Zero G Elite Pole Vault Club is located at the High Bar Vault Facility at 5500 Bogey Lane in Waco, Texas. Our top of line pole vault facility consists of two pole vault pits and two runways. A high bar, rings, rope vaulting and spring inversions are also in use. The outdoor facility is situated at the club house of a former par 3 golf course (Bogeys) located in North Waco now named the High Bar Vault Facility It is a beautiful location to vault, or to just sit and enjoy the beautiful scenery and watch your child as they learn to be an elite caliber vaulter.
From vision to reality! Building a program that builds Champions!
Jeff Bray began thinking about the idea of creating an elite vault club beginning in the fall of 2009, mainly due to the fact that his son did not have access to poles and a pole vault pit to train on outside of the UIL track season. Coach Bray was driving his son as far as 50 miles one way to participate in the nearest club and have access to equipment. For several years, Jeff kicked around the idea to start his own club, and generate money to buy poles so kids in Central Texas would have a place to jump and equipment to use. The idea was to build a club that everyone could afford and to revive the vault in Central Texas as well as provide a means to poles and equipment that vaulters could afford. In December of 2012 that dream became a reality. Bob Richards, two time Olympic Gold Medalist in the pole vault, moved to Waco and the vision became a reality. Mr. Richards purchased a 300 acre ranch on the Brazos River in Waco, known as the Crossbar Ranch. Jeff's good friend and old training partner, Brandon Richards had an 8th grade son that vaulted at the school that Jeff was coaching at. Brandon convinced his father to dedicate one of his barns to create a vault facility. Beginning in December of 2012, Bob Richards agreed, and Jeff and Brandon began building the Zero G Elite Pole Vault Club with the gracious help of Bob Richards with the contribution of his "Barn" to be used as a vault arena.
In 2016, after his son Riley graduated and chose Baylor University, Brandon decided to go to Baylor as the asst. pole vault coach to be able to coach his son and has been the vault coach there from 2017 to present. Brandon was most recently employed at Baylor Track as the multi-event coach. He has had a highly successful career while at Baylor. Brandon has gone on to coach an NCAA National Champion and Record holder while at Baylor, an many internationally elite male and female vaulters.
Coach Bray, with the addition of Coach Bill Farmer and Brandon Bray are now actively coaching in the club.
Beginning in the summer of 2021, Zero G found a new home at a site located at 5500 Bogey Lane. The Richards family decided to sell the crossbar ranch, and it was time to find a new site to relocate the club. With the gracious help of Debbie Hood and the Dwyer Family, the lease of the current facility became reality. Debbie was a key factor in the Founding of Zero G when she donated money to buy the first pole vault pit in 2012. She continues to be a foundation to keeping the club alive and Zero G is indebted to her gracious help and support! The new club facility is an outdoor training facility, located at the clubhouse of an old par 3 golf course in Waco. This state of the art facility will have 2 runways, and 2 pits for vaulters to train. During this time, Coach Bray decided to add his son, Brandon for private lessons. Brandon Bray is a Zero G alumni, and 4 time All-American as well as indoor(18'5')/outdoor(18'8 1/2") record holder at Texas Tech Brandon is the HS Centex record Holder(17'8 1/2").
Zero G continues today to produce elite caliber athletes and currently has numerous kids with potential to vault at the Collegiate and Elite level.
Texas High School Results since 2012 are as follows:
District-82 Athletes advanced to the area meet.
Area-70 Athletes advanced to the regional meet.
Regionals-45 athletes advanced to the state meet
State-13 state champions, 6 state runners up, and 3 third place finishes.
Since opening the doors in 2013, Zero G produced the Jr. national record, 16U national record, 17U national record, 13 state champions, 22 state medalists, and 45 state qualifiers. Zero G also had an AAU National Champion, a USATF Junior National Champion 18U and a USATF Junior National Champion 14u and the National Runner up in the 16u age group, coupled with two other medalists. Zero G also produced Numerous state champions and medalists in the TAAF summer track state meet. Zero G has many alumni that are now enrolled or have recently graduated from college. Many are currently competing in their track and field program. We even have a Coach(Brandon Richards) and a former athlete(Chase Hood) that have moved on to become Collegiate Coaches! We often have had alumni that have returned to give private lessons in the club!
