RESULTS
Friday Elite recap/results - Miles and Schwartz post wins
Saturday's High School results: Boys Girls -
California HS'ers
Saturday's Collegiate results: Men Women - (late Saturday flights still missing)
Saturday's Open results: Men Women - (late Saturday flights still missing)
Saturday's Masters results: Men/Women
Saturday's Beginners results: Men/Women
STATISTICS
Overall Top Male Performers (w/ affiliation)
Overall Top Female Performers
(w/ affiliation)
PHOTOS
Friday night photo gallery - Courtesy of Kirby Lee, Image of Sport
Saturday night photo gallery - Courtesy of Robert Wallingford, Community Sports Network
VIDEOS
Friday: Elites recap footage
Interview: Nico Weiler clears 17-02 and just misses nat'l indoor record of 17-07
Interview: Shade Weygandt matches liftime-best 13-07 to win girls event
Interview: Scott Houston PRs at 16-10 to smash North Carolina state record
Highlights: Justin Miller clears 16-02 to move to #3 all-time in NCS (California)
Highlights: Abby Schaffer (Vertical Assault) clears lifetime PR 12-11
Highlights: Daniel Gooris of New Mexico clears 15-08
Highlights: Blaine Bassler of Texas Elite clears 15-08
Highlights: Blair Wallingford of California clears 15-08
STORIES
18th Annual National Vault Summit meet recap coming Monday
Preview: 2008 national high school top returnees
Full entries/schedule, by division
2008 Pole Vault Summit coverage index
HIGH SCHOOL HEADLINERS!
Photos by Robert Wallingford, Community Sports Network
At left, Shade Weygandt (Mansfield HS, TX) skies 13-07 (#4 prep indoors all-time) to handily wins girls'
elite contest while Vertical Assault's Abby Schaffer (Easton Area HS, PA) achieves 12-11 PR for second!
At right, Nico Weiler (Los Gatos HS, CA) soars to 17-02 (#9 prep indoors all-time) to win boys' contest
while Scott Houston roars to 16-10 (an 11-inch improvement) to set North Carolina all-time record!
FULL BOYS RESULTS FULL GIRLS RESULTS
Photo album by Robert Wallingford (Community Sports Network.net)
The Vault World Returns To Reno!
Photo by Kirby Lee, Image of Sport
A truly unique production that brings together several of the nation's top athletes for a weekend
celebration to showcase a single track and field event, the annual Pole Vault Summit in Reno is
THE annual highlight for these aerialists who come together to eat, drink, and sleep the vault!
As pictured above, a swath of runways and pits are aligned in such a manner to allow these
powerful athletes to compete alongside each other and in front of countless vault enthusiasts!
By Rich Gonzalez, DyeStat/DyeStatCal
RENO, CA -- Neither an extra-early weekend on the winter competition calendar nor gusting winds and an ominous weather forecast have deterred many of the nation's - and the globe's -- top high-flying wonders from assembling here for the ever popular and highly anticipated Pole Vault Summit, with an estimated 2,400-plus aerialists set to compete at the Reno Livestock Events Center in officially kicking off the 2008 vault season.
The event kicks into high gear on Friday as an all-day vaulting clinic is unveiled, allowing coaches and athletes alike the golden chance to learn from several of the event's noted authorities on topics ranging from biomechanics and meet preparation to the mental approach to competing and excelling at high levels. From there, several of the biggest names in the sport put those principles in action during the Friday night elite vault, a multi-hour production that is as much about entertainment (often complete with music, artistic performers, props, and light shows) as it is about competition.
Saturday affords the chance for thousands of collegians and preps to clash on the runways, with 10 approach strips and an equal number of landing systems laid out in one over-sized room to create a circus-like atmosphere of vault euphoria. It's the biggest -- and clearly the most enjoyable -- day of the year for these aerialists, a vaultorgy of sorts as the action kicks off in the early morning and typically does not conclude until close to midnight, with competitors divided into age-group and ability categories to provide suitable challenges.
Entry sheets have been released and organizers report that record numbers of registrants litter the high school age entries as several groups of vaulters competing unattached or as part of club teams have taken advantage of the earlier-than-usual date to take part before the close of the holiday break, thus avoiding missing any class time. Snow in the nearby Sierra Nevada region and multiple weather advisories issued for flights arriving here have thus far seemingly not deterred those from the big weekend.
Even with national prep girls recordsetter Tori Anthony having graduated on to college and 17-09 star Spencer McCorkel also leaving the prep ranks, the high school vault scene looks very strong in 2008 thanks to the surprise return of a foreign-exchange student (such students are usually granted only one year of eligibility at a U.S. high school) on the boys' side and the presence of a record-setting sensation on the girls' side. Here's our 2008 national high school outlook!
Kirby Lee's (Image of Sport) photo album from Friday night's elite competition!
Kirby's full Day One photo gallery
Full entries/schedule, by division - Over 1,400 athletes entered!
Friday elite recap/elite results - Miles and Schwartz win; Hartwig sets Masters' record!
Friday night photo gallery - Courtesy of Kirby Lee, Image of Sport
Saturday overall recap
RESULTS
Saturday's High School results: Boys Girls
Saturday's Collegiate results: Men Women
Saturday's Open results: Men Women
Saturday's Masters results: Men/Women
Saturday's Beginners results: Men/Women
Video highlights: Friday elites footage
Saturday high schools footage
Preview: Top 2008 national high school returnees
2008 Pole Vault Summit Index
Presenting Sponsor - UCS
Additional sponsor - Nike
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