Poway High Pole Vaulting

Poway High alums Avery Hilliard of Cornell and Evangeline Thomson of UPenn both medaled at the HEPS Indoor Ivy League Championships. Avery is our 2026 Champion with a jump of 4.28m (14-00.50’)!! We are so proud!!

So cool to see two of our local pole vaulters in the NCAA top 10!! Shout out to Poway High’s alum, Avery Hilliard for her latest PR!!

Best of luck at CIFSDS Championships, Hunter!! 💚

The CIFSDS Championships happens today!! Come cheer on some of our top athletes as they vie for a spot to compete in the State Championships!! Senior Hunter Thomson will be representing the pole vault event. Go Hunter!!! 🙌🏼💚

CIFSDS Division 1 Championships: Senior Hunter Thomson moves on to CIFSDS Finals with a double PR of 14’8” and a 2nd place 🥈 podium spot. Junior Caden Van Pelt also celebrated a PR of 13’2”!. The crosswinds were real; nonetheless, jobs well done all the way around!! 💚💚💚

Good luck to Hunter, Juelle and Caden, who will be representing the pole vault event at the CIF Division 1 Championships today!! 💚💚💚

Congrats to our Varsity athletes, who all competed at Palomar Leagues this past weekend! Senior Hunter Thomson qualified for D1 CIF Championships with a 14’ vault and a 3d place finish. Senior Juelle Benson and Junior Caden Van Pelt also move on to CIF Prelims with 13’ vaults. Way to go!! 💚💚💚

Escondido Invite medalists: Seniors Juelle Benson and Hunter Thomson and Junior Jillian Gage. Good job representing!!! 💚💚💚

Congrats to Senior Hunter Thomson on another 14’ jump and a 🥇 finish in our toughest dual meet of the season!! Senior Juelle Benson and Junior Caden Van Pelt also showed up strong with 13’ jumps. Loving our Varsity boys lineup!! 💚💚💚

Three PRs for our JV boys at the dual against del Norte!! Junior Dylan Berti cleared 10’. Sophomores Logan Eisele and Zachary Bartholomeusz cleared 9’6”. So proud of our progress!! 💚💚💚

Our second Seinor shoutout is Killian Kneeland!

Killian has been pole vaulting for 3 years!
Her favorite memory from pole vaulting is triple pr her first meet!
Words of wisdom: “just have fun and yolo”
Her plans after graduation are to attend SDSU and study sociology!

Congrats Killian! We can’t wait to see all you do!! 💚🩶