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another question for you all......... how many poles do you all use and how many are availabvle to you......right now i just received my 2nd and for two years ive had to work with only one..... i guess out here in SW Kansas its a lil harder to come by gettin poles or even barrowing

i am one of the few fortunite ones... i have 8 new carbons and they are all exactly wehre i need them.. they are GREAT i love it

iv got 2 Essx poles that are mine, and a few poles my school owns that i use. the school ones are too small though, i only use them for short runs or when im hurt (like right now).

I get all my poles from Holy Cross or Westboro High School...mwahahah

I have two right now though...both of them UCS Spirit, and both thanks go Coach Hoogasian

i have 1 pole, 13 foot 130 lb pacer.

2 poles, one pacer 120 pound and one carbon, which i share with a teammate.

we have a bunch of poles however i'm trying to move up from an 11'5" 125 to a 12'4" 135. we don't have anything in between.

I have about 70 or 80 poles. Some I own, some I borrow from local colleges I volunteer coach at, some I borrow from other club coaches, others were donated from kids who outgrew them. Scrape, scrounge, beg, do whatever you gotta do to get as many poles as you can so you can be better fit to what you need. I try to have at least 3-5 poles available for every vaulter for every meet.

Here at Vt we have pretty much everything from an 11' 110 to a 5 meter 200#. 15'6 and up are all sweet carbonness...

started the season with none, now i got 5
consist of 2 carbon ESSX, two pacer, 1 pacer CARBON. at beginning of year i would vault on the softest from 7 left, then it was my money pole. now, from the stiffest of 5, i can pretty much use from 5 left (gettin faster w/ much better plant)

Pretty much any pole I need from any run. My coach is a great guy.

Well, I intro'd a 5'7" 120 lb freshman (thin build but athletic) to PV this time two seasons ago. His first meet went 10'0". We are now starting yr three. We went thru 4 poles yr 1. from a 12-120 to a 13 130. Ended at 11-6. Year 2 went thru 4 poles from 13-155 to 14-155. Year ended 13-6. at 128lbs 5' 8". This year, 5'9" 1302 lbs (and its real early) we have 4 new poles without any carbons hopefully we'll need at years end. Without counting the start pole from last year, the 14-155, we have been on our next two poles 14'6" 150 and 14'6"155 from a seven step, result 13'10" meet, 14'9" practice.. Still in the wings and due to be jumpimg on by leaque outdoor season on 1 Apiril from an 8 step is a 15' 150 and a 15 155. That'll take us to 15'6" surely.

So thats, 12 poles. All new Pacer Fx in less than 3 seasons. on only 500.00 per year budget (that means I bought some too!)

gottta be able to transistion up poles as you improve and to do so ya gotta have the poles WHEN you need them..not wait 4-6 weeks for delivery.

Need poles to build a good HS program.

The above is for a guy weighing 120-140 ish. get a big good guy and its a whole duplicate series of 12 poles just stiffer! Ouch.


good luck. run fast Hold High