College attendees from Zero G who vaulted in college since 2012:
Hunter Webb-Tarleton State University-2013
Chase Hood-Baylor University-2013
Nicholas Meaders-University of Texas-2014
Brandon Bray-Texas Tech. University-2015
Greyson Gonzales-Baylor University-2015
Savannah Freeman-McMurray College-2015
Samantha Redding-University of Texas At Arlington-2015
Tuesdi Tidwell-Baylor University-2015
Tiffany Peacock-Baylor University-2016
Riley Richards-Baylor university-2017
Grahm Gonzales-University of Texas-2017
Luke Bontke-University of Texas Arlington-2022
Levi Bontke-University of Texas Arlington-2022
Billy(Tye) Eaton-Texas State University-2022
M.J. Ryman-Ouchita Baptist University-2023
Jaxson Bray-Tarleton State University-2023
It is no fluke that the club has had enduring success. The coaching staff for Zero G is unmatched and quite astonishing.
Jeff Bray (Personal Best--18'6") held 4 Atlantic Coast Conference records for 25 years. Coach Bray still holds the Florida State Indoor and Outdoor School records(1992). Coach Bray was inducted into the Florida State Athletic Hall of Fame in 2004. Coach Bray competed in the 1992 Olympic Trials in New Orleans, and later competed for Mazda Track club in 1993 at the US Championships in Eugene Oregon. Coach Bray competed professionally for 3 years, attending several meets in Europe. Coach Bray entered the coaching ranks in 1995 and served as a HS track coach for 26 years before retiring to focus on coaching vaulters at Zero G. In coach Bray's 26 years, he coached 11 state champions and served as a head girls track coach at Waco High for his last 4 years. Coach bray has been a club Coach and club manager at Zero G since its beginning in 2012. Coach has 3 children(Brandon-2015, Riley-2017, Jaxson-2023) who are Zero G Alumni. Coach Bray still teaches engineering classes and runs a Fence Company when not giving his time to his club.
Bill Farmer is a former HS coach of over 30 years in the Central Texas area. Coach Farmer retired from Midway High School in Hewitt, Tx. and now enjoys coaching his many grandchildren and helping in the Zero G vault facility. While at Midway, Coach Farmer had numerous state champions in the vault, including Brandon Richards and Annie Rhodes, both notable vaulters in the cen-tex area as well as collegiate and nationally. He brings a ton of knowledge in athlete management, as well as is a specialist of the approach and plant. Coach has a special niche working with young vaulters and fast tracking them to success! Coach farmer has a wealth of vault knowledge and cares tremendously about the kids that he gives his time to. You can often find Coach farmer transporting poles to many of the kids that he works with in Central Texas, and always around a track meet in his spare time. Coach has had 3 grandkids graduate from Zero G and a current grandson in the program.
Brandon Bray Competed for Zero G for three years and is the Zero G record holder at 17'81/2". Brandon broke the 16U national record in 2014 (17'6") and the 17U, youth and 11th grade national record in 2014 (17'81/2") while in HS. Brandon is also the current Centex HS record holder at 17'81/2". After receiving a scholarship to Texas Tech, Brandon went on to compete in 4 National Championships and received All-American status in each meet. Brandon was a member of the Texas Tech 2019 Team National Champion Title. Brandon participated in 6 Big 12 Championship meets and was a medalist in each of the 6 meets with several runner up finishes. In 2019 Brandon broke the Texas Tech outdoor record at 18'81/2" at the National Championships in Austin, and broke the Texas Tech indoor record at 18'5" in 2020 at his last indoor Home meet in Lubbock a few weeks before the COVID pandemic stopped collegiate competition. As time permits, you will see Brandon around the vault pits helping kids out as well.
