North County · San Diego

Train to your highest potential.

Quality pole vault coaching for every level, from first-day beginners to collegiate vaulters, with a focus on building young men and women of character.

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30+ yrsClub director coaching the vault

38Alumni on to college vaulting

All levelsElementary school to masters

NCPV vaulter clearing the bar against a blue sky

Fall 2026 practices

Monday6:00–8:00 PM

Wednesday6:30–8:30 PM

Calvin Christian HS, Escondido

National Coach of the YearUSATF Pole Vault, 2023 · Coach Mike Wagenveld

CA Coach of the YearCCA Boys Track Coach of the Year, 2024

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Three countiesVaulters from San Diego, Riverside and Los Angeles

Train with us

Two nights a week. Every level welcome.

Join with a monthly membership, a 5-practice punch card or a single drop-in. Sign-up and payment run online, and new vaulters are always welcome.

Fall schedule

Started August 31, 2026

Monday6:00 – 8:00 PM

Wednesday6:30 – 8:30 PM

Calvin Christian High School
Escondido, CA · Directions

Monthly membership

$350

per month

2 practices every week
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Renews automatically each month

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Flexible

Punch card

$250

5 practices

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Drop-in

$50

per practice

One practice, no commitment
Book the night you want

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ScholarshipsWe want everyone to have access. Partial scholarships are available based on need.

Private & semi-privateAvailable Monday through Saturday. Email to book

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New to NCPV?

Four steps to your first practice.

Do these once and you're set. Returning vaulters skip straight to step 2, and renew AAU when it expires at the end of August each year.

Register

Fill out the one-time athlete and parent form: school, grade and current PR.

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Pick & pay

Choose a membership, punch card or drop-in, select your practice days and pay online.

Join AAU

Every vaulter needs AAU membership for insurance. Pick Track and Field and choose NCPV, or enter club code W3E68D.

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Bring a waiver

Print and sign the club waiver and bring it to your first practice.

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Questions before you start? We're happy to help.Email ncpvclub@gmail.com

Programs

A path from first jump to college runway.

Vaulters progress through a proven sequence of drills, from straight-pole jumping to bending the pole with correct technique, and on to elite and collegiate training.

Level 1

Beginner

The basics through a proven drill progression, vaulting from day one. Safety first, and lots of fun jumping.

Level 2

Intermediate

For returning vaulters moving from straight-pole jumping to bending the pole with correct mechanics.

Invite only

Emerging Elite

Rising talent working toward elite: run and plant, swing and inversion. By invitation, based on PR.

Invite only

Elite

A small group of college-bound athletes, with high-level competition and camps across the country.

Summer

Collegiate

A summer training group for returning collegiate vaulters.

How we train

Every practice covers the whole vault, broken into event-specific movements and backed by gymnastics and real competition.

Drills

The vault broken into a sequence of event-specific movements.

Gymnastics

Gym equipment that reinforces the work done on the runway.

Practice

Time used well, covering every movement and aspect of the vault.

Competition

Access to the highest level of meets to challenge and test our athletes.

Results

The heights speak for themselves.

Mission: to train all vaulters to the best of their potential through rigor and discipline in a supportive and safe environment.

CA State Meet medalists

Arcadia Invitational medalists

USA Junior Olympic medalists

Canadian Jr. & Senior Olympic Trials qualifiers

NCAA National Championship qualifiers

NCAA All-American athlete

Top performers

The NCPV height board.

Our best high school marks, from the club's all-time top performers list.

14'6"Club best

21Vaulters listed

Where they vault now

Will you be next?

NCPV alumni vault for UCLA, Cornell, Dartmouth, Penn, SDSU and dozens more. Coach Wagenveld helps athletes through college recruiting.

Allie Leigh in a UCLA uniform — **Allie Leigh**UCLA

Maya Grudman vaulting indoors — **Maya Grudman**Dartmouth

Evangeline Thomson in a Penn uniform — **Evangeline Thomson**Penn

Avery Hilliard vaulting for Cornell — **Avery Hilliard**Cornell

Ashley Callahan vaulting indoors — **Ashley Callahan**SDSU

Aly Fisher in a TCU uniform — **Aly Fisher**TCU

Rose Wagner in a UMass uniform — **Rose Wagner**UMass

Evan Dudley on the runway for Grand Canyon — **Evan Dudley**Grand Canyon

Cassandra Cinzori in a Northeastern uniform — **Cassandra Cinzori**Northeastern

NCPV alum in a UCLA uniform — **NCPV alum**UCLA

Sara Wagenveld holding a pole for Azusa Pacific — **Sara Wagenveld**Azusa Pacific

