Who are the coaches? 

Greg Hull…  coaches the elite vaulters for Sky Athletics.  He has had athletes in the past three Olympic Games including the 2000 Gold Medalists Stacy Dragila and Nick Hysong.  Coach Hull is in his 36th year of coaching vault camps, and is currently serving as Senior Coach for USA Track & Field Olympic Development for the pole vault.  A USATF Master Coach, Greg has been successful at the high school, junior college, university, and international levels, including work at both Arizona State and Northern Arizona Universities. Currently he is the premier speaker at coaching clinics throughout the country.  

Todd Lehman… directs the Youth, High School, Collegiate, and Masters vaulters at Sky Athletics.  He is the Regional Director of the Canyon Region for USA Track & Field Olympic Development in the pole vault.  He was named the 2003 National Collegiate Pole Vault Coach of the Year.  As Head Coach at Paradise Valley Community College, he has produced twenty-two JC National Champions and twelve JC National Records since 1999.  Lehman is a USATF Level II Certified Coach, and has spent time coaching at the United States Air Force Academy and Indiana State University.

Mark Hilliker… has served as co-director of the Kiss the Sky Vault camps since 1994.  He has coached the jumpers at Westwood High School to numerous individual and team state titles.  Coach Hilliker has led many pole vaulters over the sixteen-foot mark.  

Robert Tilley… is the 2003 National High School Coach of the Year from Green Valley High School in Las Vegas.   Coach Tilley conducts his own camps in Las Vegas, and runs the Pure Sky vault club in the Las Vegas area, and has one of the most successful vault programs in the Southwest.  

Jeff Guy…  is the 2001 National High School Coach of the Year from Desert Vista High School.  Jeff’s vaulters have won multiple state titles, and he leads arguably the top HS vault program in the country.  Coach Guy also runs the very successful Ultimate High Vault club in Tempe.  Jeff is a USATF Level II certified coach. 

Joe Sullivan… coaches the jumps at Mesa Moutain View, where he has coached two state records in the pole vault and had multiple state champions. He has coached a number of top male and female vaulters in the state and brings a lot of positive energy to the sport. 

Dason Phelps…  is the NJCAA record holder and the only Junior College vaulter to ever jump over 18’.  He has a personal best of 18’3” and is an excellent technician.  DP has a great capacity for sharing his skills with young vaulters and shares an enthusiasm that is infectious.   

 Matt Hull…  is one our our upcoming coaches.  He vaulted for University of New Mexico

Samantha Culiver... begins her second year as assistant club coach at Sky Athletics.  Sam has been involved as an 

athlete or coach at SA since 2001 and has grown to be very effective in assisting athletes reach their jumping goals.  She 

also begins her second year as the pole vault coach at Pinnacle High School.  Samantha is a former NJCAA 

National Champion at PVCC and continued her vaulting career at The University of Hawaii.