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Unread postby OUvaulterUSAF » Mon May 08, 2006 6:35 pm

see avatar. I went to OU and I'm in the Air Force.
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Unread postby vaultmd » Mon May 08, 2006 8:47 pm

Pretty simple. I was raised near the 'hood in L.A.. My original fictitious pole vault organization was the "Southwest Los Angeles Inner City Pole Vaulters Association."

I had the name on my plates when I lived in Houstonville.
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Unread postby Atokad » Mon May 08, 2006 9:25 pm

Read my name backwards, add a South in front of it and thats where i live + Vault
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Unread postby DecaRag » Tue May 09, 2006 10:46 pm

Mine comes from about 30 years ago as a decathlete (Deca). I used to train with decathletes Robert Baker, Jim Jones, and Keith Stewart at West Texas State U. We had daily training routines (as most do)... One of the sayings used was "Rag-Out", which translated simply means good luck and get going.

So "Rag-Out" stuck and I just used part of it with decathlon - thus "DecaRag".

Sounds like a dance name...

Ask me later for the "Decathlon Creed" - it's an original.
Former Decathlete - West Texas State University '80-'84
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Unread postby theczar » Tue May 09, 2006 10:49 pm

Czar has been my nickname since i started to learn Russian about 2 years ago
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Unread postby polevaulter08nw » Tue May 09, 2006 10:54 pm

polevaulter (what i consider myself) 08 (grad year) nw (northwest) ((highschool))

another boring one haha.
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Indiana University '13
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Unread postby PVMD2B » Thu May 11, 2006 12:54 am

A little obvious too but...
I loved to PV... high school, college,
and yes, insanely moved to Jonesboro, AR
to train with EB and crew...
Alas, went back to school to get my MD,
which i am soon 2B! ;)
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Unread postby TreyDECA » Thu May 11, 2006 10:25 am

Trey + decathlete = treydeca

gotta love this UT education ;)
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Unread postby vaultmd » Thu May 11, 2006 12:44 pm

vaultmd wrote:Pretty simple. I was raised near the 'hood in L.A.. My original fictitious pole vault organization was the "Southwest Los Angeles Inner City Pole Vaulters Association."

I had the name on my plates when I lived in Houstonville.


Big Oops. I thought I was on a board where I go by "ladude."

The story for this one is simple, too. I'm a vaulter who is an M.D. and some of my pole vault activities are those of an M.D., such as when I participate in various committees.
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Unread postby vaultwest » Thu May 11, 2006 12:54 pm

OK so mine is not very imaginative either

Vault = I Vault, there for, I am

west = I live and have always lived in the west ( Oh yeah my last name is west also)

thus - vaultwest
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Unread postby rainbowgirl28 » Thu May 11, 2006 2:10 pm

vaultmd wrote:Big Oops. I thought I was on a board where I go by "ladude."


How could you forget where you were? :crying:
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Unread postby pvu-hooligan » Sat May 13, 2006 1:34 am

pvu is a thing me and the EC vaulters made up. it stands for pole vault university. all of the seasoned pole vaulters are part of PVU. and all the rookies are up for membership. lol its kinda fun. were the elites and theyre the rookies. we also mess around saying we have classes like Kristins class is formanomitry because she probably has the best form out of all of us. and hooligan just comes from my nature. yup. thats wut it is
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