4th of July Street Vault

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

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REGISTRATION IS NOW CLOSED for the 2026 4th of July Street Vault!

Registration is limited. We cut off our registration once we fill all the spots. It is a first come first serve registration.

LOCATION

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. The address for your GPS map is 412 Seward St, Seward, NE 68434.

Bring your Canopy Tents and line the sides of the street! With the heat we recommend that you bring a canopy tent, or make a new friend and invite some others to share a tent. We want to make sure the athletes are staying out of the sun when not competing.

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.

July 4th: Group 1 Elite Division
– Warm-ups start at 8:00 am
– The competition starts at 9 am till about 10:00 am.
– Capped space limit: up to 10 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 10 am or after the previous competition completes.
– Competition starts at 11 am, or one hour after the first competition completes and goes till about 3:30 pm (hopefully sooner.)
– Capped space limit: up to 35 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 $10.00.

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

2025 4th of July Competition – Results, click here for PDF

The 2025 competition was exciting, highlighted by a new men’s meet record set by Ashton Barkdull at 18’4″. Overall, we had many PR’s set and a fun time for such a hot day!

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