Arran Fahey with a pole — **Arran Fahey**Mount St. Mary's

Jordan Kinkead portrait — **Jordan Kinkead**William & Mary

Kaelyn McCann vaulting for Samford — **Kaelyn McCann**Samford

Melodie Quiroz with a pole — **Melodie Quiroz**UCSB

NCPV alum vaulting for Cal Poly SLO — **NCPV alum**Cal Poly SLO

Women · 26 collegiate vaulters

Sara Wagenveld Azusa Pacific
Kayla Myers Cal Poly SLO
Camryn Thomson UCLA
Katerina Adamiec UCLA
Mia Cervantes UCLA
Aly Fisher Texas Christian
Kaelyn McCann Samford
Maya Grudman Dartmouth
Gabby Pack Cornell
Ashley Callahan SDSU
Lexi Evans Cal Poly SLO
Rose Wagner UMass
Quincy Hansen Cornell
Allie Leigh UCLA
Melodie Quiroz UCSB
Danielle Patrick Cal State San Marcos
Cassandra Cinzori Northeastern
Jordan Kinkead William & Mary
Shayna Hinds Minnesota
Lilia Montiel Oregon State
Avery Hilliard Cornell
Evangeline Thomson Penn
Iliana Downing Michigan
Katie Snedden Sonoma State
Kelly de Jong Arizona
Shelly Coates UC Berkeley

Men · 12 collegiate vaulters

Michael Wagenveld Claremont McKenna
Matt Nash Azusa Pacific
Ryan Thomsen Hillsdale
Jacob Stout Calvin University
Jordan Thomsen Colorado Mesa
Ethan Hughes Dartmouth
Evan Dudley Grand Canyon
Luke Bousema Dordt
Arran Fahey Mount St. Mary's
Mateo Guerra Mt. SAC
Ethan Heldman Bowdoin
Joe Sbuttoni Cal State San Marcos

Coaching staff

Mike Wagenveld

Club Director · 30+ years coaching the vault

A former collegiate decathlete who specialized in the vault, Coach Wagenveld has coached middle school, high school and collegiate vaulters for more than 30 years, including many CA State medalists.

At Poway High he coached the all-time best high school girls squad in US history, with three girls over 13 feet in one year. Retired after 30 years of teaching, he now spends much of his time with the Elite girls and helping athletes through college recruiting.

USATF National Pole Vault Coach of the Year2023

California Boys Track Coach of the YearCalifornia Coaches Association, 2024

Peter Brooks

Vista High School · 26 years

Decathlete and vaulter at Grossmont College and SDSU. Vista has had 6 boys over 15'6" and 19 over 14' under him, plus two CIF champions and three state podium finishers. MA in Performance Psychology.

David Freund

Rancho Bernardo HS varsity coach

Former collegiate vaulter at Cal State San Marcos, where he later coached for 6 years and produced 3 NAIA All-Americans. Years of experience at local high schools.

Michael Wagenveld

Group & private sessions

Set the school record at Claremont McKenna and qualified for NCAA Nationals. Coached the vault at Escondido HS and has years of group and private coaching at NCPV.

Trevor Martin

10+ years coaching

Former Carlsbad HS vaulter who coached at San Luis Obispo HS alongside Olympian Jan Johnson. Now a biomechanical engineer coaching at Oceanside, Rancho Buena Vista and Carlsbad.

Many of our assistant coaches are current collegiate vaulters who came through the program and teach from first-hand experience of the NCPV system.

Under Coach Mike's tutelage, she has gone from "vault curious" to falling in love with the sport and wholly defining herself as "a vaulter." … It isn't just his coaching (the constant PR's speak for themselves), it is also the community he has created for this group of kids of all levels who come from all over.

Annamarie B.Parent of an NCPV Elite vaulter

Hard work and dedication to the development of athletes is what Coach Mike and his team specialize in, and it shows in their club's records! … The individual and equitable time they spend with ALL their athletes creates an environment where the kids can really excel.

Christine E.Parent of an NCPV Elite vaulter

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$303 days

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Prices are per pole. Late returns are $25 per day.

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Treat your pole with care

Poles must come back undamaged and in good condition. A pole that is lost, stolen, broken, or has dings or deep scratches that make it unsafe must be replaced by the renter with an equivalent pole, at cost. The average pole runs $500 to $800 plus $100 shipping.

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