​SESSION HOURS
Days: Monday & Wednesday
Time: Two Groups 4- 5:30pm & 5:30-7pm
Where: 2090 Olympic St. Suite E, Springfield, Oregon
Schedule Change March 30th
Sessions will be on Monday & Tuesday not Wednesday any longer. Due to HS meets scheduled on Wednesday's.
Same times.
New members as of March 1 must come on Tuesdays only! All new comers come on Tuesdays as well.
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Open with restrictions
We are open again with Covid restrictions.
Monday & Thursdays
3:30-5:00 or 5:30-7:00
There will be guidelines posted in the entry of the building. We are still indoors through June.
Private
lessons
Raising the Bar PV has 4 coaches that are available for private lessons upon request and availability.
$50 for 1 hr.
$75 for 2hrs.
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Contact Coach Vanderville with requests
541-913-5256
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COACHES
Mark Vanderville
Dan Umenhofer
Gabriel LaMay
Mark Vanderville has 33 yrs. of experience as a vaulter and coach. He competed for 2 yrs. at Highline Community College with a best of 16'3". He competed for the University of Oregon with a best of 17'6" that ranked him 7th on their all time list and was runner up in the Pac- 10 Championships in 1990.
Dan Umenhofer has been coaching high school vaulters for 32 yrs. He has been a vaulting partner with, and also coached by Dan West for most of those years. He jumped a personal best of 16'1" at the age of 34.
Gabriel LaMay competed for LCC & Oregon as a Decathlete. He then had a coaching position at Kent State University. He has returned to the Eugene area where he is a teacher at Churchill HS.
Dan West
Lindsey Wagner
Bob Heitstuman
Dan West has been vaulting and has cleared a bar for 50 straight years. He vaulted at Montana State with a best of 14' 8". He cleared his all time best of 15'5" at the age of 32 while coaching at MSU. He was the 2005 indoor champion in his age group.
Lindsay Wagner has been vaulting since 2001. She graduated from South Eugene high school in 2008 with two state titles and a school Record of 12' 7.5".
Bob Heitstuman A former Oregon HS State Champion, pole vaulter for the University of Oregon (PR 16’ 7”) stepped away from the sport for about 10 years and came back to vaulting and coaching with us at Raising the Bar in 2008.