Dyestat features Flying Circus
Posted: Thu Dec 20, 2007 4:53 am
http://dyestat.com/?pg=reg12008IndoorVa ... eNepolitan
[quote]With cross country over and the weather slipping south of freezing, life in the Northeast turns to indoor track. This time of year, as words like snow, sleet and wintry mix become commonplace in the weatherman’s vocabulary, teams have to scramble for practice space in school facilities that are many times already stretched to their limits with other activities. When the weather turns sour, distance runners can set out on the roads, hurdlers and sprinters can work out in the school hallways, throwers can hit the weights or throw in a corner of the gym, while the high jumpers grab an opposite corner for a few reps over the bar, but what can the pole vaulters do to get real work in?
Most pole vaulters only have a chance to get on a runway at meets, which have to be used as both practice and competition. But for 90 lucky New York metropolitan-area high school vaulters (both male and female), all members of the Hudson Valley Flying Circus, there’s a chance to log time on the full runway on a regular basis thanks to the warm confines of “The Barn.â€Â
[quote]With cross country over and the weather slipping south of freezing, life in the Northeast turns to indoor track. This time of year, as words like snow, sleet and wintry mix become commonplace in the weatherman’s vocabulary, teams have to scramble for practice space in school facilities that are many times already stretched to their limits with other activities. When the weather turns sour, distance runners can set out on the roads, hurdlers and sprinters can work out in the school hallways, throwers can hit the weights or throw in a corner of the gym, while the high jumpers grab an opposite corner for a few reps over the bar, but what can the pole vaulters do to get real work in?
Most pole vaulters only have a chance to get on a runway at meets, which have to be used as both practice and competition. But for 90 lucky New York metropolitan-area high school vaulters (both male and female), all members of the Hudson Valley Flying Circus, there’s a chance to log time on the full runway on a regular basis thanks to the warm confines of “The Barn.â€Â
