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AKRON, Ohio – The Virginia Tech pole vaulters will kick off the 2014 indoor track and field season for the Hokies at the Akron Pole Vault Convention in Akron, Ohio on Friday evening.

Last year the Hokies saw a tremendous amount of success in the pole vault. Current Hokie Torben Laidig won the 2014 ACC Indoor Track & Field Championship in the pole vault while former Hokie great Stephan Munz won the outdoor title. On the women’s side, Martina Schultze, the most-decorated female Hokie pole vaulter in Virginia Tech track & field history, won both the indoor and outdoor titles for the second consecutive year, giving her a total of five ACC Championships.

The Hokie pole vaulters have proven to be one of the premier programs in the nation. In the ten years of ACC membership, seventeen different Virginia Tech vaulters have qualified to the NCAA national championships a total of 45 times where they have earned All-America honors 34 times including three silver and two bronze medals. In that same time period, Tech vaulters have claimed 51 ACC conference medals including 26 ACC conference vault titles, more than all other schools in the ACC combined.

Tech’s vaulters will be competing on Friday evening. The first jump is set to start at 6:45 p.m. The event will be broadcast live here.

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