A local coach who specializes in pole vault has completely transformed his home to help teach kids the sport he loves.
"It's always worked," said Evie Guckes, a Keller Timber Creek High School student who is one of Theodore's athletes."I love this runway. Out of all the runways I've jumped on, this one is the one I feel like where I jump the best."
Athletes jumping their best, not needing the glitz and glam of top-notch athletic facilities so common now in high schools, but still getting results that include Theodore's top students now pole vaulting at college programs like Alabama, Arkansas and Baylor. "He's shaped me into the vaulter I am today, and he's always made me feel like we're a family here," Guckes said."He's created this incredible community of pole vaulters."Just having fun, and just teaching kids the sport he loves on a corner lot in a quiet neighborhood in Keller, with Theodore feeling he is the one is blessed while watching kids pole vault beyond their own expectations.