Freshman Aiden Parcell performs a warm up while running with the pole vault stick and leaping over cones placed on the floor. Coach Murray directed their warm up and placed the cones on the track. Nicko Parsons throws his legs over the bar making for a successful vault. This vault was one of Parsons first vaults of the day. and he would have many more to come. Jake Nicosia begins his ascent toward the crossbar at practice earlier this week. For the first 30 minutes of practice, Nicosia and his teammates did practice vaults. Nicosia gracefully begins his descent onto the mat below, after performing a successful vault. After his vault, Nicosia landed on the mat below for safety and got back in line for another run. Nicosia holds onto his pole on the way up to the crossbar. Many pole vaulters used the strategy of getting their legs over the bar first, with their body following, in this practice.
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