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Conventions and Events

1.12.12
Check out where we are going and if a UCS Representative will be in your area this week!

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PIT FOAM DONE RIGHT

7.6.11
ROUNDERS Pit Foam Systems are the safest, cleanest, and the only hassle-free pit system. Click to download the PDF flyer to learn more today.

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UCS to supply the Pan American Games XVI

6.28.11
This fall on October 14th, 2011 Mexico will welcome 42 nations to compete in 28 Olympic Sports over 16 days at the 2011 XVI Pan American Games in Guadalajara. UCS is honored to have been named the Official Track & Field Equipment Supplier to the XVI Pan American Games.

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Advantages of UCS Covered Rounders Pit Foam

6.1.11
UCS is proud to exclusively offer 2 new products that promise to help make your training pits safer, cleaner and easier to maintain.

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NAIA Outdoor Track & Field National Championships

5.23.11
UCS Inc. is once again proud to be the Official Track & Field Equipment Supplier for the 2011 NAIA Outdoor Track & Field National Championships, which will be taking place this weekend at Indiana Wesleyan University in Marion, IN

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FORT BRAGG FREDERICK PHYSICAL FITNESS CENTER

3.25.11
Fort Bragg, NC is a benchmark for military training facilities. The center was designed to open the door to alternative training techniques using modern Strength and Conditioning methods.

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National Pole Vault Summit results are posted

2.4.11
The 2011 National Pole Vault Summit results have been posted. Jack Whitt won the Men's Elite vault with a jump of 5.50m. Kylie Hutson won the Women's Elite vault jumping 4.40m.

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SUMMIT WEEK IS HERE

1.25.11
The National Pole Vault Summit in Reno, NV is days away, check out what will be new for 2011!

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National Pole Vault Summit Registration is Open!

12.23.10
Sign up today for the 2011 National Pole Vault Summit and take advantage of early bird registration!

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Covered Rounders Revolutionize Pit Foam

10.20.10
UCS introduces a new covered shape in pit foam that will revolutionize safety pit training for gymnasts and action sports athletes. Read More...

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UPDATED: Where are we going?

10.11.10
Find our where you will see UCS representatives this fall!

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Youth Olympic Games have great success with UCS

10.1.10
UCS Equipment Takes Home Medals at the 2010 Youth Olympic Games

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NEW photos from the 2010 NCAA Div 1 Outdoor Track & Field Championships

7.16.10
All new photo gallery that UCS was once again proud to be the Official Equipment Supplier to the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships.

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NAIA Outdoor Track and Field Championship Photo Gallery

6.25.10
Check out the Indiana Wesleyan Facility Photos from the 2010 NAIA Outdoor Track and Field Championships

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IAAF Diamond League Event is supplied by UCS

6.14.10
UCS returns to NYC at Ichan Stadium as the Official Equipment Supplier to an IAAF Event.

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NCAA 2010 Outdoor Track & Field Championships

6.10.10
UCS is back where it all began. This week the NCAA Division 1 Outdoor Track and Field National Championships are taking place at the University of Oregon’s historic Hayward Field.

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LIVE at the NAIA Outdoor Track and Field Championships

5.27.10
Watch the NAIA Track and Field Championships LIVE streaming Thursday May 27 - Saturday May 29. UCS is proud to be the Official Equipment Suppliers to the 2010 NAIA Track and Field Championships at Indiana Wesleyan University.

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NAIA Outdoor Track and Field Championships

5.25.10
UCS is proud to be the 2010 NAIA Official equipment supplier to the Outdoor Track & Field Championships this weekend at Indiana Wesleyan University.

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UCS has success at 2010 CARIFTA Games

4.26.10
UCS was a proud sponsor and supplier to the 2010 CARIFTA Games held this past month in the Cayman Islands.

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UCS Strikes Gold!

3.30.10
Gymnastics hall of famer and U.S. Olympic hero Peter Kormann joins UCS as new Director of Gymnastics & Cheer Products.