The goal of Zero G is simple. We want to give serious kids a place where they can come to train and be involved in an elite environment designed to help them to achieve their best. We charge a minimal fee, mainly to cover maintenance and lease of the club facility, and purchase of pole inventory. Come by sometime and see for yourself. We think you will find a place that any vaulter would love to be.
From vision to reality! Building a program that builds Champions!
Jeff Bray began thinking about the idea of creating an elite vault club beginning in the fall of 2009, mainly due to the fact that his son did not have access to poles and a pole vault pit to train on outside of the UIL track season. Coach Bray was driving his son as far as 50 miles one way to participate in the nearest club and have access to equipment. For several years, Jeff kicked around the idea to start his own club, and generate money to buy poles so kids in Central Texas would have a place to jump and equipment to use. The idea was to build a club that everyone could afford and to revive the vault in Central Texas as well as provide a means to poles and equipment that vaulters could afford. In December of 2012 that dream became a reality. Bob Richards, two time Olympic Gold Medalist in the pole vault, moved to Waco and the vision became a reality. Mr. Richards purchased a 300 acre ranch on the Brazos River in Waco, known as the Crossbar Ranch. Jeff's good friend and old training partner, Brandon Richards had an 8th grade son that vaulted at the school that Jeff was coaching at. Brandon convinced his father to dedicate one of his barns to create a vault facility. Beginning in December of 2012, Bob Richards agreed, and Jeff and Brandon began building the Zero G Elite Pole Vault Club with the gracious help of Bob Richards with the contribution of his "Barn" to be used as a vault arena.
In 2016, after his son Riley graduated and chose Baylor University, Brandon decided to go to Baylor as the asst. pole vault coach to be able to coach his son and has been the vault coach there from 2017 to present. Brandon was most recently employed at Baylor Track as the multi-event coach. He has had a highly successful career while at Baylor. Brandon has gone on to coach an NCAA National Champion and Record holder while at Baylor, an many internationally elite male and female vaulters.
Coach Bray, with the addition of Coach Bill Farmer and Brandon Bray are now actively coaching in the club.
Beginning in the summer of 2021, Zero G found a new home at a site located at 5500 Bogey Lane. The Richards family decided to sell the crossbar ranch, and it was time to find a new site to relocate the club. With the gracious help of Debbie Hood and the Dwyer Family, the lease of the current facility became reality. Debbie was a key factor in the Founding of Zero G when she donated money to buy the first pole vault pit in 2012. She continues to be a foundation to keeping the club alive and Zero G is indebted to her gracious help and support! The new club facility is an outdoor training facility, located at the clubhouse of an old par 3 golf course in Waco. This state of the art facility will have 2 runways, and 2 pits for vaulters to train. During this time, Coach Bray decided to add his son, Brandon for private lessons. Brandon Bray is a Zero G alumni, and 4 time All-American as well as indoor(18'5')/outdoor(18'8 1/2") record holder at Texas Tech Brandon is the HS Centex record Holder(17'8 1/2").
Zero G continues today to produce elite caliber athletes and currently has numerous kids with potential to vault at the Collegiate and Elite level.
Texas High School Results since 2012 are as follows:
District-82 Athletes advanced to the area meet.
Area-70 Athletes advanced to the regional meet.
Regionals-45 athletes advanced to the state meet
State-13 state champions, 6 state runners up, and 3 third place finishes.
Since opening the doors in 2013, Zero G produced the Jr. national record, 16U national record, 17U national record, 13 state champions, 22 state medalists, and 45 state qualifiers. Zero G also had an AAU National Champion, a USATF Junior National Champion 18U and a USATF Junior National Champion 14u and the National Runner up in the 16u age group, coupled with two other medalists. Zero G also produced Numerous state champions and medalists in the TAAF summer track state meet. Zero G has many alumni that are now enrolled or have recently graduated from college. Many are currently competing in their track and field program. We even have a Coach(Brandon Richards) and a former athlete(Chase Hood) that have moved on to become Collegiate Coaches! We often have had alumni that have returned to give private lessons in the club!
