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[This is a re-posting from Maggie’s blog archives] GRAIN VALLEY, Kan. – There was a big commotion on Main Street this afternoon as word spread like a prairie fire that Maggie Steele had been invited to appear on a national TV … Continue reading →

At this very moment, thousands athletes in the Sunflower State are on a quest to compete in the 2014 Kansas State Track and Field Championships, to be held May 30-31 at Wichita’s Cessna Stadium. Cheering them on is storybook track star … Continue reading →

PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil (Oct. 25) – Storybook heroine Maggie Steele received a huge honor at the World Masters Track and Field Championships, when two gold medal winning pole-vaulters — Allan Williams and Sue Yeomans of Great Britain — paid a special … Continue reading →

A happy hoard of costume-clad athletes — including one tiny little dude in a Batman outfit — were seen running down a pumpkin-lined runway and sailing over spider-infested crossbars on Sunday, Oct. 13th, at the mega-awesome Heights on Halloween vault. … Continue reading →

Storybook heroine Maggie Steele is winging her way West for the fourth annual Valley Vaulters Halloween Vault this weekend in beautiful Murrieta, California. The event, sponsored by the Valley Vaulters pole-vault club will be held from 9 a.m. to 3 … Continue reading →

JAMESTOWN, Kan. – Storybook pole-vaulter Maggie Steele celebrated her first anniversary in the company of a former world-record holder, Olympians, and Olympic hopefuls at Doctoberfest 2013 on Saturday, Oct. 5th. The eighth annual event at the Tailwind Pole Vault Club … Continue reading →

Pole-vaulting looks like a pretty scary sport. And, for those who haven’t been properly coached, it really can be dangerous. Truth is, every pole-vaulter must learn to overcome his or her fears. When they do, running down the runway and … Continue reading →

Maggie Steele tells her own story in the novel, Maggie Vaults Over the Moon. An award-winning poet and creative writing teacher says Maggie deserves an “A” for her inspiring, first-person read. “Maggie hums along like a well-oiled, wonderfully written machine,” writes … Continue reading →

Longtime television producer John Rinkenbaugh has spent his entire adult life looking for and producing great stories all over the nation. He finally found a story that transported him back to his childhood — Maggie Vaults Over the Moon. “This … Continue reading →

Maggie Steele is headed to the Statehouse! Author Grant Overstake will introduce his young adult novel, Maggie Vaults Over the Moon, to the book-loving people of Kansas at the Kansas Book Festival, to be held Saturday, Sept. 7th, on the … Continue reading →

Maggie Steele, the storybook heroine who vaults over the moon, has been attracting thousands of visitors from around the world. So many visitors, in fact, that she’s using a time zone map to keep track of them all.* People are … Continue reading →

CLEARWATER BEACH, Fla. — Maggie Steele, the gutsy farm girl from Grain Valley, Kansas, was the storybook guest of honor here Saturday, July 20th, as copies of her inspirational sports novel, Maggie Vaults Over the Moon were presented to female … Continue reading →

GRAIN VALLEY, Kan. — Grandma just knew that the 10,000th visitor to Maggie’s blog would appear sometime Sunday evening, so she baked one of her blue-ribbon rhubarb pies, and shoo-shooed Maggie and Troy away from the dinner table without dessert, … Continue reading →

GRAIN VALLEY, Kan. – Folks around here are still searching for the right words to express how thrilled they are that Maggie Vaults Over the Moon is on sale now at Australia’s premier online bookseller, Angus & Robertson! “Gee-whiz, I … Continue reading →

A man who carried the Olympic flame is now carrying a torch for Maggie Vaults Over the Moon. John Mayor — a 33-time British champion in masters athletics (track and field) — says, “I thought Maggie was a fantastic book; … Continue reading →

With clear skies, scorching heat, and a bast furnace for a tailwind, conditions were almost perfect for the gutsy athletes who attended the second Shocker Pole Vault Camp of the summer, July 12-14, at Cessna Stadium on the campus of … Continue reading →

Maggie Steele is packing her flip-flops and sunscreen for a pole-vaulter’s dream vacation! The gutsy farm girl from Grain Valley, Kansas, has been invited to share the awards stand at Florida Beach Vault 2013, Saturday July 20th, at one of … Continue reading →

ANDALE, Kan. – For three days this past week, this vault-crazy town in the wheat fields of South Central Kansas became… PR City! Vaulter after vaulter soared to Personal Records at the 11th Annual Gold Medal Pole Vault Camp, held … Continue reading →

Boosted by enthusiastic reader recommendations and strong online sales, the popular teen novel Maggie Vaults Over the Moon continues to soar as a best-seller at Watermark Books & Cafe, the region’s No. 1 bookstore. Listed among works by world-class writers … Continue reading →

Didya hear the BIG news? Maggie is headed to Texas! The fictional pole-vaulting farm girl from Grain Valley, Kan., will be ridin’ high atop the awards stand Saturday, June 15th, at the Texas River Vault Championship. As many as 300 … Continue reading →

WICHITA, Kan. – Every year for the past 101 years, dreams have come true at the Kansas State High School Track and Field Championships. The meet’s 102nd running will be no exception, this Friday and Saturday, as more than 3,000 … Continue reading →

GRAIN VALLEY, Kan. – There was quite a big commotion on Main Street in Grain Valley this afternoon, when, like a windblown prairie fire, rumors began to spread that Maggie Steele had been invited to appear on a national TV … Continue reading →