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NCAA Track and Field Championships

3.12.10
Division 1, 2, and 3 NCAA Track and Field Championships kick off today! Find out how to get in touch with a UCS representative at each site. Read More.

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Share UCS With the World

3.5.10
UCS is proud to announce the latest enhancement to our interactive website. Now share your favorite UCS products with friends, family, colleagues, coaches, athletes or administrators.

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UPDATED: Where We Are Going

3.2.10
Read more for booth information and additional opportunities to meet with a UCS representative

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Press Release: National Pole Vault Summit Clears Two Decades

2.9.10
Olympic Silver Medalist Toby Stevenson Retires In Style

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Summit Results are Posted!

1.31.10
The 20th Anniversary Pole Vault Summit is coming up. Check out the new homepage for the latest!

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UPDATED Where We are Going

1.26.10
Read more for booth information and additional opportunities to meet with a UCS representative

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UCS Supplies 103rd Millrose Games

1.21.10
UCS will be supplying all of the equipment to the 103rd Millrose Games, which will take place at Madison Square Garden in New York City on January 29, 2010.

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Summit registration is still open!

1.20.10
Don't miss an opportunity to attend the 2010 Pole Vault Summit

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Arizona Wildcats Invest in Safety

1.13.10
UCS has completed the installation of Stadium Padding for the University of Arizona’s Hillenbrand Stadium. Read More

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Holiday Specials Continue Through 2010

12.27.09
The FREE SHIPPING holiday special will continue through the year end. Click here to learn more!

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This holiday, get exactly what you want!

12.13.09
Fill up your UCS Wish List and place your order today! We guarantee you will find exactly what your friends and family are looking for!

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Press Release: NCAA announce UCS will continue to supply Division I, II and III Track & Field Championships

10.19.09
UCS Inc and the NCAA announce UCS will continue as the official equipment supplier to the NCAA Division I, II and III Track & Field Championships through 2013.

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Follow UCS on Twitter and Facebook

10.5.09
Get the latest updates, new product information, see where UCS is now and where we will be tomorrow. Read More

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Yelena Isinbayeva Jumps 5.06m to set a NEW WR

8.28.09
In Zurich at the IAAF Golden League, Yelena Isinbayeva sets another World Record mark of 5.06m on her UCS/Spirit pole. Read the IAAF News Flash

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USA Gymnastics National Congress & Trade Show

8.11.09
UCS will be at the USA Gymnastics National Congress & Trade Show in Dallas, TX this week.

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Moto X Step Up Final Results and Highlights

7.31.09
UCS was proud to be a part of last night's historic Step Up event. Check out the results and video highlights

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Press Release

7.30.09
UCS Inc. creates and supply’s ESPN X Games 15 with innovative Standards for the MotoX Step Up Event.

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A Step Up for UCS at X Games 15

7.27.09
The X Games are getting a little UCS pole vaulting flair! Read more about the new X Games Step Up Standards

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UCS Hurdles Featured at World Youth Championships

7.9.09
UCS Ultimate 5500 Automatic Hurdles are currently being featured at the World Youth Championships in Italy.

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UCS is all over the map this summer

7.6.09
UCS will be in Las Vegas this week for the NSCA Conference. Read more for booth information and additional opportunities to meet with a UCS representative

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Check out how to get in touch with a UCS Representative

6.25.09
UCS is at the 2009 USA Outdoor Track & Field Championships!

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Renaud Lavillenie on his Spirit pole clears 6.01m

6.22.09
NEW VIDEO and IAAF.org article: Lavillenie joins 6m club as Germany takes inaugural European team title in Leiria

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UCS has a new representative

6.7.09
Jim Schmus, the newest member of UCS, will represent the company in Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Eastern Ohio

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UCS is awarded a GSA Contract

5.28.09
As a GSA contractor, federal agencies and military bases can simply buy UCS equipment.

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UCS Kicks Off Speed Week with the R&L Carriers Racing Team

5.22.09
The R&L Carrier team put their Ford Fusion race car on display while catering lunch for the UCS employees. Check out the pictures!

