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my apologies for the delay in posting the results. thanks to all who made Holiday Heights 2007 a great success! Hope to see you all next year! Last Name/First Name/Height/Place High School Boys Haugh Greg 14 1 Wood John 13 2 Stacey Tommy 12.6 3 Forbes Eric 12.6 4 VanKirk Colton 11 5 Chalus Dan 10 6 ...

After a successful first year we're doing Holiday Heights again on December 30! This year we are not doing it at McCormick place (it was a great venue for vaulting, but the logistics were just too much to pull off this year. We'll try again next year). Holiday Heights 2007 will be held at Maine Sout...

Results are in! We divided the field into elite, open, master's, high school, youth, & mythical creatures. The top ten places for each division were scored, with the rest listed in order of best height. I know there were many PRs set. If you set a new PR let me know and I'll put an asterisk by ...

a special thanks to Aaron Decker for dressing up as Santa, editing the video, and providing music on Saturday.

The first annual Holiday Heights Chicago Vaultfest was a huge success! We will need more pits next year. Mark Hollis took top honors with a PR setting 17'3" jump. I think we had at least 15 people PR over the 3 day event. I'll be posting official results in the next day or two. For now you can ...

UPDATE: Thursday Schedule

we are breaking the Thursday field into 2 flights. see above entry list for more detail

also check out the parking & pole drop tips above^

Pole Drop Off & Parking Update We finished set up today and have some additional tips on parking & pole drop off. there is a turn-around drive near the entrance to the south building where you can drop off poles. Once in the building -- go up the two sets of escalators, hang a right, and yo...

Bryan we can't thank you enough for supplying the awesome runway! set up was pretty quick with Fontana there to help. for those coming to vault - the runway is about 140ft long, and lightning fast! it is a beast to transport/set up/tear down so we all need to thank Bryan Carrel & Jeff Watry from...

UPDATE & ADDITIONAL INFO The location for this meet is Hall A of the South Building in McCormick Place. a map of the McCormick place complex is here... http://www.mccormickplace.com/pdf/StreetMap.pdf You should park in Lot A I believe the current parking rate is $16/day. But hey, the entry fee ...

just a reminder to everyone -- please send me an email at jsterk1@yahoo.com to let me know if you're coming (include name, age, gender, PR). for more info check out http://www.ipvca.org/events_upcoming.htm the entry list so far looks like this: Thursday 12/28: Thursday registraion is now closed Flig...

We are trying to recruit some of the local stars to come jump on Saturday. Can anyone help us get in touch with: Phil Hanson Jake Winder Brian DeLoriea Mark Zilch any other 15'+ guys in the area. for elite women: Megan Rossi any other 12'6+ ladies in the Midwest in anyone knows these people please p...

High school senior, and 14'+ vaulter Ross Trace from suburban Chicago Deerfield was tragically killed late Friday night in a high speed car crash after the homecoming football game. He was a passenger in the vehicle. Ross was a great guy - always a positive outgoing attitude, always tried to help co...