Scott Houston - Hi, I am Scott Houston an without finding Coach Morell I would not be where I am today!

I started in the 8th grade and only jumped 8'6. Then I moved up to North
Carolina and started working with Coach. My freshman year outdoors I jumped 13'1 and placed 6th in the state meet.

I went to summer camp and learned alot of things that I could do on my own
as well as met a bunch of really cool people! And my sophomore year I jumped 14 indoors to set the leading mark and 14'8 outdoors to set the leading mark as well. I was injured a week before indoor states and injured just a few weeks after I jumped 14'8. All things taken into account, it wasn't a bad year.

Over the summer I got a chance to work the camps and help out all the kids
that I enjoy hanging out with and it really helped me jumping wise got me
jumping very well technically where I wanted to be for my junior year. My
year was very successful in its sense, breaking both the indoor state record
and the outdoor state record and jumping a pr of 15'11. Being the second
best pole vaulter ever in North Carolina history. But there was still a lot
missing. So we hit it hard again over the summer and came back finally going
back to a 7 stride approach and reached an applaudable height for my efforts
of 16'10.75 at the Reno Pole Vault Summit! This jump put me as number 2 in the nation and the best pole vaulter ever in North Carolina state history
and among the top ever on the east coast.

This season so far has been amazing, finally jumping well and consistently
over 16'6. I broke my indoor state meet record by 15 inches and I am very
close to being the first highschooler to jump 17 feet in North Carolina.
Jumping high and being ranked is not what its about though, and Coach Morell has kept my sites on having fun and that's truly how I have jumped high. He supports me greatly and is a really great friend and a good guy! He is experienced having jumped 17 feet himself and having traveled around the
country and to Canada speaking with the best of the best from all of over
the world. He truly has not only set out to help everyone, but set out to
gain as much knowledge in to jumping the most efficient way possible.

He and I have great goals for me and jumping in the future, but the main one
is to have fun and love what we are doing and that's what polevaulting is
about to me.

Addison Johnson - I started vaulting in the 10th grade which was the first year of our new high school. We did not have a coach that knew anything about pole vaulting so my friend and I had to teach ourselves from watching videos on the internet. My personal best that year was was 8' 6".

My 11th grade year someone told me about Vaulthouse.com and Coach Morell. I started attending Coach Morell's Sunday clinics in January (It started snowing during my first visit) and I was still only jumping around 8' 6" to 9'. I worked with Coach Morell almost every weekend he held his clinics. When the season started I qualified for regionals during our second track meet with a height of 11' 6".

As the season was coming to and end and it was time for the regional championship, I entered the meet seated in 5th position. They only take the top 4 from each region to the State meet, therefore my goal was to just move up at least one position. However, when the regionals were over I was the Mid-East Regional Champion with a height of 13'. I own this all to Coach Morell and Vaulthouse.com.