Registration

To participate with the MIT Pole Vault Club, each memeber must be a USATF member. The USATF membership is $30 for adults and $20 for minors (under 18 years old) for the calendar year. Click here to sign up for USATF membership. An athlete's USATF membership and the club's USATF membership together provide a level of insurance required by MIT to use the school's equipment. We are USATF club #313.

On an athlete's first day with the club each year, they must provide:

  • Proof of USATF membership (receipt or other print out)
  • Completed member sign up form (click here  for the form)
  • Completed supplemental form and waiver (click here  for the form)

Please Note: USATF New England has recently strongly suggested that all vault competitions and programs have attending athletes complete the supplemental registration and waiver form in addition to the club's regular forms. Please, complete it as much as possible, and anything remaining can be filled in at the first practice.

For scheduling reasons, before your first practice, please contact Patrick Barragán at <barragan at mit dot edu> if you plan to join.

Fees

There is no registration fee to join the MIT Pole Vault Club.

As the summer has advanced, charging one flat price is much easier for us. Our new price structure is as follows:

          Single Session: $20

If you can let us know when and how often you plan to attend practices, we will have a much easier time scheduling jump days.

With all volunteeer coaches, the fees will go to covering costs of renting the facilities and equpiment and benefiting track and field. You will notice a very steep price decrease if you sign up for multiple sessions. The reason for this is we can more easily guarentee that we can cover costs if vaulters sign up for almost the entire summer. So as long as we can cover costs, any profit can just go back to track and field.

We are also always willing to accept donations to the club. If that is something you would like to do, please contact Patrick Barragán at <barragan at mit dot edu>.

Note: We understand that some people who would very much like take this opportunity may have financial hardships which would make them unable to participate. If this is the case for you, please come and talk to us. We place the highest value on having a fun and safe vaulting environment and can probably work something out that will benefit everyone.