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Its that time again. The Indy State Fair Vault is just around the corner. DO NOT FORGET YOUR RELEASE/WAIVER I CANNOT ALLOW YOU TO PARTICIPATE WITHOUT IT.

For tickets to get in the gate please send me an email with your mailing address and the # of tickets you need BEFORE FRIDAY THE 13TH. Please also include your age and best height from the past year.

Entry fee will be taken at time of check in. Check payable to Bryan Carrel or cash NO bartering for entry.

Hope to see ya at the fair.


STATE FAIR GENERAL INFORMATION
We will run this competition in a very relaxed manner. The times are not flexible, but as in the past if there
is some free time you may jump as much as you like. It is up to you to determine what competition you will be
competing in and be on time for that event. My #’s are good but no so over whelming that I need to assign you
an event (The opening heights are flexible except for the Elite Men). Watching is Free, Participating is $20,
this entry fee gets you into an awesome competition.

The high school/Masters competition will begin promptly at 11:00. Opening height will be determined by the
field. The height increments will be adjusted to accommodate a 2:00 finish time.

The women’s elite competition will begin at 2:30 (Warm ups will be allowed during the last ½hour of the masters competition with great respect to be paid to the competing athletes). Opening height will be determined by the field. The height increments will be adjusted to accommodate a 5:00 finish time.

The men's elite competition will begin at 5:30 (Warm ups will be allowed during the last ½ hour of the women’s elite competition with great respect to be paid to the competing athletes). The opening height will be no lower than 4.80m (15' 9").

Directions to the state fair grounds in Indianapolis:
Take whatever major highway you need to get to Indy (if you can’t find Indianapolis
then you don’t need to be vaulting in this event!!). Use the 38th street entrance, it is
the closest to the site of the competition.

From I-69: Take state road 37 south (I-69 turns into 37), at the point where 37 and
38th street become the same road the entrance to the fairgrounds will be on your right.

From I-65: Take 30th street east, turn left (north) onto Meridian (also known as 31),
turn right (east) on 38th street (also known as 37), the entrance to the fairgrounds will
be on your right.

From I-70: Take I-65 north to 30th street east, turn left (north) onto Meridian (also
known as 31), turn right (east) on 38th street (also known as 37), the entrance to the
fairgrounds will be on your right.
Thanks for all your cooperation and support.
For additional information contact Bryan Carrel at: W 800-637-3090, H 217-367-7014
Cell 217-721-1278 Email
pvjunkie@hotmail.com

DO NOT FORGET YOUR PARENTAL CONSENT FORM, YOU WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO COMPETE WITHOUT ONE. IF YOU ARE OVER THE AGE OF 18 YOU MAY FILL ONE OUT ON SITE.



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2004 Indiana State Fair Pole Vault Competition
Hosted by Gill Athletics and Bryan Carrel (out of the kindness of his heart)

This years State Fair Vault will be held on Friday August 20, 2004. The fields will be broken down into: Open/Masters, Women’s Elite and Men’s Elite. The cost is $20 per entrant. The money collected will be used to cover the cost of setup and the D.J. (we all know what a miser Burton is!!!).

The Open Comp. will begin at 11:00 noon. Opening height will be determined by the field. The height increments will be adjusted to accommodate a 1:00 finish time.

The Women’s Elite Comp. will begin at 2:30 p.m. Opening height will be determined by the field. Height increments will be adjusted to accommodate a 5:00 p.m. finish time.

The Men’s Elite Comp. will begin at 5:30 p.m. Opening height will be 4.80 (15'9") NO LOWER. The competition will run until completed or until we run out of daylight, whichever comes first.

*****TIMES ARE APPROXIMATE, WE WILL NOT RUN*****
******BEHIND SCHEDULE BUT WE MAY RUN AHEAD******


***Competitors under the age of 18 must have a parent or legal guardian complete the parental release***

For Additional Information Contact Bryan Carrel at: Office 1-800-637-3090
Cell (217) 721-1278
E-mail: pvjunkie@hotmail.com
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Parental Release/Consent form

I hereby authorize the organizers of the Indiana State Fair Pole Vault Competition to act for me according to their best judgment in any emergency requiring medical attention for ______________________________.
(competitors name)

I hereby give my permission to the physician selected by the organizers of the Indiana State Fair Pole Vault Competition to undertake appropriate medical steps toward the welfare of my child, as deemed necessary by the situation.

