The Sunflower State’s top pole-vaulter, Nick Meyer, Bishop Carroll senior and future KU Jayhawk, won the Wichita City League Championship.
Congrats to Maggie’s pole-vaulting friends Caitlin Hawk (10-8) and Nick Meyer (16-2) of Bishop Carroll HS for soaring to gold medals at the Wichita City League Meet!
The high-flying Golden Eagles, coached by Denis Fraizer, are big fans of the teen novel, Maggie Vaults Over the Moon, which captures the excitement of the world’s greatest sport.
Maggie says, “Way to go Caitlin and Nick! And best wishes to all Kansas HS pole-vaulters in the next few weeks. Knowing the Highest and Best for you at Regionals and State!” Continue Reading →
Two of Kansas’ best high school pole-vaulting coaches, Thane Nonamaker of Gardner Edgerton (shown at right), and Denis Frazier of Bishop Carroll High School, enjoy the festivities at Doctoberfest held Oct 6. in Jamestown, Kansas. Thane has coached several great pole-vaulters, including state champion Casey Bowen, now vaulting at Kansas University. And Denis also has coached many excellent vaulters, including Nick Meyer, a senior at Carroll and defending Class 5A champion, who broke the Tailwind Pole Vault prep building record at Doctoberfest with a short-approach vault of 16-2. The impact these two men have had on the sport of pole-vaulting in the Sunflower State cannot be measured in feet and inches. From beginner to preps, the sport is rising ever-higher in Kansas because of the expertise and influence of these two men.
An aspiring young pole-vaulter soars at Doctoberfest held Oct. 6 at the Tailwind Pole Vault Club in Jamestown, Kan.
There were many great performances in Jamestown, Kan., on Saturday, Oct. 6, but two young pole-vaulters soared waaay over their previous best marks at the Doctoberfest festival, held at the Tailwind Pole Vault Club.
To mark their great achievements, Mackenzie Van Pelt, of Beloit, Kan., and Thomas Mick, Carleton, Neb., received the club’s first-ever “Maggie Awards.”
The award is named for Maggie Steele, the heroine in Maggie Vaults Over the Moon, the young adult novel about pole-vaulting written by Grant Overstake, published by GO Team! Enterprises, and available at Amazon.com.
“These two came to Doctoberfest today eager to have a great time doing what they love to do, which is pole-vaulting,” Overstake said. “Because of their zeal for the sport and their courage to vault to new heights, they wound up far exceeding their PRs [personal records]. We wanted to create an award that recognizes this type of can-do attitude because it’s the same type of attitude that propels Maggie Steele to greatness.”
