Confess...anyone here a Pole Vaulter (High School, College, Olympics)?..

[Tikki]

Anyone?

My son was....fiberglass pole....High School 1980's.

My dear late father-in-law was.....bamboo pole. High School 1920's.

My good friend Bill was.....aluminum pole early 1970's.


Tikki

[lavenderdiva]

1. we had to do it as part of our P.E. class in grade school

along with high-jump. I hated every minute of it, as I'm not athletic in that way, and it scared me. :scared:

But I like to watch it now...

[Rabrrrrrr]

2. Oh, yeah - all the time, on and off the team, on the bus and off the bus,

sometimes in the locker room, even sometimes at work, and also when I... oh, wait - you said "vaulter"?

Never mind.

[Kickin_Donkey]

3. PV veteran here ...

I pole-vaulted in high school, 1977-80.

I used a fiberglass Pacer pole made by AMF -- white shaft with blue and red label. They were common at the time.

I was influenced to take up pole vaulting by the success of Bob Seagren in the Olympics.

It's an extremely difficult event: Witness the Olympic debacles of Stacy Dragila, Sergei Bubka and Dan O'Brien.

Unfortunately, I wasn't a natural pole vaulter, so I won't tell you my PR. ;-)

[bmbmd]

4. Seven feet six inches with an aluminum pole in jr. high-

just over ten feet with fiberglass in high school. I missed going to regionals by a mere six feet.