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THat is too bad. I have met both of them in Australia, they both are fabulous people, great talents.

oh my gosh.. THat is unreal. We had a masters meet a few years ago where the oldest vaulter was jumping. He was 74 at the time and he went 8'6" ! It was scary watching him !

My son has only broken one pole. His freshman year in college at workout. It had a crack in it. But he whiplashed so bad the pole flew out onto the track and whacked another runner pretty good. Gave Bob a big whelp across his back. oouch. Just like a conscussion, a right of passage.

We met Chase a few years ago at a meet when he was a sophomore and thought he was a nice boy with a bright future. You cannot let these things get in the way of your ultimate goal. People do forget. It won't be long and someone else will be in the news... My personal view is that the high school ass...

I think if you are jumping college level and up...even if you dont like the clapping, vaulters are good enough that they can just ignore it. The problem I hear from my vaulters is that people dont know how to clap to where it helps you.

that stinks. keep it up Jenny... it does make you tough and the tough girls are the ones who make it. there has got to be a better way to get poles to a meet !

my boys would take at least 3 weeks off after summer track was over...but then they would swim and work out with the pole in the pool. and they started lifting again. jog and swim just to stay in shape but do it the fun way.... basketball, tennis, play around in the gymnastics room

I agree I can't stand the way the media handles TV let alone the print.. and that is because scandal is always more interesting then success ( so they think ) And I cant stand the TV commentators... They waste so much time yakking about nonsense I want to scream. Good for Clay he did awesome in the ...

It is a USATF safety guideline and in Utah it is a high school rule. it is a saftey issue that the concern is if you weigh more then your pole it could break. But there is no set weight i.e. 20lbs over your weight.

I love this meet ! good luck to those vaulters. All my kids have competed through the years at this meet in hurdles, vault and the decathalon !

My sources tell me Matt arrived home to Texas yesterday from Australia.

I loved this article. We drive most places now unless we have to go overseas. Getting poles to Australia was a pain. They wanted to charge us an import customs charge. We flew into Omaha in 2002 to jump at a Nebraska meet ... The wind in Nebraska was blowing so hard the poles wouldn't stay on top of...