POLE VAULT CLINICS
Pole Vault clinics are now being held at El Camino CC just east of Manhattan & Redondo Beach in Torrance. Anthony Curran has 37 years of coaching at UCLA and is one of the most successful pole vault and jumps coaches in the country. He and his Son Tate who is a UCLA graduate and Pac 10 Runner-up in 2022. Tate is also a former California High School State Champion, Jr. National Champion, and Pan American Champion. Both will be conducting clinics all year round. Each athlete will be evaluated and given instruction specific to their own ability. The focus of each clinic is to improve technique and prepare each athlete for competition. Training with coach Curran and his son Tate will make your pole vaulting experience fun and safe but at the elite level.
YOUTH TRACK & FIELD
Our evening clinics are for kids ages 8-14. We offer training for the Sprints, Hurdles, High Jump, and Long Jump. All clinics are designed to increase speed for every sport. Each session will include sprints, hurdles, and sprint mechanics drills. When the coach and athlete decide where they are most likely to excel, we focus on all the drills, conditioning, and specific technical training for those specific chosen events. Each workout is designed to be fun and to help your child reach their goals and stay fit and healthy. Former UCLA stand-out hurdler and El Camino’s Sprints and hurdles coach, John Hall will lead the youth track and field clinics. Coach Hall runs the sprint drills and exercises to promote proper technique and body position which will gaurentee better speed and running form.
ANTHONY CURRAN
N0 Limit Sports Head Coach
Anthony Curran has always had a love for track and field. He grew up pole vaulting over a rope tied to a tree into a pile of old mattresses in his backyard. He had a very successful vaulting career and settled into coaching quickly after. Anthony Curran coached the pole vault at UCLA from 1983-2020. During Curran’s tenure at UCLA, he built a program that was admired and sought after across the country. While working at UCLA, Curran started his club, No Limit Sports Track & Field in 1984. Through his club, he’s coached athletes from middle school right through to Olympic-level athletes at his evening clinics. His club is one of the largest and best clubs in the nation for pole vaulters. His expertise and experience in this sport are second to none. He is known for his positive coaching style and knowledge of the sport. Curran is known for his many accomplishments coaching the pole vault and was notably named the NCAA Woman’s West Regional Jumps Coach of the Year after taking over the position of jumps coach at UCLA in 2017.
Curran had a very successful competitive career. He competed in 3 USA Olympic Trials 1980, 1984, and 1992. He has a personal best of 18′ 8-1/2″. He was a 4 Time All-American while at UCLA, vaulting 18’2 ½. He was also the Pac 10 Champion in 1982 and runner-up in 1980 and 1981. Curran also set the California National High School Record in 1978 at 17′ 4 1/4″ and was the California H.S. State Champion in 1977 and 1978. Pole vaulting runs in the family.
Coach Curran's daughter Sara helped her team win the Mountain West Conference Championships in 2016 where she was a two-time Conference scorer for San Diego State University vaulting a personal best of 12’9 1/2”. Anthony’s son Tate was the California HS State Champion, Jr. National Champion and the Pan American Games Champion in 2017 with a jump of 17’3”. Tate, like his dad, signed with UCLA and vaulted a personal best of 17’5 3/4” in his first year as a Bruin in 2019. That ranked him #11 all-time in UCLA history. Tate, now a graduate of UCLA will be coaching along side his dad, the two make an awesome duo.
Currans Achievements at UCLA
Anthony Curran’s success at the Olympic and Collegiate level is one of the best in the world. He coached 4 women over 15′ and 12 men over 18’. He also coached 9 Bruin woman over 14’1.75 and 8 Bruin men over 18’. Anthony also coached 40 Bruins over 17′ and 33 women over 13’.
Anthony Curran has been coaching at UCLA Since 1983. During Curran’s tenure at UCLA, he has built a program of excellence including this year’s School Record holder Sondre Guttormsen, who vaulted 19’ 1/4” to break a 41-year-old UCLA school record held by Mike Tully in 1978. Curran also coached 5 Time All American Scott Slover 18’ 7-3/4, Mike Woepse 18′ 5-1/2, Yoo Kim 18’ 4-3/4, and 3 other 18-foot vaulters including; Mike Landers, Dustin DeLeo, and Brian McLaughlin. The Bruin female pole vaulters are tops in the nation as well. 3 time NCAA Champion, Chelsea Johnson was the first collegiate to clear 15’ and was the National Collegiate Record Holder at 15’1″, Tracy O’Hara is also a former collegiate record holder and was a 5 Time NCAA Champion while at UCLA vaulting 14’ 7″ in 2000 and later went on to vault 15’. Elleyse Garrett was the Pac 12 Champion in 2019 at 14’ 3 1/2” and is now ranked #3 All Time at UCLA. Tori Pena and Katy Viuf scored 3rd and 4th at NCAA’s in 2010 and cleared personal bests of 14’ 3″ and 14’ 2” that year. Ingrid Kantola won the Pac 10 Title in 2008 and Allie Koressel was a NCAA All American in 2013 to round off the top 7 collegiate vaulters for UCLA over 14′ 1-3/4″. In 2014 & 2015 Curran took 3 more female vaulters to new PR’s: Natasha Kolbo 13’ 10-1/2″, Elena Clarke 13’ 8", and Kayla Mallett 13’5″ and freshman Sammy Marumoto joined the 13 foot club, vaulting 13’ 1 -1/4. In 2016 Freshman Gretta Wagner moved onto the UCLA All Time Top List at 13'8 1/2" and Sophomore Elleyese Garrett joined the 13' club with over a foot PR to 13' 3 1/2". In 2017, Wagner and Garrett both increased their best marks to 13'10 1/2 and 13' 9 1/2 to move up on the All Time UCLA Top 10 list.
In 2007 Curran took over all the jumps for the men and woman at UCLA. In 2009 Curran had 17 NCAA Regional Qualifiers. That year he coached 17 athletes to personal bests including 2 long jumpers over 25’, a 7’2” and 6’ 10 ½” high jumper, a 53’ triple jumper, and four vaulters over 17’. Two woman vaulted over 14’ and Daniel Watson long jumped over 21’. That year Coach Curran was named the Woman’s West Regional Jumps Coach of the Year.
Notable No Limit Sport’s Athletes
Okkart Brits South Africa National Record Holder
No Limit Sports Club Members Included; Mel Mueller 15’1″, 2000 Olympian, Mary Sauer 15’ 3″, and 2 Canadian National Record Holder's Stephanie McCann 14’ 7- 1/2″ and Dana Elles who set a new Canadian Record at 14’ 8″. Curran has coached 12 athletes to National records in 8 different countries. Okkert Brits- South Africa, Yoo Kim- Korea, Stephany McCann- Canada, Dana Elles- Canada, Tori Pena- Ireland, Paul Kilbartis- Austria, Chelsea Johnson, Collegiate National Record- USA, Tori Anthony National H.S. Record Holder- USA. Greg Miguel, 48-year-old age group World Record- USA. Husain Alhisam, Saudi Arabian. Sondre Guttormsen Norwegian Jr. and Sr. National Record holder 2021. Paige Sommers USA HS National record holder 2021.