Facility Finder

FINDING A CAMP: To find a pole vault camp in your area, please check with your local University that has a track program. They will usually run camps in the summer. Also, when vaulters graduate, they often hang around and help out (e.g. camps), so even in your local University doesn't currently have vaulters, they may still have some veterans that can be of enormous help. If you know of a camp in your area, please let us know and we will post it here. send to: USAPVAspam@4ace.com -- NOTE: you have to delete the "spam" in that e-mail address. This is due to an inordinate amount of spam e-mail being sent, where we now get over 100 spam e-mail's every day.

<< Scroll down to see an extensive list of LINKS to camps etc. -- thanks --  John [ Mac Attack ] McKenzie >>

Fairfax, VA, George Mason University. Jim Keys - email to USAPVAspam@4ace.com -- NOTE: you have to delete the "spam" in that e-mail address. This is due to an inordinate amount of spam e-mail being sent, where we now get over 100 spam e-mail's every day.

3 one-week Camp Sessions this summer.
We run our PV camps at GMU through the "Patriot Track and Field Camp".  GMU has the BEST indoor facility in the world (in my opinion), and consistently produces some of the greatest track athletes in the world. We are truly lucky to be associated with such a fine University and Track & Field program.

Poles: PV poles are specifically designed to your height, weight, speed, and ability, and therefore are more customized to your abilities than your underwear. As such, you must bring your own pole (and your own underwear too).  If you do not have a pole, we will make every effort to find one for you to borrow, under the explicit understanding that if you damage a borrowed pole in any way, you will purchase a new pole of the owners specification (not necessarily the same pole). Realize that the chances of another athlete having the exact pole you need with the precise length you need, weight rating, and flex number, is highly unlikely.

Cost $150.00 (camp tuition only) -- unbelievable facility - one of the best in the country.
For registration information, please call (GMU) at (703)993-3284.

GMU is located at 4400 University Drive Fairfax, VA. Camp is over at the Track & Field House.
For all GMU information: http://www.gmu.edu GMU is a great University and has a solid athletic program as well.

Outdoor Camps at GMU
TBD. 

Registration Form (click here)

We also welcome your parents and coaches (especially new coaches) that want to learn more about the pole vault to help the athletes they work with. Our door is open to everyone.

For outdoor camp, 1-week straight, Monday-Wednesday-Friday are big/hard jump days. Tuesday we jump light & watch videos too. Thursday is the hassell meet where we stick-vault short run (55') - and anybody can yell, holler, scream, get-in-your-way, -- try to distract you (without touching you or your pole - or you automatically get the height and they have to run 400m). This builds focus, attention, and aggressiveness on the runway - and no, nobody has ever been hurt in this or any part of our camps - it is one of the most fun things we do in camp. Some camps do gymnastics, vault underwater in a pool, jump up and down on a trampoline -- all we do is vault -- and vault and vault and vault and vault -- higher and higher and higher and higher.

Indoor Camp at GMU
November 18th, 25th, December 2nd, 9th, and 16th.

Indoor Registration Form (click here)

Centreville, VA. Kevin McGorty 4 one-week Camp Sessions this summer in July 1:30pm-4:30pm daily at Centreville High School.
Dates: TBD.
Coach McGorty is one of the most dedicated PV coaches we have ever met. His athletes have done exceptionally well under his tutelage, and we strongly recommend his camps.

Richmond, VA
XtremeHeights Pole Vaulting Contact Val Osipenko at coach@xtremeheightspv.com or at (804) 789-0293
Website at www.xtremeheightspv.com for more information.

California

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Connecticut (CT)

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Florida (FL)

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Georgia (GA)

Atlanta - Ogelthorpe University - Thomas Bynum (404)303-0451

Atlanta - Fairburn / South Atlanta traning facility - Ernest Dixon (770)739-6321.

Maryland (MD)

Dye Homepage

East Coast Invitational, Walt Whitman High School, Bethesda MD
Competition by Age Group (PV is on Sunday for H.S. age Boys & Girls)
Contact: Anne or Bob Rothenberg (301)262-3844

Michigan (MI)
Sky High Pole Vault Camp
phone: 1-866-VAULT-HI
e-mail: skyhighpvcamp@hotmail.com
website: www.geocities.com/polevaultzot/

North Carolina (NC)

Vault House, Henderson, NC 27536

New Jersey (NJ)

http://www.verticaladventures.org -- Mike Pascuzzo.  An AWESOME set of camps for Decathlon, Pole Vault, High Jump, etc. that helps athletes and coaches alike.

Michigan (MI)
Sky High Track Camp
Bowen Field House, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, Michigan

Contacts:
Tony Bonacci (734) 482-4809 or Paul Babits (734)761-3734
Fax:  (734) 482-3028
stchtime@aol.com

Pennsylvania (PA)

Slippery Rock University (near Pittsburgh)

Fiberbenders

Texas (TX)

University of Texas Austin:  http://www.texassports.com

Virginia (VA)

Fairfax, VA, George Mason University. Jim Keys - email to USAPVAspam@4ace.com -- NOTE: you have to delete the "spam" in that e-mail address. This is due to an inordinate amount of spam e-mail being sent, where we now get over 100 spam e-mail's every day.
3 one-week Camp Sessions this summer. (See top of this page).

Gloucester, VA, Gloucester High Sports Complex, Contact Kyle Bishop (804)764-0693 or John Perrin (804)693-5272.

Multiple Events - Runs, Throws & Jumps

http://www.runnersworld.com/calendar/camps00.html
http://www.mfathletic.com/
http://www.usatfne.org/track/outdoors.html
http://members.aol.com/BrownTrack/index.html
http://www.georgiadogs.com/track_field/camp.shtml
http://www.drtrack.com/
http://www.fiberbenders.com/
http://www.sru.edu/depts/chhs/athletic/m&wtrack/camps.html
http://www.verticaladventures.org/summercamp2000.cfm
http://www.verticaladventures.org/events.cfm
http://www.athletesedge.com/sportscamps/track.htm
http://www.trackandfieldnews.com/general/camp2000.html
http://us-sportscamps.com/
http://hurdling.com/camps.htm
http://athletics.rutgers.edu/camps/track.htm

http://www.skyhighathletics.com

Master's Track and Field Clinic: (30+, but all ages welcome). Occidental College (Glendale, CA), 8:30 am (registration) to 4:30 pm. Actual Workout, Starts, Race Strategies, Over Speed, Resistance, Warmups, Workouts.
This year hurdles and high jump included! For more info: Eugene Driver (323) 753-1867. E-Mail: thetrackjunkie@aol.com, PO Box 62009, Los Angeles, CA 90062-0009. Seen in National Masters News.

Jumps Only
http://www.gloryroad.net/~vaulth/
http://www.bellathletics.com/vault.htm
http://www.jayhawks.org/track/jumpcamp.html
http://www.pitsnstuff.com/camp.html
http://www.skyjumpers.com/pages/camplist.htm
http://www.polevault.com/camps/coming.html
http://www.vaultworld.com/camps/janjohnson/index.html

Throws Only
http://www.johnpowellassociates.com/
http://www.usatf-ct.org/trackfield/javfest.htm

July 6-8. Gator BIG GUYS Masters Throws Camp, U of Florida, Gainesville. GBG Camp, Attn: John
Frazier, University Athletic Assoc., Inc., PO Box 14485, Gainesville, FL 32604. 352-375-4683,
x5548; E-Mail: johnf@gators.uaa.ufl.edu. Seen in National Masters News.
 

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