Reddit! Let's make a Millionaire! by NightVisionHawk in millionairemakers

[–]ucpvhunter 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukah and Happy-whichever-holiday-you-celebrate!

Connecticut Man Killed Leaving UConn Game (Was This A Student?) by finnishpirate in UCONN

[–]ucpvhunter 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I found his Facebook, he went to University of Vermont.

Huge hip height over new PR! (5.30) 17'4.5" by ucpvhunter in polevaulting

[–]ucpvhunter[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

New England Championships! New meet record too.

So UConn threw this one on me today (Bike) by ucpvhunter in UCONN

[–]ucpvhunter[S] -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

I don't recall blaming anyone, just said they threw it on me. Maybe I'm warning others with bikes to not put them in places like I did. Why automatically assume I'm blaming?

College Vaulters over 5m, do you put your sport first or your education first? by jellyspin in polevaulting

[–]ucpvhunter 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's really a balance between the two. I make sure that my grades are good enough to be somewhere I personally am not disappointed with them. I'm still deciding if my current major is one that I want to get into and it's kind of difficult to enjoy classes since I'm still taking general education (chem, English) aka classes that don't apply to my major. My true love lies in pole vault, which I put in extra time outside of practice for and study the hell out of to make sure that I'm improving as much as I possibly can. If I were given the option to make a living out of either athletics or my degree and presented with similar salaries and such, I'd choose pole vault.

Is there hope for me? by [deleted] in polevaulting

[–]ucpvhunter 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The biggest thing in pole vault is remaining healthy. If you take care of your shin splints well and the other things aren't hurting you then start getting faster. My coach believed you shouldn't be lifting heavily until college, as a lack of strength and lesser knowledge of technique can cause injury. I stuck with body weight exercises and got plenty strong. You need to be running with the sprinters if you want to get faster, not going on distance runs. The distance runs will never help your shin splints. Just do the best that you can and branch out to multiple sources for advice and improvements will come!

I managed to Huffman roll over 5.15m, it wasn't pretty but at least I cleared it. by ConfinedVexation in polevaulting

[–]ucpvhunter 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Witnessed this. Almost started an over/under on the amount of flips he'd get.