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hey guys, i've been looking and looking and i can't find any youth-meets where there's pole vaulting.

I'm from NJ and i don't wish to conclude my season right now. i'll be attending some camps this summer but was also interested in some open-youth meets. i'm a 17-year-old, high school vaulter and was wondering if anyone had some specific meets that they know of for me and any other vaulter, looking for similar information.

I already checked the new jersey track and field calender and could find nothing with the pole vault. can you help me you?? thanks in advance. -Joe

I haven't put together a crazy-good list yet, but there are a few that I know of and will be at.

Sat. June 7th- NJ International meet at Holmdel HS
Sat. June 14th- NJ open/masters championship at Monmouth U

Richard Stockton will be having meets every Thursday in June as well, and I will hopefully get to go to at least one of those.
For those of you willing to travel, there are a bunch of meets in Rochester, NY throughout the summer, and there will hopefully be another Street Vault around Groton, NY.
Again, these are the meets that I know for sure will be going on, but there are a lot of other ones on the USATF and Direct Athletics calendars that I haven't mentioned.

Okay, so I tried to put together a decent list of meets since today is my day off from work...I know there are meets that I've missed, so if you know of any meets in the area especially those put on by vault clubs, feel free to add them!

6/7/08 - NJ International (Holmdel, NJ)
*6/7/08 – Constitution Classic (Schuylerville, NY)
6/8/08 – 2008 Island Games (Uniondale in Long Island, NY)
6/12/08 – Richard Stockton Track and Field Meet?? (Richard Stockton)
6/14/08 – USATF NJ Open and Masters Championships (Monmouth U.)
*6/14/08 – Mountain Top Invitational (Cresson, PA)
*6/14/08 – Penn Hill Eagles Track Meet (Pittsburgh, PA)
6/17/08 – Rochester Summer Track and Field Series (RIT)
6/17/08 – Plymouth-Whitemarsh All Comers Series (Plymouth Meeting, PA)
6/19/08 – Richard Stockton Track and Field Meet?? (Richard Stockton)
6/21/08 - USATF Niagara Association Junior Olympic T&F and 1 Hour Run Championships (Pittsford, NY) **(only if 13-18 years old)
6/22/08 – MAC Championships (Icahn Stadium)
6/22/08 - USATF Three Rivers Association Masters & Open Track & Field Championship (McDonald, PA)
6/24/08 – Rochester Summer Track and Field Series (RIT)
6/26/08 – Richard Stockton Track and Field Meet?? (Richard Stockton)
7/1/08 – Rochester Summer Track and Field Series (RIT)
7/1/08 - Plymouth-Whitemarsh All Comers Series (Plymouth Meeting, PA)
7/5/08 - 2008 USATFEast Region Open&ClubTrack&Field Championships (Valatie, NY)
7/8/08 – Rochester Summer Track and Field Series (RIT)
7/8/08 - Plymouth-Whitemarsh All Comers Series (Plymouth Meeting, PA)
*7/12/08 - USATF Niagara Association Open Track & Field Championships (Rochester, NY)
7/15/08 – Rochester Summer Track and Field Series (RIT)
7/22/08 – Rochester Summer Track and Field Series (RIT)
*7/26/08 – Frank Budd Track and Field Meet (Asbury Park, NJ)
7/27/08 – 5th Annual Beach Vault (Ocean City, NJ)
8/16/08 – 3rd Annual Street Vault (Groton, NY)


*have not seen PV officially listed as an event

Hey thanks for the list, Andrew. Hopefully I'll see you at a few of these meets.

WOW! thanks man, this is great. i actually just competed at the holmdel meet, yesterday and PR'd 3 times, finally achieving 13'1. at least now i have more opportunities to vault this summer and raise the PR

EDIT: I talked to the Stockton coach today and he clarified that their meets will be held every Thursday in July, not in June as I have on the list above.

Sorry!

Syracuse Chargers usually have 3 meets during the summer, although their schedule isn't on the website yet. Usually in July.

Cooleo - I'm planning to be in the Groton area around mid-August and would like to find out more about the street vault there.

PM Matthew Scheffler on this site. If he doesn't respond in a week or so PM me and I'll give you his e-mail.

Anyone have results for the Beach Vault? I didn't go because I had work

Cooleo111 wrote:Anyone have results for the Beach Vault? I didn't go because I had work

it started to pour but only 4 people were left at the time.

um, brian mondschein came in at 14' and went over from 4 lefts
there was this master (some former 18-footer) who cleared it on his first attemt
Big Craig (you met him at holmdel, andrew) came in at 14 too, but missed his first and second attempts without a third
and then i jumped 13'6 and only got one attempt at 14' before it started to pour

that's the best i can say really haha