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Unread postby fx » Thu Apr 20, 2006 9:09 pm

Hey I haven't really been paying much attention to how high high schoolers have been jumping for the past couple of years, but doesnt it seem like there are suddenly a huge number of high schoolers that have made it over 16'? I was under the impression that there were probably a few maybe like 6 or 7 16 footers a year in HS but judging by all the articles I guess not.
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Unread postby CowtownPV » Fri Apr 21, 2006 7:51 am

16-8, Nick Frawley, Midlothian
16-7, Victor Weirich, Fredericksburg
16-4, Alex Bentley, Tomball
16-2, Travis Matthews, Magnolia
16-1, Jason Colwik, San Marcos
16-0, Brian Porter, Maypearl
16-0, Cory Altenberg, Belton
16-0, Joseph Farley, Aledo
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Unread postby hallvaulter » Fri Apr 21, 2006 8:48 am

In Indiana, we got at least 3, maybe more.

Hunter Hall 16-8
Jeremy Brading 16-6
Chris Thoman 16-3
Corey Shank 15-8 (Last Night- Plenty of height over it)
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Unread postby LancerVaulter07 » Fri Apr 21, 2006 11:00 am

its amazing how many 16+ foot vaulters come from texas and cali each year. i think last year on this forum somewhere i read an article of three 16 footers in san diego alone! thats insane, the last we've had here in jersey was Adam Sarafian go like 17' 4 1/4'' (correct me if im wrong) and before that our state record was in the 80's.. 16'6 bill lange so im not sure if we've ever even had more than 2-5 vaulters see the 16' mark. i know last year Anthony Abitante (now at penn???) was like 15'6'' or around there and a kid from Ridgewood went 14'8''... so when you hit around 14+ around here, you'll be heard of...
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Unread postby Caseman33 » Fri Apr 21, 2006 11:02 am

go to dyestat.com and check out the rankings for high school pv

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casey di cesare 16-5
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Unread postby pole bender » Fri Apr 21, 2006 12:19 pm

back in like 1986 ONE school in Missouri had 4 guys over 16'... :dazed:
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Unread postby seasoned » Fri Apr 21, 2006 12:31 pm

LancerVaulter07 wrote:its amazing how many 16+ foot vaulters come from texas and cali each year. i think last year on this forum somewhere i read an article of three 16 footers in san diego alone! thats insane, the last we've had here in jersey was Adam Sarafian go like 17' 4 1/4'' (correct me if im wrong) and before that our state record was in the 80's.. 16'6 bill lange so im not sure if we've ever even had more than 2-5 vaulters see the 16' mark. i know last year Anthony Abitante (now at penn???) was like 15'6'' or around there and a kid from Ridgewood went 14'8''... so when you hit around 14+ around here, you'll be heard of...


I jumped against Bill Lange in 1980.....he argued with a Junior Olympic official, on if he could vault baerfoot of not :)
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Unread postby fx » Fri Apr 21, 2006 12:48 pm

So what you guys are saying is that this is just a normal year and that there have been about the same number of 16 footers each year?
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Unread postby pole bender » Fri Apr 21, 2006 1:03 pm

dyestat.com has 33 over 16' in 2005
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Unread postby Pappy » Sat Apr 22, 2006 4:09 am

Will Paine got 16'4" today!
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Unread postby nitro » Sat Apr 22, 2006 7:34 am

pole bender wrote:back in like 1986 ONE school in Missouri had 4 guys over 16'... :dazed:


2 years ago one school in for wayne, indiana had 3 kids over 16
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Unread postby LancerVaulter07 » Sun Apr 23, 2006 9:28 am

wow, the one school with fours guys over 16 is sick.


seasoned... thats pretty cool that you jumped against lange. were you from an NJ HS too or was it at the Junior Olympic meet? do you remember yours and his heights??
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