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UCS inks marketing deal with NACPRO

5.20.09
UCS Inc. has become a corporate sponsor with the National Association of County Park and Recreation Officials

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New Product Listed: UCS Ballstopper Systems

5.14.09
The NEW UCS Ballstopper systems are available in two models, with or without ground sleeves and in a variety of configurations.

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Where We Are Going

5.12.09
Updated event information for where you can meet a UCS representative

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UCS Spirit Pole is having a record setting year!

5.12.09
At the 2009 Concordia Twilight meet in Seward, a UCS Spirit Pole set a new American Junior Women's Pole Vault record.

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Chicago's 2016 bid leaves lasting impression on IOC

4.17.09
Chicago showed strong support from the White House, City Hall and corporate boardrooms to impress the International Olympic Committee

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UCS is at the CARIFTA Games in St. Lucia

4.9.09
UCS is a proud supplier of track and field equipment to the 2009 CARIFTA Games in St. Lucia

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New Product Video: UCS Teardrop Trainer in Action

4.6.09
Peter Kormann, former US Olympian, US Olympic team Coach and NCAA coach has created a video to demonstrate the benefits and versatility of the NEW UCS Handspring Tear Drop Trainer.

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NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships

3.16.09
UCS Congratulates all of the NCAA Indoor Track & Field Champions

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NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships

3.11.09
UCS Inc. is the Official Equipment Supplier for the NCAA Track and Field Championships. Read more

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Stuczynski sets another American Record on a UCS Spirit Pole

3.2.09
Jenn Stuczynski raises the bar to 4.83m (15'10") to se another American Record on her UCS Spirit Pole.

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UCS Spirit Poles Set National,
Area and World Records

3.1.09
2009 is already a record breaking year for UCS Spirit Poles! Alhaji Jeng, Silke Spiegelburg, Fabiana Murer, Jennifer Stuczynski, and Yelena Isinbaeva continue set the bar higher throughout the indoor season.

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Canvassing the Competition

5.21.07
UCS Inc is the featured story in the Greater Charlotte Biz Magazine

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The rise and rise of Holly Bleasdale

7.7.11
The Blackburn teenager’s journey from gymnast to UK pole vault record-holder

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Pole-Vault Training: Elements for All Levels

7.27.10
A newly translated book written by Vitali Petrov and Vincenzo Canali bringing you inside the basis for their training methods

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Limited Time Offer

9.19.09
FREE UCS Spirit poster featuring 2008 Beijing Olympic Silver Medalist Jennifer Stuczynski

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World's greatest athletes will be at the Aviva London Grand Prix

7.23.09
Elite athletes such as Usain Bolt and Yelena Isinbayeva will be participating July 24th and 25th at Crystal Palace. Read the IAAF article here!

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LIVE AT THE NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS

6.10.09
UCS is there! Latest facility photos from days 1-3 for the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships at the University of Arkansas.

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Yelena Isinbayeva named Sports Women of the Year by Laureus

5.27.09
The 2009 Laureus Sportswoman of the Year was awarded to Yelena Isinbayeva for her spectacular accomplishments throughout the year

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Danger Stalks Vaulters

4.30.09
This is an old article from the USA Today about the dangers of pole vaulting and the use of helmets. UCS Spirit's Steve Chappell shares his insight on pole vaulting safety.

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Congratulations ACC Outdoor Track and Field Conference Champions

4.20.09
Florida State University Women take the title, while the Men's title was shared for the first time since 1982 by Florida State University and University of Virginia.

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Congratulations Sergey!

3.26.09
This week the men’s Pole Vault World Record holder was elected to ASOIF council in Denver, Colorado at the Sportaccord meeting.

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In Birmingham, World records very much on Isinbayeva’s mind

2.20.09
Birmingham, UK – Yelena Isinbayeva holds up her right hand and spreads her thumb and fingers. “It’s not that far,” she says gesturing to her outstretched palm. “That’s 15 centimetres; that’s all it is.” The Russian pole vaulter is measuring the distance between what she has achieved so far in her glittering career and her ultimate goal.

