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I would have to agree, a male should be able to vault well over 9' without even having to bend the pole. You should not be gripping any higher than 126-130" and should be able to invert and stiff pole vault over 9'. Even our girls at the collegiate level work at that. We do this from 8-10 steps(4-5 ...

Mike, I have not heard of any schools around the Indy area dropping boys pole vault and I really can't recommend a program around there that has strong pole vaulting or coaching. Lawrence North High School has a very, very good boys track team right now and Lawrence Central High School has Tim Riche...

As a women's collegiate pole vault coach at a college in the state of Indiana, I am very glad to see that my state has finally caught up with the rest of the United States and added girls vault. I am concerned when I see comments made such as Coach Bumber's in the above article about not using a gir...

As infamous as BJ is in the world of vaulting, this is not BJ. I work with the women vaulters here at Ball State. BJ is in grad school here this year and working with our guys. He has a new site if you have not seen it...www.brianjmckay.com. Take care.

To my knowledge, there are three states remaining that do not allow girls to vault, and Iowa still does not allow boys to either if I remember correctly. Here in Indiana, they are having it exhibition at the state meet for girls this year, with qualifying taking place at the regional meet. I coach a...