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2019 WINDY CITY POLE VAULT SUMMIT Saturday, March 2, 2019 Location: Rolling Meadows HS 2901 Central Road, Rolling Meadows, IL VAULTING BEGINS AT 4:00PM
In it’s 18th year, the Windy City Pole Vault Summit — hosted by Rolling Meadows High School — has put together another great group of the top vaulters from around the state of Illinois.
With the graduation of two-time Pole Vault Summit Champion Zach Bradford in 2018, the boys side of this year’s Summit looks to be a tight competition. Nine of the top twelve ranked vaulters in the state of Illinois are poised to make a run at the title. Andrew Saloga (Marmion Academy) is set to lead the pack, coming off a personal best of 14’10” earlier this month at Rockford Auburn. Chandlar Ifft (Prairie Central) and Brendan Hill (York), along with several others, will be pushing him.
On the girls side, the number one ranked vaulter in Illinois — Samantha Spencer from Providence Catholic — is the top contender, jumping over 12’ three times already during the 2019 indoor season. Yasmin Ruff (Oak Park - River Forest) and Jess Streepy (Palatine) may be the most likely to challenge Spencer, but the rest of the tightly packed field will definitely be looking to make their own mark on the competition.
This year’s Windy City Pole Vault Summit should be a fun-filled afternoon with music blasting and vaulters jumping high. Vaulting will start at 4:00pm and admission to the event is free.
Past Winners / Winning Heights:
BOYS 2002 — Dave Viken — Rolling Meadows HS — 14’0” 2003 — Dave Viken — Rolling Meadows HS — 15’9” 2004 — Josh Grys — Pekin HS — 14’6” 2005 — Garrett Seager — Northrup HS (Fort Wayne) — 14’9” 2006 — Jake Winder — Plainfield Central HS — 16’7” 2007 — Mick Viken — Rolling Meadows HS — 15’3” 2008 — Mick Viken — Rolling Meadows HS — 16’6” 2009 — Mick Viken — Rolling Meadows HS — 16’7.5” 2010 — Cody Klein — Sparta HS — 16’6” 2011 — Eric Gordon — Normal Community West HS — 14’9” 2012 — Eric Gordon — Normal Community West HS — 15’6” 2013 — Tim Erhardt — Lake Park HS — 15’7” 2014 — Luke Winder — Plainfield Central HS — 17’2.5” 2015 — Andy Jatis — Providence Catholic HS — 16’3” 2016 — Luke Nelson — Oak Park-River Forest HS — 15’0” 2017 — Zach Bradford — Bloomington HS — 16’0” 2018 — Zach Bradford — Bloomington HS — 16’6”
GIRLS 2002 — NOT CONTESTED 2003 — Megan Rossi — Downers Grove South HS — 10’6” 2004 — Jamie Watanabe — Palatine HS — 10’9” 2005 — Taylor Troemel — Normal Community HS — 12’3” 2006 — Melissa Gergel — Marian Catholic HS — 13’0” 2007 — Melissa Gergel — Marion Catholic HS — 12’0” 2008 — Sarah Ross — H.D. Jacobs — 11’3” 2009 — Caley Faulkner — Naperville Central HS — 11’6” 2010 — Anna Etherington — Barrington HS — 11’9” 2011 — Emily Grove — Pontiac HS — 12’9.5” 2012 — Sarah Bell — Bloomington Central Catholic HS — 12’3” 2013 — Carley Schmidt — Lake Forest HS — 12’9” 2014 — Morgan Zacharias — Reed Custer — 12’6” 2015 — Brooke Catherine — Normal Community HS — 13’1” 2016 — Kassadee Ifft — Prairie Central HS — 12’6” 2017 — Laura Seaver — Normal University HS — 12’0” 2018 — Aliyah Welter — Monticello HS — 12’6” More news |
