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Unread postby Skyin' Brian » Thu Jul 31, 2003 2:36 pm

KYLE ELLIS wrote:All state in football basketball, and track. Played baseball 15 years (summer leauge little league world series) 4 time state champ in wrestling. pool, swimming, diving, ping pong!, and frisbee golf for fun.


state champ in wrestling and all-state basketball. that is the craziest combo ever.

i was 4th in state wrestling my senior year. i also competed in gymnastics through my junior year in high school.
the vault is all i do now though

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Unread postby vault jock » Mon Sep 08, 2003 7:01 pm

WOW YA MEAN THERS OTHER SPORTS :D
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Unread postby Wildtrail » Thu Oct 16, 2003 7:49 pm

I run 800m, 4x4, and vault in spring....run cc in fall....ski team in winter...mountain bike in summer.

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Unread postby batvaulter » Fri Oct 17, 2003 12:42 pm

i use to play football but i gave it up for pole vaulting and to study harder im in a sport all year round and the hardess ones to like the decathlon, linebacker,indoor/outdoor track,and j.o.

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Unread postby PimpVaulter11 » Sun Oct 19, 2003 9:11 pm

Racing motorcross and pimpin in the Big Bronco
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Unread postby jhesch » Wed Oct 22, 2003 7:01 pm

lets see, in HS ive done cross country (seems many vaulters have, wonder why/if theres a connection) and swimming (havnt seen many there) and diving. in my life though, ive spent several years involved in wrestling, track and field (used to be way good at discus), soccer, basketball, football, volleyball, even t-ball as a little dude. other oddball sports include(d) skateboarding, ping pong, some snowboarding and I learned to surf this past summer. im pretty sure there is more that i am forgetting....

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Unread postby mcminkz05 » Sat Oct 25, 2003 10:45 pm

kinda interesting you mention that, bc i just iv been A football player for 3 years, and still am, but decided to run cross country this year too. im not sure if it helps the vault much? its good training though, CC practice is harder than football practice some days...
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Unread postby Skyin' Brian » Sun Oct 26, 2003 11:39 am

cross country is definately not good for the vault. i did run for 3 years in high school(9-11) and not doing cross my senior year definately did not have a negative impact on my vault. really high mileage is not good on the fast twitch muscles. if you are really serious about the vault it is tough to train your body to run long and slow and still have blazing speed on the runway. in college you will seldom see a cross country/vaulter that is good at both if you do see one, but for high school, it is ok. it keeps you in shape, but the workouts arent ideal for top end speed


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