12.28.2014 Sports No. 5 Sports Story of the Year: Villa soars to record heights During the 2012-13 school year, Riverhead boasted three of the top pole vaulters in Suffolk County. This past year, after two of those pole vaulters graduated, that distinction was...
06.06.2014 Sports Track & Field: Villa, Udvadia earn spot on the podium NEW YORK STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS Charles Villa first began pole vaulting in the spring three years ago as a freshman for Riverhead. Even in a sport that, by its nature,...
06.05.2014 Sports How to pole vault like Villa, Riverhead’s champ When USA Today ran a series in 2005 on the 10 hardest things to do in sports, pole vaulting ranked third. In Riverhead, Charles Villa routinely makes it look...
05.31.2014 Sports Boys Track and Field: Confidence takes Villa high SECTION XI INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONSHIPS/STATE QUALIFIER Strange as it may sound for the greatest pole vaulter in Riverhead High School history, but Charles Villa may have been suffering a crisis...
05.23.2014 Sports Track & Field: Riverhead’s Villa wins pole vault title SECTION XI DIVISION CHAMPIONSHIPS Charles Villa doesn’t measure his success by the heights he clears in the pole vault. Rather, the Riverhead senior judges himself by the pole he...
02.27.2014 Sports Track and Field: Injured Riverhead pole vaulter pulled from state meet New York’s best high school track and field athletes will compete Saturday in the New York State Public High School Athletic Association Championships. Riverhead pole vaulter Charles Villa will...
02.21.2014 Sports Boys Winter Track: Top Riverhead pole vaulter injures ankle LONG ISLAND ELITE TRACK INVITATIONAL Charles Villa, the standout Riverhead High School pole vaulter who thrills spectators by rising to greater and greater heights, made hearts sink on Friday....
02.12.2014 Sports Riverhead’s Villa vaults into state championship All it took was three vaults to send Charles Villa to the state championship. Riverhead’s star pole vaulter — whose top height this season is nearly two feet higher...