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Don’t Dally If you’re the lone pole vault official, looking at a one-day meet with 35 boys vaulting and 28 girls, you know one thing for sure.  You have to be efficient.  The average working number is six vaults per vaulter per competition.   A little simple math:  that’s 378 vaults.  At a minute a vault (including moving standards and placingContinue reading “Is it Cheating?”

Mentor A mentor is someone, usually older, who goes “above and beyond” to bring you into a different “world”, often a profession or career.  They may be a “boss”, but if they are, they’re a “boss” that’s as interested in your learning and success as their own.  They may just be a more experienced co-worker or contemporary,Continue reading “PV Mentor”

(Officiating a Mammoth Vault Competition) Ashland Tomorrow I’m officiating at the Ashland University indoor high school pole vault competition.  It’s exciting, there are great vaulters on both the boys and girls side, including two boys trying to get over sixteen feet. And there’s no friendlier place than Ashland to officiate a track meet. The athletes, coaches, andContinue reading “Tricks of the Trade”