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Stuczynski sets new record

2.8.09
Stuczynski, the American outdoor record holder, landed a US dollars 25,000 bonus at the Reebok Boston Indoor Games when she topped 2000 Olympic champion Dragila's near-five-year-old national mark of 4.81 metres.

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Bolt and Isinbayeva are world athletes of the year.

12.23.08
Usain Bolt and Russian pole vault queen Yelena Isinbayeva were on Sunday named World Athletes of the Year.

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Prison Offers Inmates Pole-Vaulting Lessons

11.3.07
They may not be quite the bars prisoners dream of leaping over – but offenders at one jail are jumping for joy at being taught how to pole vault.

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Fabiana Murer clears 4.60m

6.22.09
From IAAF.org: Murer vaults 4.60m at South American Championships

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Fabiana Murer breaks another South American Record

6.17.09
Check out a video of Fabiana Murer breaking her own South American record In Rio De Jeneiro.

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All About Poles

4.30.09
Steve Chappell and others share insight in this old Washington Post story about what makes a good pole.

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UCS Spirit Pole leads the way at Texas Relays

4.7.09
At the 82nd Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays in Austin, Texas the UCS Spirit Pole was used to break an 11 year-old high school with a huge vault of 18' 1/4" and at the collegiate level it set the 2nd best mark in the world this year.

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New NFHS Rules Requirement

3.20.09
Find out more about the NFHS Rules that require all vaulting poles to have manufacturer's weight label.

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Jack Whitt - Outstanding High School Vault Video

3.9.09
Outstanding High School Vault: 17' 10 3/4" (5.45m) - Jack Whitt - New Oklahoma State Record, which stood for 28 years previously set by former World Record Holder Joe Dial.

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European Indoor Championships

3.6.09
UCS Spirit Poles take Gold, Silver, and Bronze!!

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National Pole Vault Summit Video

1.23.09
YouTube Compilation of the 2009 National Pole Vault Summit in Reno

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Monmouth University new installation photos are up!

11.7.11
Monmouth University just installed a new weight room with UCS Strength & Speed racks and G2 PlyoSafe plyo-boxes. Click here to see the pictures

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Green Bay Packers Weight Room Photos

2.24.11
UCS and Green Bay Packers have a long history of building champions at the Strength & Conditioning Center in Green Bay. See pictures of the facility here.

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Washinton State University Strength and Conditioning Complex

11.23.10
The Washington State University Cougars recently tabbed UCS Strength & Speed for the first renovation of the school’s weight training facility in more than a decade. As part of a larger half-million-dollar-renovation that included two floors covering 14,000 square feet, UCS was charged with providing updated equipment that would help ensure the school’s training facilities remain among the best in the NCAA.

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Wake Forest University Weight Room

11.23.10
Wake Forest University Strength Coaches approached UCS Strength & Speed to assist in redesigning their existing weight room from the ground up. The athletic strength training facility caters to all 16 intercollegiate athletic programs, both women’s and men’s, including football. The existing facility had a wide variety of equipment amassed over several years from several manufacturers. Because of the confined space and numerous machines, the facility felt crowded and dark.

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Washington State University Installation Gallery

11.2.10
New photos posted from the Washington State University UCS Strength & Speed installation.

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NEW Strength & Speed Photo Galleries

6.22.09
Check out UCS Strength and Speed's latest installation at Wofford College

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Aaron Curry shows off UCS Strength and Speed Racks

4.30.09
In the days leading up to the 2009 NFL Draft the 4th overall selection, Aaron Curry is shown on the backpage of the USA Today standing between the UCS Strength and Speed racks of the Wake Forest weight room.

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Liukin Named Sportswoman of the Year

10.15.08
Olympic all-round gymnastics champion Nastia Liukin was named Sportswoman of the Year by the Women's Sports Foundation on Tuesday.

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