Beach Vault - Roberts Point Park, Port Aransas, TX
http://www.portaransasbeachvault.com
1. USATF Junior Olympics:
USATF (USA Track and Field) is our
national governing body for track and field and is the organization that
selects the national track and field teams. Athletes ages 13-18 are
eligible to compete in this meet circuit provided they do not turn 18 prior to
July 27th. Athletes must also be a member of USATF South Texas under our
club name, Lone Star PV, LLC, and compete in separate 2-year age divisions
include ages 13-14, 15-16, and 17-18. The Top 12 Finishers in each event
of each age division at the District Qualifier in San Marcos on June 21st
advance to the Regional Qualifier in San Marcos on July 9-12. The top 5 Finishers in the Regional Qualifier to advance to the
National Championships in Humble on July 21-27. If interested in
participating, please email me your intent to compete on the USATF Youth Team
and your t-shirt size by May 30th. We will handle all meet
registration/entry, but you must provide your own transportation, meals, and
lodging related to each event. A team membership fee of $50 to cover the
uniform and t-shirt expenses is due by June 15th.
We will charge a $40 coaching fee per event which will include meet entry
fees, pole use and transport, time, and travel expenses. These fees are
due at the last practice prior to each event.
2.
TAAF State Games of Texas: TAAF (Texas Amateur Athletic Federation) is a smaller 2-meet circuit within Texas that is composed of
one qualifier meet and its annual State Games of Texas championship.
Athletes ages 13-18 are eligibile to compete
in 2-year age groups. This is a meet series sponsored by the cities of
the state of Texas parks and recreation departments. We are seeking to
become an affiliate member club through the City of New Braunfels, and if we
are approved, then we will handle the registrations and all compete together at
the Region 3 Meet in Hutto on July 11. If not,
then each person will have to register individually and compete in the Region
designated by the county in which you reside. A team membership fee of
$50 to cover the uniform and t-shirt expenses is due
by June 15th (if doing both USATF and TAAF, only pay this fee once). We
will charge a $40 coaching fee per event which will include meet entry fees,
pole use and transport, time, and travel expenses. These fees are due at
the last practice prior to each event.
http://www.taaf.com/index.php?module=cms&page=221
July 11 – TAAF
Region 3 (Central Texas) – Hutto
July
12 – TAAF Region 15 (San Antonio) – Corpus Christi
July 31(Girls)
- Aug 1(Boys) – TAAF State Meet (College Station) http://www.taaf.com/proxy/files/documents/TAAF%20Sports/Track/TF-2014%20STATE%20MEET%20Schedule.pdf
Practice Schedule
May 20-June 1:
Monday/Tuesday/Wednesday/Thursday,
5-7pm
Sunday, 2-3:30pm
Masters & Seniors Only: Thursday, 11:30-1
June 2 - July 26:
Monday/Wednesday/Friday, 9am-10:30am or 10:30am-Noon with Coach Kris
Sunday/Tuesday/Thursday, 6pm-7:30pm with Coach Will
Port Aransas Beach Vault
I am excited to announce that Lone Star PV is
putting on a new summer event this year! On June 28th we will hold the
1st Annual Port Aransas Beach Vault pole vaulting competition at Roberts Point
Park in Port Aransas, TX. It will be similar to events like the River
Vault, Expo Explosion, and Summer Fun meets in which we'll have 2 runways and
pits going at once, 8 separate competition divisions, music, food, and lots of
fun! We will need help in pulling the event off with loading and
unloading equipment, setup and tear-down, working the registration table, and
setting the bars and standards. As the event draws closer we'll put up a
volunteer list at practice, and I hope to have more than enough help.
Co-sponsoring the meet is the West Athletics Vault Crew out of Portland,
TX, and they will help divide the labor. Check out the website and
register: www.portaransasbeachvault.com
Facility Updates
A HUGE THANK YOU to
everyone who donated funds towards purchasing the new Gill SafetyMax
box collars. We now have these collars on both runways and have been
using the one on the main pit for about 2 months now. It has already
prevented a few people from falling into the plant box and getting injured.
These are required equipment for college vaulters in the NCAA already and
will be for high schools next season.
Additionally, we have added over a dozen brand new poles to our club practice
series to better accommodate all of our vaulters. Surplus donations from
the box collar drive along with a successful spring season made this possible.
Looking forward to a fun
summer filled with PR's and smiles!
Thanks,
Kris Allison
Lone Star PV, LLC
www.lonestarpv.com
Office: 830-620-1175
Cell: 830-263-2526
1985 FM 758
New Braunfels, TX 78130