1. “BIG FUN” @ CIRCUS BBQ … Nick Marino(Pa) 15′ 7.5″..Alana Carroll(NY) 12′ 7.5″ !!!

    The Hudson Valley Flying Circus Pole Vault Academy
    Warwick Valley,NY

    July 15, 2017

    The good old CIRCUS BARNYARD BBQ MEET was filled with joy, spirit and laughter all day long…as 85 pole vaulters enjoyed the perfect conditions and atmosphere at the 3rd BBQ Meet. The food was outstanding from Greg’s BBQ spit grill…the vault stories were half-truths ..the family gathering was special …the music was ‘country’ and the drinks were chilled…JOE TEA !!!!!

    THANK YOU ALLL…athletes…meet volunteers…coaches and families for a super ending to our “Best Year Ever”. Rest and recovery time now… We reopen September 3rd for another great year!!!

    Complete Results:

    GIRLS:
    Taking the gold in the Middle School Division was 8th grader Hannah Solomon-Hollander of Suffern,NY at 8’1″…Prevailing in the Frosh/Soph Division was Dani Heine of Clarks Summit,PA with her 11′ 1″ leap… Breaking the HS Meet record was junior Alana Carroll of Averill Park,NY with her 12′ 7.5″ sail and taking honors in the Open Division was Dartmouth University freshman…Julia valiant of North Reading,MA at 12′ 7.5″ !!!

    Girls Middle School…. 1-Hannah Solomon-Hollander(Suffern,NY) 8’1″ 2-Sarah Parr(Audubon,NJ) 7’7″ 3-Fiona Carroll(Averill Park,NY) 7’7″ 4-Chloe Pasek(West Milford,NJ) 7’7″ 5-Shea Ross(Wallkill,NY) 7’1″ 6-Ellison Weiner,Weston,CT) 6’1″

    Girls Frosh/Soph ….1-Dani Heine(Clarks Summit,PA) 11′ 1″ 2-Elise Hall(Raleight,NC) 10′ 7″ 3-Keli Thompson(Warwick,NY) 10′ 7″ 4-CarolAnn Perry(Basking Ridge,NJ) 10′ 7″ 5-Mue Carroll(Matawan,NJ) 9’7″ 6-Elise Russell(Weston,CT) 9′ 1″ 7-Lauren Pawlowski(Shelton,CT) 8′ 7″ 8-Tamara-Bo Weiner(North Highlands,NJ) 8’1″ 9-Keira Coulard-Smith(New Paltz,NY) 8′ 1″ 10-Lauren Hancher(Tappan Zee,NY) 7′ 7″ 11-Daphne Kalkanis(Mahwah,NJ) 6′ 7″ 12-Rachel Klein(Abington Heights,PA) 6′ 7″ 13-Julia Tucci(Demarest,NJ) 6’1′

    Girls High School(Juniors-Seniors) … 1-Alana carroll)Aerial Park,NY) 12′ 7.5″(Record) 2-Madisyn Hawkins(Wilkes Barr,PA) 12′ 1″ 3-Leah Saifi(Mountainside,NJ) 11′ 7″ 4-Jess Ippolito(FairLawn,NJ) 11′ 1″ 4T-Danielle Cass(Weston,CT) 11′ 1″ 6-Lauren Saifi(Mountainside,NJ) 10′ 1″ 7-Nicole Lester(Ridgewood,NJ) 10′ 1″ 8-Grace Gardella(Ramsey,NJ) 10′ 1″ 9-Kaia Becker(Haskell.NJ) 9’7″

    Womens Open ….1-Julia Valenti(North Reading,MA) 12′ 7.5″ 2-Nikki Carroll(Tampa,FL) 11’7.5″ 3-Kayla Leahey(Warwick,NY) 10′ 1″ 4-Samantha Kaplan(New Paltz,NY) 10′ 1″ 5-Taylor Harmon(Robbinsville,NJ) 8′ 7″ 6-Maurin O’Connor(Albany,NY) 8′ 7″

    BOYS:
    Taking the gold with a new Elementary School Record was Jake Pasek at 6′ 7″ for this 5th grader from West Milford,NJ .. Top Freshman was Luke Lombardi of Oneida,NY at 12′ 7PR…Top Soph was Liam Landau of Pascack Hills,NJ at 13′ 1″…Top Junior winner was Joe Weaver of Central Square,NY at 15′ 1.5″… Top Senior and Overall BBQ Champ was Nick Marino of Horsham,PA with his 15′ 7.5″ leap… Top Open winner was Erik Adameik of Clifton,Nj at 15′ 1.5″ for the former Rider University champion…Master winner Mark Cortazzo of Warren,Nj flew 13′ 1.25″ to take the 45-49 Division and 76 year young Jon “Doc” Andresen won Masters 76 Division at 9′ 1″!!!!! Congratulations to All !!!

