​SESSION HOURS
***We are now on Summer break. No club activites***
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Practices will resume on Monday November 4th, 2019.
Day's: Monday's & Wednesday's
Time: Two Groups 4- 5:30pm & 5;30-7pm
Where: 2090 Olympic St. Suite E, Springfield, Oregon
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Private
lessons
Raising the Bar PV has 4 coaches that are available for private lessons upon requests and availability.
$50 for 1 hr.
$75 for 2hrs.
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Contact Coach Vanderville for requests
541-913-5256
Video of the month
COACHES
Mark Vanderville
Dan Umenhofer
Simon Park 16' 6" in a downpour
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 ranks him 9th on their all time list and was runner up in the Pac 10 Championships in 1990.
Gabriel Lemay is in his 5th year with us. Gabriel 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.
Bob Heitstuman
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.
Dan West
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.
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.
Lindsey Wagner
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".
