Meet the Coaches

Mission Statement: Building Confidence through Guided Effort

Whether you are a brand new vaulter looking to try out the sport, or a senior looking for that last PR to get accepted by your dream school, Elite Vaulting Academy's primary focus is to help you reach new heights. It's easy to get lost in the complexities of the vault, that is why we provide a strong foundation in the fundamentals. Our "takeoff focused" approach imbues confidence and safety to you, the vaulter. You will push yourself every day but you will never feel hopeless or at risk of injury. (Something far too common in the vaulting world) Equally important to believing in your coach, is believing in your own technique. You will work hard everyday mastering the basics so that when you face the inevitable challenges the vault presents, you will have nurtured the self-efficacy necessary to overcome those challenges. Confidence cultivated through hard work is our mission at Elite Vaulting Academy.

Greg Stull

Greg Stull is new the Technical Director and owner of EVA. Our goal is to provide pole vaulters with the knowledge, technical assessment and training plans to reach their potential through a deep understanding of how the pole vault really works, a clear understanding of their individual strengths and weaknesses, multi-disciplinary activities and a roadmap to technically superior pole vault technique!

Greg Stull began pole vaulting in high school and as senior earning the title of 1980 California High School State Champion with a personal best of 16'1". For his efforts, he was "National High School All-America" which is presented top 3 US High School Vaulters in the United States for his consistency. Other significant honor including winning the Sunkist Invitational and setting a new meet record. Stull won the Silver Medal at the AAU US Junior Olympic National Championships held in San Jose, California.

Greg went on to become a teammate of former National High School Record holder Anthony Curran at UCLA under legendary coaches Jim Bush and Bob Larsen. At UCLA in 1985 he jumped his lifetime personal best of 17'5" at the UCLA-Oregon Dual Meet. He went on to attend the PAC-10 Championships and to become a NCAA Division 1 National Championship Finalist. In the summer of 1984 and 1985 Greg and competed in Europe under the guidance of Gunther Lohre and Herbert Chingon. He graduated with a Bachelor Degree in MAthematics and Applied Science.

In 2010, Greg began his pole vault coaching career at Orange Lutheran High School by starting a Pole Vault program from scratch. By 2014, the Orange Lutheran Pole Vaulters were setting records and he coached Orange Lutheran Carl Johansson in 2014 to an Indoor and Outdoor State Championship title with a PR of 17'0" in the finals of the CIF State Championships who went on to vault at Texas A&M. He coached his son Kevin to win the 2013 Arcadia Invitational pole vault and Carl Johansson in 2014 to win the Arcadia Open pole vault competition who also went on to compete at Texas A&M. In 2013 and 2014 Orange Lutheran went on to win two back to back CIF Division 3 Team Championship titles.

In her first season, he coached Ella Cork to a CIF Divsion 3 Championship Title. Other notable Orange Lutheran athletes included David Bean 16'6" , Kevin Stull 15'6, Kari McCullom 12'4".

In 2016 Greg came to Yorba Linda High School under Jesse Gomez continuing to athletes to many school records and Yorba Linda high school vaulters Ariana Zorbock 12' 4".and 2022 Stirley Jones.

In the Fall of 2022 Greg accepted a new position as the pole vault at Chapman University.

Greg is currently pursuing his Masters Degree in Computer Science and Machine Learning at the Georgia Institute of Technology.

Kevin Stull

Founder of Elite Vaulting Academy. Kevin is now located in Boulder Colorado where he is pursuing a Degree in Math and Computer Science at the University of Colorado, Boulder where he trains at Pat Mansons Pole Vault Academy for fun. Kevin has a PR of 16' and was a valued member of Texas A&M elite Track and Field team. His former teammates Jacob Wooten and Audi Wyatt were 2021 Olympic Trials Finalists. He holds Level 2 USATF Jumps Coach Certification and an AA in Kinesiology. I am ACE personal trainer certified and have coached for 4 years at the high school level and 1 year at the college level.

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