4th of July Street Vault

Seward, Nebraska is home to one of the country’s oldest running street pole vault competitions.

2025 4th of July Competition

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LOCATION CHANGE!

After 10 years of hosting the event on 5th Street and vaulting on the brick road, We’ve decided to move it back to 4th Street. The brick road had a nearly four-foot drop from the plant box to about 120 feet out. This created a logistical nightmare for setup, introduced unnecessary risk, and prevented us from safely installing the full 140′ runway.

Ironically, the 4th Street location, right next to the Coop, is the most level road in downtown Seward. It allows us to lay out the entire 140′ runway without using stilts, making it a much safer and logistically simpler location. While I know many people enjoyed the previous location over the past decade, we’ve decided it’s best to return to the Coop location, where the event was successfully held for nearly 20 years prior. The address for your GPS map is 412 Seward St, Seward, NE 68434.

The competition format’s goal is to keep groups smaller and help the competition move along faster. We will be on one runway and pit again this year.

Registration for the 4th of July event is $30.00 online, no day of registrations will be accepted.

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July 4th: Group 1 Elite Division
– Warm-ups start at 8:00 am
– The competition starts at 9 am till about 11 am.
– Capped space limit: up to 16 total competitors
We will run this the same way as the Group 2 Division but determine the heights once entries are submitted.

July 4th: Group 2 Division
– Warm-ups start at 11 am or after the previous competition completes.
– Competition starts at Noon and goes till about 3:30 pm
– Capped space limit: up to 34 total competitors
– This is a combined group of male and female athletes. We will run them simultaneously with a bar starting at 7′ and one bar at 10′. So for example we will go through the first attempts at 7′ and then the first attempts at 10′. Once the first attempts are done we will repeat for second and third attempts in the same manner.
Athletes will be assigned group placement based on season PR on the entry form.

Mulligans! One-fourth attempt may be purchased at the event for $5.00.

We look forward to seeing you this 4th of July!

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