New vault club in Eugene Or

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Mark Vanerville, Dan Umenhofer and I have started a new vault club in Eugene, Or. We call ourselves Raising the Bar Vault Club. We have an indoor facility and we will be hosting our first PV competition on Sunday January 7, 2007 at 12:00 noon at the Regional Sports Center, 32nd and Main in Springfield Or. Every one is welcome with a $10.00 entry fee at the door. For more informatin you can call or e-mail me, Dan West at 541-689-0550 or dwest@ontrackandfield.com
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What will the runway be like?

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Becca
We have a base surface of concrete and then over that there are 1/2" rubber mats and then a plastic interlocking floor that they use to play basketball, volleyball and roller blade hockey on. We then roll out a 1/2" rubber runway over the top. Right now we have about 150' of runnway. Spikes are OK on the roll out runway. The runway feels pretty fast and not too hard on the legs and with the extra layers of flooring it essentially makes it like jumping with a 9" deep box, pretty sweet.
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http://www.registerguard.com/news/2007/ ... ion=sports

Vault club jumps at indoor chance
By Curtis Anderson
The Register-Guard
Published: Saturday, January 6, 2007
SPRINGFIELD - If you build it, they will come.
In essence, that was the impetus behind the recent construction of an indoor pole vault facility at the Regional Sports Center in Springfield.
The new runway and pit serve as home base for the Raising the Bar Vault Club, which was formed by three local coaches to provide pole vaulters of all ages and experience a chance to jump indoors during the cold and wet winter months.
"We're trying to help the pole vault community," said Dan West, 52, a veteran coach who worked with vaulters at Montana State and Oregon before his current stint at Lane Community College.
"It starts with middle school kids and goes all the way up to us masters guys that still want to jump. We're hoping, as the idea catches on, that we'll be able to help kids from all the local high schools by not only giving them a chance to jump indoors, but also by teaching the correct techniques."
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Though still in its fledgling stages, the club will host an all-comer's meet at its new facility on Sunday at noon.
The competition will give vaulters from all over the state an opportunity to have a practice meet prior to the annual Pole Vault Summit, which will be held at the Grand Sierra Casino in Reno, Nev., on Jan. 19-20.
"We could have as many as 40 vaulters at the meet," said West, who guided Great Britain's Mike Edwards to a 13th-place finish at the 1991 World Championships and a berth in the 1992 Barcelona Olympics. "It's a really positive thing to have our own place and be able to help out the sport we love."
The club's other two coaches are also familiar names in the local community - former UO standout and assistant coach Mark Vanderville and longtime Springfield High assistant coach Dan Umenhofer.
Five years ago, Umenhofer had the distinction of winning the Northwest Athletic Association of Community Colleges pole vault title with a clearance of 15 feet when he was a 42-year-old student-athlete at Lane.
"Without a doubt, it was the biggest meet I could ever win," Umenhofer said.
Vanderville, who was coached by West during his two seasons with the Ducks in 1990 and '91, still stands 10th on the all-time UO outdoor list with a 17-6 clearance. The 1990 Pac-10 runner-up spent seven seasons as a volunteer coach at Oregon before leaving the program this past spring.
All three coaches expressed the hope that by having an indoor pole vault facility open to the community, they can help "raise the bar" in terms of performance at the high school level in Oregon.
"There was nothing around here for our high school kids in the winter," said the 38-year-old Vanderville. "When they started track in the spring, they would only have about two weeks to prepare. This will be the first year we can get a big group of high school kids out here early to get ready for the season."
Collin Cram, a former multi-sport star at Siuslaw High in Florence, is currently training for the decathlon at LCC. Last year at this time, he and the rest of the Lane vaulters were practicing outdoors.
He said the inclement weather took its toll.
"It got to us very quickly," Cram said. "If you look at the weather today, it's just terrible, and it has been that way for the past couple weeks. So, having an indoor facility is huge. Our practices are better, and we've already seen big improvements that we didn't make last year because of the weather. ... I feel really fortunate that we get to take advantage of this facility this season."
As a high school coach, Umenhofer said the absence of vaulting at the middle school level and the rising costs of equipment have combined to hurt the sport locally, with some smaller high schools forced to drop the event.
"The pole vault has gone down in this area," he said. "When I was in high school in the late 1970s, there were six or eight guys that could jump 14 feet in the district. Now, most of the time, a 13-footer wins district and everybody else is jumping 12 feet.
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"I don't know if it's lack of coaching or lack of interest, but there has to be a reason for that. It's an expensive sport, and some schools can't afford to buy new poles or bring their pits up to legal size ... but what hurts more than anything is no vaulting in middle school. It used to be, if you had a decent junior high coach, the kids knew all the fundamentals by the time they got to you. It's not that way anymore."
At present, the Raising the Bar Vault Club conducts workouts four days a week from 4-6:30 p.m. The LCC group and a few open athletes train on Tuesdays and Thursdays, with middle school and high school vaulters on Mondays and Wednesdays.
The cost is minimal. It's $30 to join the club for one year and $15 per month to use the indoor pole vault facility.
Anybody interested in checking out the club can simply show up at one of those sessions - the Regional Sports Center is located at 200 S. 32nd St. in Springfield - or contact one of the coaches through the main office at 747-4781.
"Our goal is to be a community sports facility," said Mike Chastain, operations manager at the Regional Sports Center. "The (pole vault club) was a really good fit. There was a need in the community and we have the space. That's what we're here for and it's worked out great."

