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Why isn't anyone complaining about the coach of the girl who got dq'd? It's evident that a lack of knowledge in the rules of this event led to the young lady being allowed to wear the bracelet. Whether she wore a bracelet or vaulted on a pole that was below her weight or exceeded the allowed time fo...

The state rule states that you must compete in 4 meets, it does not specify that you have to participate in any particular event at those 4 meets.

Bri,

Does that give you enough time to be eligible?

Oak,

Great site. You've got polevaultworld.com, i've got polevaultcity.com, guess that only leaves polevaultstate.com and polevaultcounty.com, ha

If 6 inches looks like 4 inches, then 15 feet would only look like 10 feet, that ought to take out the fear from this sport.

Maybe not, sorry for getting any hopes up. I guess John Dye was kidding. Get it April Fool's, he got me.

i agree with that. and one more thing, im not sure if your in HS or college, but just watch out for that 13 8 grip on a spirit, i konw that the weight label is placed 6" down from the top of the pole... "Some" officials might DQ you for holding above the weight label...... 14' spirit poles aren't 1...

Here's a tip to help with the 15' conversion. When you go from a 14' pole to a 15 foot, holding at the same place, there is about a 15 lb differential, give or take dep on flex #s. So if you were vaulting on, let's say, a 14' 180, you would need to go to a 15' 165 for the same relative stiffness. Yo...

According to Dyestat, the first outdoor rankings are due out today. Not sure what time that will roll out, but I thought I would give everyone the heads up.

Congrats to Conrad and Rusty. It's refreshing to hear about those kinds of things. Many times we get caught up in who jumped the highest in the nation, when a PR at 9'6" is just as important to the sport as a PR at 16'4.75". Keep up the great work Conrad.

Awesome Brit! Look out 13 barrier. Good luck on shattering it.

That's the right attitude Tim. Go out there and jump some big bars now.