I hereby waive and release the organizers of the Indiana State Fair Pole Vault Competition of any and all Liability for any injuries or illnesses incurred while participating at the above mentioned event.

Parent or Legal Guardians Signature____________________________________Date__________________

I wish I could go

We wish it was on a Saturday

Looks like I might get to go play - If so I will bring some new toys along

this is a fun and well run meet. go if you can 20 bucks is a deal.
wish i could make it this year

This event will be a USATF sactioned event thanks to the help of the Indiana Invaders - http://www.indianainvaders.com

The high school vaulter from Missouri would like to thank Pole vault Junkie for putting on this meet. Although it looked like we were not going to be able to vault due to the steady rain we finaly got our chance. This meet was fun, lots of vaulters, and a good atmosphere. Where else could a person learn so much about llamas on a Friday afternoon. lol Thanks for being so patient, Bryan it was well worth the wait and the long drive from Missouri. Thank you and your friends for all the hard work that you did to get ready for this event, It was appreciated. I think I can speak for my son and family, We are certain we WILL be back next year.

results??

I no heighted, but it was still worth it. I got lost 4 times between the way there and home. Fun trip and day! Not to mention the llamas. Too bad the rain didn't let us get started till 5. And listening to Switchfoot as we left was pretty cool.

that sucks...we drove all the way up and waited til about 3 for the rain to stop and left like morons...should've stayed...o well i'll be there next year.

Results up tomarrow...........

So heres the story
Got to indy no problem (from Champaign). Into the park by 9:55 thurs evening to set up..........unloaded the runway and started setting up while 4 other took off with the trailer to pick up the pits. Got the runway done in under 45 min..........then waited........and waited........and waited. Well it seems the truck with the trailer got seperated from the pickup that knew how to get to the school with the pit. The pickup was involved in a very minor fender bender.........anyway they get back to the fairgrounds around 12:30am............so we get back to the motel around 1:30 and head straight to Bob Most SR.'s room to cap off the evening around 3am. Well..........8:00 am rolls and we head to Dennys (MMMMM Dennys, what a breakfast) in the rain.............and it ends up raining ALL day. It was unbelievable, almost everone stuck it out.........of course I had no idea how many people were still there. So I let the word out at about 3pm (we had been there since 9:30am) that if it did not stop by 5 it was all over and we would all just go home (except me and my crew who still had to tear down and return the pits and load the runway). Well at 5 it was still misting and I looked at the Dad that drove in from Missouri and said thats it.........nothing good is going to happen here lets just pack it up and get outta here. Then I look back towards the Llama's (who by the way can piss about as much as a days worth of rain) and realized that there were only 10 - 12 vaulters still in there. So I figure..........what the heck lets uncover and at LEAST have a practice. Well as soon as the cover starts to come off..........WHAM 25 vaulter start running out of every bldg in the area.................I couldnt believe it, it was like bugs with poles scurrying from every corner to hit the runway.................now what to do. So the runway stays open for an hr while I get my shat together and we run off a pretty good comp (for you officials on here I ran 2 comps at the same time on one sheet with the names in no particular order........it was tough). No one jumped huge but hey we all sat around for about 5 - 7 hours watching it rain and smelling Llama stuff (they dont smell real good). We had just enough light from the 2 street lights near the pit to see the box when the sun went down. Tore down everything and headed to the school we borrowed the pit from........guess what, the football game just got over and about a thousand cars, kids and cops were all over the place. Finally we got back to the motel, got cleaned up and thank goodness HOOTERS still serves til 1am......................back to the room by 2:30 for a GOOD nites sleep and went home the next day after another killer breakfast at Dennys (did I mention Dennys ROCKS).

This was prob the worst and best State Fair Vault I have ever run all wrapped up into one wild weekend.

THANK YOU TO ALL WHO STUCK IT OUT WITH US TO HAVE A GREAT TIME. YOUR DEDICATION IS ADMIRABLE.

can i ask.. wats with the llamas?...