    Elementary School…. 1-Jake Pasek(West Mlford,NJ) 6′ 7″ (5th Grader!!!)(Meet Record)

    Freshman Division….1-Luke Lombardi(Oneida,NY) 12′ 7″PR 2-Bradley Jelmert(Watchung,NJ) 11′ 1″ 3-Michael Moore(Warwick,NY) 10′ 1″ 4-Chad Regan(Wilkes-Barr,PA) 9′ 7″ 5-Yuval Fogelman(Goshen,NY) 8′ 1″PR

    Sophomore Division …Liam Landau(Pascach Hills,NJ) 13′ 1″ 2-Louis Logsdail(Stamford,CT) 13′ 1″ 3-Anthony Ferrara(Matawan,NJ) 12′ 7″ 4-Callum Howald(South Orange,NJ) 12′ 1″ 5-Adam Stavash(Hasbrook Heights,NJ) 12′ 1″ 6-Sam Winiarski(Flemington,NJ) 10′ 7′ 7-Iyriy Denys(Riverhead,NY) 10′ 1″ 8-Cacob Becher(Warwick,NY) 9′ 7′ 9-Gerald Newman(Clarks Summit,PA) 9′ 7″PR 10-

    Junior Division … 1-Joe Weaver(Central Square,NY) 15′ 1.5″PR 2-Seth Kricheff(Old Tappan,NJ) 14′ 1.5″ 3-Dave Bausmith(Flemington,NJ) 14′ 1.5″ 4-Dane Sorensen(Warwick,NY) 13′ 7.5″ 5-Kyle Vidal(Bedford Hills,NY) 13′ 1.25″ 6-Sam Pitkowski(Hillsdale,NJ) 12′ 1″ 7-S.Mitchell Buteau(Bernardsville,NJ) 11′ 1″ 8-Zack Matson(New Milford,CT) 10′ 1″ 9-Connor Burke(Pearl River,NY) NH

    Senior Division… 1-Nick Marino(Horsham,PA) 15′ 7.5″(Overall BBQ Winner!!! ) 2-Milan Spisek(Easton,CT) 15′ 1.5″ 3-Trevor Hazell(Vernon,NJ) 14′ 1.25″ 4-Brian Rubenstein(Berkley Heights,NJ) 13′ 7.5″ 5-Kyle Russell(Leonia,NJ) 13′ 1″ 6-Jason Mezhibosky(Demarest,NJ) 12′ 7′ 7-Dylan Scribani(New Paltz,NY) 12′ 7″ 8-Jona Kim(Old Tappan,NJ) 12′ 1″ 9-Henry Spangler(new Cannan,CT) 11′ 7″ 10-Marc DeLuca(Stamford,CT NH Dagi Tadesse(New Paltz,NY) NH

    Open Division…1-Erik Adamick(Clifton,NJ) 15′ 1.5″ 2-Jason Brocious(Central Square,NY) 14′ 7.5″ 3-Anthony DeFranco(Berkley Heights,NJ) 14′ 1.5″ 4-Josh Ornovitz(New Providence,NJ) 14′ 1.25″ 5-Martin Desmery(new Paltz,NY) 13′ 1″

    Masters Divisions:
    1-Mark Cortazzo(Warren,NJ) 13′ 1.25″(45-49 Age Group ) 2-Duncan Littlefield(Millstone,NJ) 12′ 7″(50-55 Age Group) 3-Billy Crouse(Columbus.NJ) 10′ 7″(55-60 Age Group) 4-John “Doc” Andresen(Aquebogue,NY) 9′ 1″ (76 Yr Age Group) !!!!!!!

    HAPPY SUMMER…from FLYIN’ CIRCUS.

  2. ” FLYIN’ CIRCUS CAMPERS READY-to-ROLL….. 85 STRONG!!!!!

    Hudson Valley Flying Circus ….. The Place to be this summer!!!!
    Warwick Valley,NY

    CONGRATULATIONS to all 85 Vaulters and 20 Volunteer Coaches who make our Pole Vault camps this week a huge success….Now..on to the final girls camp day and Saturdays’ “CIRCUS BBQ VAULT MEET” on three of the FASTEST RUNWAYS east of the Mississippi River…. Girls Meet starts at 10:01AM and Boys Meet starts at 2:01pm…BBQ served at 12:30pm….. Join the RAMBLIN’ FUN with us Saturday in Warwick,NY

    FLYING CIRCUS ………..”Feel-the-Spirit”.