that. pole vaulting, if you do that, you re special. chris: edward louthie is the founder of d.c. vault which raised the bar for elite training in one of track and field s you unique events. how good were you? when i started college i was jumping around 17 feet. chris: after an injury ended his competitive career, he began coaching,. you have to palm here. chris: he and envisioning the program he built for the inner city. i wanted to set up inside the inner city as opposed to the suburbs where it would make more sense. i wanted to provide training to the inner city high school kids. it s not available in most inner city public schools. chris: he says the kids can leverage pole vaulting into scholarships. he stages events hoping to recruit them.