Woodbury, Minnesota –Fourth grader Elena Dexheimer made a run up toward the pit, stuck her pole in the ground and came barreling into the padding. As she got up, Shawn Francis called her over and gave her a few tips. Dexheimer took the news and raced back in line to take her next crack at a vault. And when she went again she went just a few inches higher into the air before again tumbling into the padding. “There you go,” Francis said. “Wasn’t that better?” Dexheimer rose up from the padding with a big smile and nodded quickly before racing back to the end of the line, eager to try her newfound tricks of the trade one more time. Dexheimer was one of many kids Hastings native Francis helped at East Ridge pole vault coach Mark Haesly’s free summer pole vault camp last week. more