College attendees from Zero G who vaulted in college since 2012:
Hunter Webb-Tarleton State University-2013
Chase Hood-Baylor University-2013
Nicholas Meaders-University of Texas-2014
Brandon Bray-Texas Tech. University-2015
Greyson Gonzales-Baylor University-2015
Savannah Freeman-McMurray College-2015
Samantha Redding-University of Texas At Arlington-2015
Tuesdi Tidwell-Baylor University-2015
Tiffany Peacock-Baylor University-2016
Riley Richards-Baylor university-2017
Grahm Gonzales-University of Texas-2017
Luke Bontke-University of Texas Arlington-2022
Levi Bontke-University of Texas Arlington-2022
Billy(Tye) Eaton-Texas State University-2022
M.J. Ryman-Ouchita Baptist University-2023
Jaxson Bray-Tarleton State University-2023
It is no fluke that the club has had enduring success. The coaching staff for Zero G is unmatched and quite astonishing.
Jeff Bray (Personal Best--18'6") held 4 Atlantic Coast Conference records for 25 years. Coach Bray still holds the Florida State Indoor and Outdoor School records(1992). Coach Bray was inducted into the Florida State Athletic Hall of Fame in 2004. Coach Bray competed in the 1992 Olympic Trials in New Orleans, and later competed for Mazda Track club in 1993 at the US Championships in Eugene Oregon. Coach Bray competed professionally for 3 years, attending several meets in Europe. Coach Bray entered the coaching ranks in 1995 and served as a HS track coach for 26 years before retiring to focus on coaching vaulters at Zero G. In coach Bray's 26 years, he coached 11 state champions and served as a head girls track coach at Waco High for his last 4 years. Coach bray has been a club Coach and club manager at Zero G since its beginning in 2012. Coach has 3 children(Brandon-2015, Riley-2017, Jaxson-2023) who are Zero G Alumni. Coach Bray still teaches engineering classes and runs a Fence Company when not giving his time to his club.
Bill Farmer is a former HS coach of over 30 years in the Central Texas area. Coach Farmer retired from Midway High School in Hewitt, Tx. and now enjoys coaching his many grandchildren and helping in the Zero G vault facility. While at Midway, Coach Farmer had numerous state champions in the vault, including Brandon Richards and Annie Rhodes, both notable vaulters in the cen-tex area as well as collegiate and nationally. He brings a ton of knowledge in athlete management, as well as is a specialist of the approach and plant. Coach has a special niche working with young vaulters and fast tracking them to success! Coach farmer has a wealth of vault knowledge and cares tremendously about the kids that he gives his time to. You can often find Coach farmer transporting poles to many of the kids that he works with in Central Texas, and always around a track meet in his spare time. Coach has had 3 grandkids graduate from Zero G and a current grandson in the program.
Brandon Bray Competed for Zero G for three years and is the Zero G record holder at 17'81/2". Brandon broke the 16U national record in 2014 (17'6") and the 17U, youth and 11th grade national record in 2014 (17'81/2") while in HS. Brandon is also the current Centex HS record holder at 17'81/2". After receiving a scholarship to Texas Tech, Brandon went on to compete in 4 National Championships and received All-American status in each meet. Brandon was a member of the Texas Tech 2019 Team National Champion Title. Brandon participated in 6 Big 12 Championship meets and was a medalist in each of the 6 meets with several runner up finishes. In 2019 Brandon broke the Texas Tech outdoor record at 18'81/2" at the National Championships in Austin, and broke the Texas Tech indoor record at 18'5" in 2020 at his last indoor Home meet in Lubbock a few weeks before the COVID pandemic stopped collegiate competition. As time permits, you will see Brandon around the vault pits helping kids out as well.
The goal of Zero G is simple. We want to give serious kids a place where they can come to train and be involved in an elite environment designed to help them to achieve their best. We charge a minimal fee, mainly to cover maintenance and lease of the club facility, and purchase of pole inventory. Come by sometime and see for yourself. We think you will find a place that any vaulter would love to be.
