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'Team Osipenko' hopes to vault to highest level
'Team Osipenko' hopes to vault to highest level
By Fred Jeter TimesDispatch
There are 33 track and field teams in the Central Region - 34 if you count the unofficial "Team Osipenko."
Former Russian national team pole vaulter Val Osipenko will have particular interest in this weekend's state Group AAA vaulting competition in Newport News.
Of the nine girls qualifying for the states meet (through region placement or by meeting state standards), seven train under Osipenko at XTreme Heights/GymQuest in Glen Allen.
Osipenko's state-qualifying female pupils include Carolina Poma and Stephanie Oleson of Henrico, Hillary Parsons of Douglas Freeman, Sydney Hobart and Lizzie Powell of Patrick Henry and Caitlin Walton of Mills Godwin.
On the boys side, Osipenko coaches state qualifiers Matt Armentrout of Deep Run and Spencer Aldridge and Eric Zwarycz of Godwin.
Armentrout won the region title (14-6) last week and is the defending state outdoor champion.
Another of Osipenko's disciples is Anne Marie Gordon (formerly of Godwin and now at Duke), the 2005 and '07 state champ.
Val Sr. and Nadia Osipenko's children, Val Jr. and Vika, were vaulting champs for Atlee before earning scholarships to the University of Virginia.
If area vaulters aren't in the Osipenko camp, they are apt to be aligned with Kyle Bishop of Mechanicsville.
At his home training facility, Bishop coaches girls region champ Emma Dejarnette of Atlee and with state qualifiers Rachael Hawks and Cameron Overstreet, also of Atlee.
Girls state vaulting is today, the boys tomorrow, at Todd Stadium. - Fred Jeter
The dominance of the Central Region pole vault girls & two reasons or coaches why
The dominance of the Central Region pole vault girls & two reasons or coaches why
By Brandon Miles Article
The 2008 State Meet will mark the 10th time AAA girls compete for a state championship in the pole vault. In 1999 Carrie Bennett of Hayfield was one of the 39 pioneers who came to Norfolk State University to vault at the state meet. She would vault 10’6” to become the first girl’s pole vault state champion.
In the first few years of the event champions came from all four regions:
* Danielle Taylor of Cox High School from the Eastern Region in 2000
* Rhian Jenks of Prince George High School from the Central Region in 2003
* Nancy Baar of Patrick Henry GS High School from the Northwest Region in 2004
* Nicole Kazuba of Chantilly High School from the Northern Region in 2006
But in these last two years the sport seemed to evolve to another level in the Central Region.
Central Region girls would win 3 of the last four indoor vault championships and Anne Marie Gordon of Godwin would tie the meet record in the event with her winning vault at last year’s state outdoor championships. This year 29 girls are entered in the pole vault. Eleven of these are from the Central Region. Of these eleven, six are found in the top seven seeds in the event. Two of the reasons for this evolution of the girls pole vault in the Central Region are, Kyle Bishop, the Atlee coach and Val Osipenko the Xtreme Heights Vaulting Club coach
For the past few years vaulters coached by these two have battled not only for the regional championship but for the state championship.
This year’s state meet will see this competition within a competition. Atlee Coach, Kyle Bishop has top seeded and state indoor champion Emma Dejarnette, 5th seeded Rachael Hawks and 6th seeded Cameron Overstreet. Val Osipenko and the Xtreme Heights Club is represented by 2nd seeded Lizzie Powell of Patrick Henry, 3rd seeded Caroline Poma of Henrico, and 5th seeded Hillary Parsons of Douglas Freeman.
So when the sun sets on the 2008 pole vault championships look for a Central Regional girl to be on the winners stand – be it an Atlee or Extreme Heights vaulter.
VHSL AAA State Meet
Congratulation to all of our vaulters that competed at the Virginia State Meet!
Lizzie Powell 11'6 2nd
Colleen McGlade 11' 4th
Caroline Poma 10'6 6th
Hillary Parsons 10' 9th
Sydney Hobart 10' 13th
Caitlin Walton 10' 13th
Stephanie Oleson NH
Matthew Armentrout 14'9 2nd
Jack Smith 13'6 8th
Eric Zwarycz 13' 11th
Matt Ludvik 12'6 18th
Robby Dodson 12'6 21st
VHSL AA State Meet
Congratulation to Nick Durante on winning the Virginia AA state meet. He jumped a personal best of 14-3 for the win.
Nick Durante 14'3 1st
Ryan Garcia NH
2008 Outdoor District Meets
Capital DistrictBay Rivers
Caroline Poma 10'6 2nd
Stephanie Oleson 9' 5th
Colonial District
Lizzie Powell 10'9 1st
Hillary Parsons 10'9 2nd
Caitlin Walton 10'6 3rd
Sydney Hobart 9'6 4th
Haley Sellers 9'6 5th
Mary Mullen Boteler 9' 6th
Matthey Armentrout 14'6 1st
Matt Ludvik 14' 2nd
Eric Zwarycz 13' 3rd
Patrick Dietrick 12' 5th
Jack Smith 11'6 6th
Robbie Dodson 11'6 7th
Nick Durante 13' 1st
Ryan Garcia 10'6 4th
Commonwealth
Colleen McGlade 10'4 1st
Southern Track Classic
Preview by Brandon Miles Milestat
GIRLS: Meet director Dan Ward did not have to travel too far to find the best pole vaulters in the state as the state's top two ranked vaulters are from the Central Region in Atlee's Emma Dejarnette and Patrick Henry's Lizzie Powell (pictured above by Tom Hoerner). AAA state champion Dejarnette skyed over 12'6" at the Taco Bell Classic in early April to move closer and closer to the state record held by Ashley Early, while Powell has moved out of the shadows of her older sister Annie to emerge as a great vaulter in her own right with a spring best clearance of 11'9". Six vaulters are entered at 11 feet or higher to set up for a deep competition on Friday.
BOYS:
The pole vault competition at Dogwood of the big three in Daniel Inge, Matthew Armentrout, and Allen Kelly which was postponed due to severe weather will now resume at a different meet two weeks later with all three vaulting very well heading into this weekend. Inge's 16'4.75" clearance last weekend leads the group and state of Virginia, but Armentrout cleared 15'6" last month and Kelly went over 15 feet cleanly last Saturday at the Suffolk Invite.
05/07/08
Henrico:
Caroline Poma 11' 1st PR
Stephanie Oleson 9'6 2nd PR
Douglas Freeman:
Jack Smith 13'9 PR
Robby Dodson 12'6
Hillary Parsons 11'3 1st PR
Sydney Hobart 10'6 PR
Caitlin Walton 10'6 PR
Five Forks Track Classic
Matthew Armentrout 15' 1st Matt Ludvik 13' 4th Lissie Baker 8'3 5th
Dogwood (UVA) 04/26/08
Kate Collins 10'9 2nd
Hillary Parsons 10'3 3rd
Caitlin Walton 10'3 6th
Caroline Poma 10'3 6th
Colleen McGlade 9'9 8th
Stephanie Oleson 9'3 12th
Sydney Hobart 9'3 12th
Mary Mullen Boteler 8'9 16th
Jack Smith 13' 1st
Matt Ludvik 12'6 6th
Eric Zwarcyz 12'6 6th
Nick Durante 12'6 6th
Matthew Armentrout (Was warming up when the meet was cancelled due to rain)
Norfolk State High School Invitational 04/19/08
Nick Durante won the meet with a jump of 14'. This is Nicks second 6" pr in two weeks.
