Saturday, December 24, 2011

Paul Litchfield (Bear River High School, Grass Valley 1999; Idaho State 2003)

2011-12 Idaho State Men's Track and Field Coaching Staff

Paul Litchfield
Assistant Coach

Experience: Fifth Season
Graduated: Idaho State, 2003

Paul Litchfield enters into his fifth year as an assistant coach for the Bengals after volunteering during the 2006-07 season. He competed four years for the Bengals in the multi-events and pole vault earning four Big Sky titles in the pole vault (two indoors and two outdoors) and one title in the decathlon.

He earned All-American honors in 2002 for his fourth-place performance at the NCAA National Championships in the pole vault and still holds both the indoor and outdoor ISU school records in the event.

After graduating, Litchfield stuck around to train and compete. During the 2005 season, Litchfield competed at the USA Indoor and Outdoor National Championships placing third and ninth respectively. In 2008 he was an Olympic Trials finalist taking 10th place, putting only seven athletes between Paul and his Olympic dream.

Litchfield is originally from Auburn, Calif., where he attended Bear River High School. Auburn is the same home town as ISU’s own Stacy Dragila. Paul met Dragila and Coach Nielsen at a pole vault clinic in California and knew instantly that Idaho State was the place for him. He earned his bachelor’s degree in marketing from Idaho State University in 2003.

Litchfield’s passion for the vault has taken him all over the world to compete and study the different coaching philosophies and practices used by various respected national coaches and athletes, giving him a unique perspective into an individual’s needs for such a complicated event.

Courtesy Idaho State

Bear River High School Track and Field
11130 Magnolia Rd. Grass Valley, CA 95949

Varsity Boys Track and Field Records

EVENT ATHLETE MARK/TIME YEAR
110 HH Todd Giammona 15.10h 1994
300 IH Todd Giammona 39.40h 1994
100 meter Randy Tatman 10.83h 2001
200 meter Matt Wise 22.32h 2001
400 meter Todd Giammona 51.40h 1993
800 meter Bob Spalliero 1:55.50h 1991
1600 meter Bob Spalliero 4:22.00h 1991
3200 meter Shawn Lawrence 9:25.40h 2003
4x100 meter relay Deacon, Lohrke, Hitchman, Scott 45.82a 2009
4x400 meter relay Hitchman, Lohrke, Mathias, Talbot 3:37.61a 2009
High Jump Anthony Logan 6'6" 2004
Long Jump Anthony Logan 22'7" 2005
Triple Jump Ryan Angold 42'4" 1993
Pole Vault Paul Litchfield 14'3" 1999
Discus Doug Robbins 159'11" 1997
Shot Put Rex Harter 48'5" 1994



Varsity Girls Track and Field Records


EVENT ATHLETE MARK/TIME YEAR
100 IH Nicole Jackson 15.18a 2007
300 LH Nicole Jackson 45.69a 2007
100 meter Kendal Nielsen 12.25h 2010
200 meter Kendal Nielsen 25.57h 2011
400 meter Carly Corippo 59.61a 2008
800 meter Nikki Hodgson 2:14.16h 2002
1600 meter Jennifer Smith 5:19.00h 1998
3200 meter Jennifer Smith 11:26.30h 1998
4x100 meter relay Marso, Nielsen, Davis, Tomkiewicz 50.75h 2010
4x400 meter relay Eden, Landre, Jackson, Welz 4:12.36a 2005
High Jump Rachel Welz 5'8" 2007
Long Jump Kendal Nielsen 18'2" 2010
Triple Jump Kendal Nielsen 38'8.25" 2011
Pole Vault Mindi Hopper/Shelby Jungers 8'6" 1996/2010
Discus Brianna Thomas 120'8" 2002
Shot Put Madalyn Groulx 37'9.25" 2009
http://bearrivertrack.webs.com/trackandfieldrecords.htm

1998 Men's Cross Country Team: ??Place STATE MEET
Stephen Murschel 17:30
Daniel Spence (Jr) 18:05
Jesse Easterly 18:09
Jeff LaBarge (So) 18:27
Ryan Sikes (Jr) 18:34
Daniel Weger (Jr) 19:00
Paul Litchfield 19:21



Courtesy Bear River High School, Grass Valley, California

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