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We had our practice/Warm up meet on Sunday. It was a great success, I think everyone involved had a great time. We ended up with about 100 spectators and we had 26 vaulters compete. We ran our competition in two flights. a lower group and a higher group. Following are the results. We hope to do another meet in Feb.


First group Women

Name Affiliation Age Place Height
Lindsey Beard RTBVC 17 1 11'
Terra Schumacher VVC 17 2 10'6"
Rachel Gordon VVC 16 3 9'
Colleen Walsh RTBVC 13 4 8'
Josephine Rapp VVC 17 5 8'
Rachel Gordon VVC 16 6 7'6"
Erika Stratton LCC 20 NH

First Group Men
Dennis Phillips Unatt. 60 1 11'
J.J. Julifs RTBVC 13 2 10'6"
Cliff Chen VVC 18 3 10'6"
Jake Michaelson VVC 16 4 10'6"
Jonathon Grubbs VVC 18 5 10'
Michael Clark VVC 15 6 9'

Second Group Women
Jessica Gallaher WSTC 21 1 13'
Tara Rhiem Unatt. 19 2 11'6"

Second Group Men
Darryl Evans LCC 20 1 15'
Collin Cram LCC 20 2 14'6"
Dan Umenhofer RTBVC 46 3 14'
Jayce Giddens LCC 20 4 13'6"
Jack Hippler WSTR 17 5 13'
Joe Volpi LCC 24 6 12'6"
John Altendorf OTCM 60 7 12'6"
Dan West On Track 51 8 12'
Charlie Beard RTBVC 15 9 11'6"
Paul Lapice VVC 25 NH

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First group Women
Name              Affiliation Age Place Height
Lindsey Beard     RTBVC       17    1     11'
Terra Schumacher  VVC         17    2     10'6"
Rachel Gordon     VVC         16    3      9'
Colleen Walsh     RTBVC       13    4      8'
Josephine Rapp    VVC         17    5      8'
Rachel Gordon     VVC         16    6      7'6"
Erika Stratton    LCC         20           NH

First Group Men
Name              Affiliation Age Place Height
Dennis Phillips   Unatt.      60    1     11'
J.J. Julifs       RTBVC       13    2     10'6"
Cliff Chen        VVC         18    3     10'6"
Jake Michaelson   VVC         16    4     10'6"
Jonathon Grubbs   VVC         18    5     10'
Michael Clark     VVC         15    6      9'

Second Group Women
Name              Affiliation Age Place Height
Jessica Gallaher  WSTC        21    1     13'
Tara Rhiem        Unatt.      19    2     11'6"

Second Group Men
Name              Affiliation Age Place Height
Darryl Evans      LCC         20    1     15'
Collin Cram       LCC         20    2     14'6"
Dan Umenhofer     RTBVC       46    3     14'
Jayce Giddens     LCC         20    4     13'6"
Jack Hippler      WSTR        17    5     13'
Joe Volpi         LCC         24    6     12'6"
John Altendorf    OTCM        60    7     12'6"
Dan West          On Track    51    8     12'
Charlie Beard     RTBVC       15    9     11'6"
Paul Lapke        VVC         25          NH


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First group Women
Name Affiliation Age Place Height
Lindsey Beard RTBVC 17 1 11'
Terra Schumacher VVC 17 2 10'6"
xxxxxRachel Jordon WSTC 16 3 9' xxxxxx
Colleen Walsh RTBVC 13 4 8'
Josephine Rapp VVC 17 5 8'
Rachel Gordon VVC 16 6 7'6"
Erika Stratton LCC 20 NH[/quote]