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by 26mi235
Thu Apr 28, 2011 5:29 pm
Forum: Pole Vault Safety
Topic: High School Vaulting in the Rain
Replies: 24
Views: 35745

Re: High School Vaulting in the Rain

Well said - Don't vault in the rain. As an official I will hold up or cancel the event if raining. If over ruled by the field ref. I will decline to officiate. I don't want to see an athlete hurt, and I don't want to try to explain in court why I thought it was a good idea to continue vaulting in t...
by 26mi235
Thu Apr 28, 2011 4:22 pm
Forum: Pole Vault - USA Elite
Topic: Drake Relays Mall Vault - Hutson 4.70 Janson 4.60 Miles 5.62
Replies: 105
Views: 46954

Re: Drake Relays Mall Vault

Bubba PV wrote:She needs the next pole.


I am not sure she had her 4.75-4.85 poles ready for this meet; next time she will have to check with her supplier further ahead of time (and I bet they will be listening) :)
by 26mi235
Thu Mar 31, 2011 3:27 pm
Forum: Pole Vault - High School
Topic: Class of 2011 College Signings
Replies: 50
Views: 40920

Re: Class of 2011 College Signings

She will not be on scholarship as a freshman, but could earn one later. She turned down academic scholarship offers from Minnesota and the Colorado School of Mines. A 12'9.50 girl walking on? Now THAT is recruiting! Nate Davis is a coach worth walking on for, he has helped Jenny Soceka reach the ne...
by 26mi235
Thu Mar 31, 2011 2:51 pm
Forum: Pole Vault - High School
Topic: HS Rule Change for 2011 - 2 Min Warmup instead of 1 Run Thru
Replies: 26
Views: 22997

Re: HS Rule Change for 2011 - 2 Min Warmup instead of 1 Run Thru

It should be in effect now if your meet is being run under NFHS rules. You should definitely try to get your own copy of the current NFHS rule book. It's worth the money for any pole vault coach. I do have a rule book, one shows up in my school mailbox every year :) . This came up at a meet and the...
by 26mi235
Thu Mar 31, 2011 2:31 pm
Forum: Pole Vault - High School
Topic: A strange way to run a HS pole vault event
Replies: 11
Views: 10297

Re: A strange way to run a HS pole vault event

I just looked at the big meet at Linfield College (Oregon) this coming weekend and it says that it has a max 3 jumps and top 8 go to finals. So it looks like they are employing the same rules! It sounds like they copied the rules for the throws and horizontal jumps, possibly without thinking. I hav...
by 26mi235
Fri May 15, 2009 12:42 pm
Forum: Pole Vault - College
Topic: May 9, 2009 Weekend Results
Replies: 4
Views: 7028

Re: May 9, 2009 Weekend Results

Soceka cleared 4.25 cleanly on her first attempt and looked reasonably good at 4.35 (the WC "B" height). Galiart, who has a 4.30 PR is from The Netherlands and was using a shorter run than her normal/PR and seemed reasonably happy with her performance. I was the official and 4.13 is the hi...
by 26mi235
Mon Jan 21, 2008 1:10 am
Forum: Pole Vault - Masters
Topic: Kingstad Goes 4.21m to Top Ritte's WR
Replies: 3
Views: 4347

Re: Kingstad Goes 4.21m to Top Ritte's WR

Bubba FLASH! Thought you'd want to hear the latest... Was gonna take this wkend off, but heard a cpl nites ago that Wolfgang got my record, so I found a meet tonight 3 hrs away & got it back! Since it was said he got 4.20 I started @ 4.21 & got it 3rd shot...with the gals/ then took off rig...
by 26mi235
Tue Jan 15, 2008 2:19 am
Forum: Pole Vault - Masters
Topic: He does it again!!! Jeff Kingstad M55 World Record (WI)
Replies: 12
Views: 12150

They used an electronic measuring device. I took a look at it and if memory serves me right, it read 4.124 meters. Well, that's within spec for a 4.12 jump. Probably the person doing the electronic measurement did not have the beam at the true bottom the of bar hence the beam might be a little on t...
by 26mi235
Sun Jan 13, 2008 4:32 am
Forum: Pole Vault - Masters
Topic: He does it again!!! Jeff Kingstad M55 World Record (WI)
Replies: 12
Views: 12150

He did indeed get the 4.12 clearance (and there was margin in the measurement). He actually took three decent vaults at 4.27 and if the initial height sequence had been followed he might have made 4.20. I had a VERY close view of the vault! :) He also helped with the vault officiating (womens prior)...
by 26mi235
Fri Nov 04, 2005 6:20 pm
Forum: Pole Vault - General
Topic: Metric/English-all is answered
Replies: 39
Views: 240896

One interesting (and irritating) thing that I think you've noticed is that there are meets where the competition is in imperial units but then 11'6" gets reported the next day as something like 11'5 and some fraction. I find that kids coming from HS are not very familiar with metric, but a couple o...

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