US Pole Vaulters
Featured Open Entry Events
compiled by Reggie Henderson
The biggest US Pole Vault Meets that YOU can enter!
A guide for people whose ideal vacation includes pole vaulting.
The list is loosely ranked, taking into account:
# of flights, # of runways, # of vaulters, venue, quality of vaulters, updated info
(The more vaulters the better, but no one wants 50 vaulters sharing one runway during warmups)
A flight is a vaulting competition group that shares a runway for a session.
For example; if there were 2 runways and 3 sessions using both runways, there would be 6 flights.
Corrections/Additions welcome, e-mail reggiepv@gmail.com
Event updates and other events at my Facebook group US Pole Vaulters - Featured Events
https://www.facebook.com/groups/477880762738683/
Not listed are all the USATF Association Championships but those are great opportunities
https://www.usatf.org/associations
I think this is all USATF sanctioned events
https://usatf.sport80.com/public/widget/6
More great sites for finding full track meets include:
https://www.directathletics.com/upcoming_meets.html
https://coachoregistration.com/dbi-bin/calendar.pl
* indicates winter
NORTHEAST
4th of July, Vault Factory, Basking Ridge NJ
Summer PV Festival, Flying Circus, Warwick NY
DC Vault Championships, Washington DC
Jersey Jumps, Atlantic City NJ
Rochester Rockback Beach Vault, NY
SOUTH
*Mac Vault Bob Crites Invite, College Stn TX
*Winter Vault Classic, Abilene TX
*Chapman Family Vault Expo, Austin TX
*PV in Paradise, Key West, FL
Port Aransas Beach Vault, TX
Pole Vault in the Plaza, Naples, FL
Vulcan Vault, Birmingham AL
Dauphin Street Vault, Mobile AL
Mac Vault Summer Nationals, College Stn TX
Jammin' and Jumpin', Henderson, KY
MIDWEST
East Coast Pole Vault Convention, Akron OH
Indoor Hep Masters Nationals, Kenosha WI
River Vault, LaCrosse WI
Grand Haven Beach Vault, MI
Indiana State Fair, IN
WEST
*Reno Summit, NV
Utah PVA Street Vault, Salt Lake City UT
East Coast Pole Vault Convention, Akron, OH
January 10-11, 2025
Last held in 2022 by Dennis Mitchell, the event is being revived for 2025 by Dave Fritz, at one time the event used 5 runways.
2 runways, 4 flights, 36 vaulters, biggest flight 10 Results: YES oh.milesplit.com
2022 Champions Abby Knouff (U.Akron) 3.97, Matt Keim 5.05
Meet Director: Dave Fritz, U.Akron
Pole Vault in Paradise, Key West, FL
January 4, 2025 - back at Higgs Beach this year!
2 runways, 8 flights, 95 vaulters, Biggest flight 17, Results: YES
2024 Champions: 1. Trey Oates and 2. Austin Miller 5.72
1. Katerina Stefanidi-Krier and 2. Anicka Newell 4.57
Meet Director: Steve Hanes (who vaulted 11' at age 63 at this meet in 2019)
Mac Vault Academy's Bob Crites Invitational
& National Masters Symposium
College Station, TX
November 16, 2024
3 runways, 9 flights, 102 vaulters, biggest flight 21, Results: YES
2023 Champions Dyson Wicker 4.87 Jacelyn Neighbors 3.74, Masters MVPs Gary Hunter (M67) 3.50, Chet Clodfelter (M60) 3.96. Meet Directors: Brad & Brittany McFarling (Check website: Mac Vault Academy holds frequent open-entry meets)
USATF Masters Indoor Heptathlon
Jan 11-12, 2025 at Carthage College, Kenosha, WI
Results: YES, 2024 - Chet Clodfleter M60 went 3.90 in the vault, but Dolf Berle beat him in the Hep 4875 to 4554
Kay Glynn W70 set an American Record at 4575 including a 2.20 vault.
Amanda Pasko Women's Open had the top performances overall with a non-age-adjusted 4269
Meet Director: Stephanie Colby
Women's Decathlon World Championship
Aug 3-4, 2024 at Spire, Geneva OH
2024 Champion: Allison Halverson (Armenia) 7236 including 2.73 vault
Top USA: Jordyn Bruce 6723 including 3.03 vault
Top Vaulter: Brittany Bishop (USA) 3.73 (decathlon 5228)
Results at https://worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results/results/7209596?eventId=10229985&gender=W
Meet Director:
Texas Elite Expo Explosion, Belton TX
Dec.2022 was the last, thanks to Jack Chapman for over a decade of this biggest event in pole vault other than the summit. And thanks to Austin Pole Vault and Throws and West Athletics for continuing the event in 2023 as the Chapman Family Expo in Austin TX
6 runways, 34 flights, 324 vaulters, largest flight 15, Results: YES
2023 Champions Jacob Wooten (Mac Vault) 5.81 and Alina McDonald (KMR) 4.51
Meet Director: Jack Chapman
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Vault in the Ville, Louisville KY
2019 was the last year, thanks for a great event Chip Heuser
1 runway, 12 flights, 129 vaulters, biggest flight 20 (rest 14 or less), Results: YES
2019 Champions Daylis Caballero Vega (Cuba - Elitesport Texas) 4.42, Deakin Volz (Virginia Tech) 5.62 Meet Director: Chip Heuser
Pole Vault Miami,FL
Last meet with results 2022
2 runways, 2 flights, 31 vaulters, largest flight 36, Results: https://www.instagram.com/p/Chk5zuvP_q6/
2022 Champions - Nicole 3.81, Calvin 4.12, Meet Director David Chandler
