Deakin Volz (born May 6, 1997) is an American

track and field Track and field (or athletics in British English) is a sport that includes Competition#Sports, athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name used in North America is derived from where the sport takes place, a ru ...

athlete, known for

pole vault Pole vaulting, also known as pole jumping, is a track and field event in which an athlete uses a long and flexible pole, usually made from fiberglass or carbon fiber, as an aid to jump over a #bar, bar. Pole jumping was already practiced by the ...

, though he has also had success in the

high jump The high jump is a track and field event in which competitors must jump unaided over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without dislodging it. In its modern, most-practiced format, a bar is placed between two standards with a crash mat f ...

. He is the 2016 World U20 (Junior) champion, where he jumped a personal best of in

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Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It extends from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Sudetes and Carpathian Mountains in the south, bordered by Lithuania and Russia to the northeast, Belarus and Ukrai ...

. Deakin comes from a family line of vaulters as his brothers Drake and Drew are also pole vaulters. They are all coached by their father, 1992 Olympian Dave Volz, made famous for inventing his now-banned namesake technique of replacing the crossbar while still in the air. Deakin and his brothers vault for

Bloomington High School South Bloomington High School South (simply referred to as BHSS or South) is a State school, public Secondary school, high school in Bloomington, Indiana, United States. It is part of the Monroe County Community School Corporation. The school is accred ...

, where Deakin is the two time Indiana state champion, winning in 2015, his senior year by over a foot. After graduating, Deakin competed for

Virginia Tech The Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, commonly referred to as Virginia Tech (VT), is a Public university, public Land-grant college, land-grant research university with its main campus in Blacksburg, Virginia, United States ...

from 2015-2019, while his older brothers jumped for their father's alma mater, hometown

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. After finishing his college career, he became a coach at Virginia Tech.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Volz, Deakin 1997 births Living people Track and field athletes from Indiana American male pole vaulters World Athletics U20 Championships winners Virginia Tech Hokies men's track and field athletes 21st-century American sportsmen American male high jumpers