Kristen Brown From Columbia, Maryland, Kristen Brown has joined #TeamESSX. Kristen began her collegiate career at Virginia Tech University before transferring to San Diego State. While in college, Kristen was a 2-time All-American with SDSU as well as a 4-time Mountain West Champion in the pole vault (once indoors, three times outdoors). Not only was …
Deakin Volz Deakin Volz joins TeamESSX as part of a long line of pole vaulters from Bloomington, Indiana. The Volz family is known for pole vaulting and a “controversial” rule was put in place because of Deakin’s father, Dave. However, Deakin rose to prominence in high school by setting the national high school record at …
Rachel Baxter Rachel Baxter is the newest member of TeamESSX Elite. She joins us after an illustrious career at Virginia Tech and an already impressive international career. Rachel went to high school in Orange, California where she set the California state record at 4.41m/14’5.5”. She was the number 1 ranked pole vaulter in high school …
Carson waters From St. Petersburg, Florida, Carson Waters has achieved a rapid rise to the US elite. Carson’s first years out of college would see an improvement of over 30cm/12”. While at Liberty, Carson won four Big South Conference Championships and cleared 5.31m/17’5”. Since then, Carson has made 5.63m/18’5.75” outdoors and 5.65m/18’6.5” outdoors. In 2019, …
Robin Bone Team Essx Elite athlete Robin Bone, born in Toronto, Ontario Canada, is a 6 time Canadian National Team Member. As a Canadian Youth and Junior Champion, Robin continued her training at Western University in London, Ontario where she broke and currently holds the USport Canadian National Record. Robin’s current PR is 4.36m/14’3.5” and …
Michael Carr From Jonesboro, Arkansas, Michael Carr grew up surrounded by some of the greatest pole vaulters in United States history. Michael spent many years watching the great Earl Bell and the pole vault disciples of Bell Athletics and he is following in their footsteps. Michael attended Arkansas State and had a breakthrough senior year …
