(Murrieta, California) Vista Murrieta High School hosts the Saddle Up Invitational for 2017, and plenty of Vaulter Club past and present members were on hand at the medal stand. In total, the place was crawling with pole vaulters from the local area and surrounding schools.
For the Frosh/Soph section of the meet, we had Nicole Silverlake leading the way as a Sophomore with a jump of 11′ and the rest of the stats are below.
Event 53 Girls Pole Vault Frosh/Soph
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6-6 Opening Height
Name Year School Seed Finals Points
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1 Silverlake, Nicole 10 Chaparral 9-06.00 11-00.00
2 Bader, Tamara 10 Vista Murrieta 8-00.00 10-00.00
3 Harris, Jasmine 10 Temecula Valley 8-06.00 8-06.00
3 Burda, Julia 10 Chaparral 7-06.00 8-06.00
5 Bostock, Casey 10 Vista Murrieta 6-00.00 J8-06.00
6 Murphy, Taylor 9 Temecula Valley 6-06.00
7 Vuong, Deanna 11 Covina J6-06.00
— Wolinski, Alexis 9 Temecula Valley NH
— Figueroa, Guadalupe 9 Hemet NH
— Mills, Kailyn 10 Murrieta Mesa NH
For Varsity girls we had a great showing with Allie Gray, a first year vaulter, winning the meet on a 12′ personal record break for the start of the season. This is a great time of the year to break a personal record so early in the season. Also Charisma Davis had a double PR day going 9’6″. There are big jumps to come with this girl in the driver’s seat. The rest of the stats are below.
Event 55 Girls Pole Vault Varsity
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7-0 Opening Height
Name Year School Seed Finals Points
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1 Gray, Allie 11 Chaparral 10-10.00 12-00.00
2 Kast, Madison 10 Murrieta Valley 10-06.00 11-00.00
3 Meier, Katrina 11 Vista Murrieta 9-06.00 10-06.00
4 Davis, Charisma 11 Temecula Valley 8-02.00 9-06.00
5 Nicolazzi, Kaylene 11 Chaparral 8-04.00 9-00.00
6 Mendoza, Melissa 12 Covina 8-06.00
7 Murray, Abbey 11 Vista Murrieta 9-00.00 7-06.00
8 Buckwalter, Jordan 11 Chaparral 6-00.00
For the Varsity boys, we have Dustin Davis that has shown some serious improvements and in his technique and power with a solid second place finish of 13′ and an attempt for a new PR. The rest of the stats are below.
Event 56 Boys Pole Vault Varsity
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9-0 Opening Height
Name Year School Seed Finals Points
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1 Rice, Jake 12 Murrieta Valley 14-00.00 13-06.00
2 Davis, Dustin 11 Vista Murrieta 12-00.00 13-00.00
3 Mathews, Jeremiah 12 Covina 10-00.00
4 Kennard, Luke 12 Temecula Valley 10-06.00 J10-00.00
5 Holly, Bryan 11 Vista Murrieta 9-06.00 J10-00.00
6 Valenzuela, Enrique 11 Murrieta Mesa 10-00.00 9-06.00
7 Riesland, Beau 11 Hemet 8-06.00 J9-06.00
8 Hernandez, Cody 11 Hemet 8-06.00 J9-06.00
For the start of the season, we are coming out strong with a group of kids that are sure to make the marks that they need. Keep an eye out for some of these athletes; they are certain to leave a mark!
Doug Bouma
Executive Director, Vaulter Club