The Press Box · Westby, Wisconsin

Pole
Vault Archive

A growing collection of stories, photos, and video from Maddie's career at Westby Area High School and beyond — the meets, the bars, the people who showed up along the way.

Curated by family Class of 2026 Westby Norse · WIAA D2
Featured Stories
Cashton Record sports page B4 — Past the Pinnacle feature on Madelyn VonFeldt
Print · B4
Print Feature The Cashton Record GX3 Media
May 21, 2026

Past the Pinnacle

Two years stuck at 10'9". Then a vault of 11'7" at the Black Hawk Invite — a new Westby school record, and the end of a ceiling Maddie had built in her own head.

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Coach Chris Yanske introduces state qualifiers at the Westby pep assembly
3:17
Video + Recap Video River Valley Media Group
May 29, 2026

One last run, jump, and vault

Four years at Westby. Four state trips each. Katelyn Benish, Madelyn VonFeldt and Elizabeth Curtis punch ticket number four at the D2 Rice Lake sectional — and Coach Yanske sends them off at the pep assembly with one more meet still ahead.

Watch & read
Coming to the Archive
Meet · State
UW–La Crosse · June 5–6
The senior-year state meet — bar-by-bar recap landing after the trip.
Photo Series
The bar & the runway
Sequences from training and meet day — coming soon.
Career Arc
Freshman → Senior PRs
A height-by-height climb across four seasons.
Voices
Teammates & coaches
Short reflections from the people in the pit and on the runway.