College-Athlete Blog

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After the summer of 2007, we saw an enthusiastic group of high school vaulters go off to college for the first time. Rather than hear their stories in bits and pieces through emails, phone calls, and visits home for the holidays, we started this blog to keep in touch not only with other club members, but to share their stories with other young vaulters. Since we first started the blog with about 5 vaulters, it has been opened up to all our interested college-athletes with currently 16 bloggers and over 150 posts.

Here’s an excerpt from one of Chrissy’s posts, “Follow Your Dreams-Only If They Give You Money” or click here to read the entire entry:

“Our entire lives, we’re told to follow our dreams and achieve our goals.  We are taught through stories, movies, and biographies.   If you take every cliché saying or motivational quote, that’s what we’re encouraged to do.  Look at those quotes again.  Do you add, “only if they give you money,” to the end of each saying like reading a fortune cookie? Follow your dreams—only if they give you money. Do your best—only if they give you money. Believe in yourself—only if they give you money. Thankfully, I’m passionate and willing to get all the experience I can from being a college athlete—without the motivation of money.  I’m just asking for some more help in the event.”