About Team VA

Training for Greatness

Feel like you're being left out? Some clubs boast members and attendees over 100+ members.  Other clubs have a philosophy of performance by numbers. With such a large number of athletes, some athletes will naturally excel, but many will be left behind.

While you don’t get the attention you deserve in other places, you do and will with Team VA.

We don’t “cherry-pick” our athletes. Our commitment is on a first come, first serve basis.

LoJo’s Team Vault Assault is a track and field team based in the greater Philadelphia area and led by one of the top American vaulters over the past 50 years. Team VA's Head Coach Lawrence “LoJo” Johnson is a two-time Olympian, Olympic silver medalist, world champion, and former US Indoor and Outdoor American record holder. LoJo held the NCAA record for over 20 years.    

Since Team VA’s inauguration in 2008, Team VA has consistently coached, mentored, and supported athletes to improved technique, consistent, and higher performances.  Team VA and Coach LoJo have produced a NCAA national champion, 2 SEC titles, 5 All-America honors, 17 NCAA qualifiers, numerous HS National’s finalists, over 20 state champions or runner-up’s, numerous school records, and helped more than 80% of our athletes to earn athletic scholarships to premier NCAA collegiate institutions. 

Serving athletes of all ages, levels, and abilities on a first come, first serve basis, Team VA’s team/club differs from other clubs and teams by building fundamental focus points to ensure the best results.

In the summer of 2015, Team VA expanded to include sprints (60m thru 800m), jumps (PV, LJ, HJ), hurdles (100m thru 400m) and throws to the ranks of the Vault Assault pole vault squad.  

Team VA training is all year-round athletic development training program.  We compete in track and field meets during all seasons.

Our Mission

Team VA Club encourages life-long physical well-being through running and athletic development. 

The Team VA mission is to positively influence and support athletic development and performance in youth, adolescents, emerging elite, and world class athletes, specializing in track and field with unique expertise in the pole vault; to improve pole vault, track, and field performance and consistency; to improve pole vault safety and awareness; and to promote the discipline of pole vault and the sport of track and field.

Non-Profit

We are a non-profit 501(c)3 organization and tries to spend your money wisely. Your dues and donations are spent in several ways. Among them are operational costs, i.e. management staff, coaching staff, AAU, USATF, dues, phone, postage, publicity, newsletter and printing costs. Additional money goes to our Youth Athletics Program, athletic development equipment, awards, social functions, sanctioning, certification, travel, and insurance. 

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