Rick Suhr

Rick Suhr (pronounced "shur") is an olympic level pole vaulting coach in Rochester, New York. In the last four years Suhr's athletes have won 11 National Championships in the pole vault at the high school, collegiate, and professional levels, (indluding 13 National Records). His most notable athlete, Jennifer Stuczynski has set the American Pole Vault Record 4 times and won the US National Championships 5 different times and is the only American woman ever to clear 16 feet. She also took first in the U.S. Olympic Trials in which she raised her own American Record in the process. [cite news | url = http://www.usatf.org/events/2008/OlympicTrials-TF/results/F26.asp | title = Results from Olympic Trials | publisher = USATF | accessdate = 2008-06-07] Other athletes included Dan Tierney, Tiffany Maskulinski and former high school record holder Mary Saxer. Suhr's model of technique, which includes a combination of eastern European philosophy and self invented technique was under criticism early but has become one of the most pursued pole vault styles in the world.

He founded Suhr Conditioning Systems in 1993 and built an indoor pole vault training facility behind his home in 1998. The business later became known as Suhr Sports. There he trained athletes from numerous disciplines including: football, wrestling, and track and field.

Suhr was one of 4 brothers who have had celebrated wrestling careers. Suhr's honors include a high school State Championship, All-American honors and an induction into The Wrestling Hall of Fame and Spencerport Athletic Hall of Fame. [cite news | url = http://www.westsidenews.net/OldSite/westside/news/2001/0514/sports/suhrhonored.html | title = Suhr to be honored at athletic banquet | publisher = Westside News, Inc. | accessdate = 2006-07-06] Suhr along with his brother John remain one of the few brother combinations to both win the New York State Wrestling Championships.

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* [http://www.suhrsports.com/ Suhr Sports]