Dave Fritz

Head Coach/Director

Coach Dave Fritz is the Head Coach of Colonial Pole Vault Elite. He is also currently the pole vault coach at the College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, VA. In just his first year coaching at the university, he qualified an individual in the woman's vault for the DI Outdoor NCAA Championships, placed two All-East vaulters, including the Eastern Champion, broke both the women's school record and freshman record, and placed an unprecedented 5 vaulters in the conference championships.

Prior to his work with the William & Mary athletes, he worked as the assistant jumps coach at Suhr Sports in Rochester, NY. During his time there he worked with current American Record holder Jennifer Stuczynksi, former HS record holders, Mary Saxer and Tiffany Maskulinski, and 2009 NCAA Champion, Dan Tierney.

In the summer of 2006, Fritz was the head clinician for pole vault at the Region II Junior Olympics clinic. Fritz holds a USATF Level II coaching certification, and is also certified by the Pole Vault Safety Board.

Coach Fritz has an experienced resume, but continues to learn and develop the event. He believes that small variations in technique can trigger large gains, and when a systematic training model is followed, an athlete should never plateau.

Janice Keppler

Athlete

Janice joins Colonial Elite this year after a very successful college career. In her inaugural season as a post collegiate athlete, Janice has set several personal best marks and finished 7th at the 2011 USA Indoor National Championships. A three time NCAA Qualifier, Janice spent the last 2 years of her college career at the University of Arkansas where she was SEC runner up in 2010. Janice currently works as a volunteer coach at the College of William and Mary working with the pole vaulters.

Nicole Kazuba

Athlete

Following a very successful career at the College of William and Mary, Kazuba has continued to train with Colonial Elite and work as a volunteer coach at the university. Nicole was a 3 time NCAA qualifier for William and Mary. Along the way Nicole earned the accolades of 4x CAA Championship, ECAC Champion, CAA and William and Mary record holder.