UCLA trio reaches high heights

[rainbowgirl28]

http://www.dailybruin.ucla.edu/news/200 ... h_heights/

Track trio reaches high heights
Three Bruins vault themselves to a sweep, one setting and one tying personal records
Stephanie Lowe (Contact)
Published: Thursday, April 19, 2007
The Rafer Johnson/Jackie Joyner-Kersee Invitational at Drake Stadium was a big success for the No. 14 UCLA men’s track and field team on Sunday. A trio of Bruin pole vaulters finished the final day of the invitational strong by sweeping the top three spots in the event.

Led by redshirt senior Mike Landers, UCLA faced stiff competition from two Brigham Young University pole vaulters entering into the 16 feet, 7.25 inches mark. In order to finish first, second, and third, Bruin junior Chris Bencomo and redshirt senior David Murphy had to jump to the best of their abilities.

Landers had the best overall performance among the pole vaulters. He started the competition strong, as he made his opening three marks on first attempts. He was well over the 16-11 bar coming into the final heights. After he successful jumped 17-3, he was the only pole vaulter left in the competition.

Landers finished first, but attempted to push his season-best height at 17-6.5, which is also the No. 1 mark in the country. He had three strong tries at 17-7 but was unable to keep the bar on.

“I had no misses throughout the competition. It wasn’t until 17-7 that I had to get more dialed in. I had some fairly good attempts at it,â€Â

[bjvando]

3 Good dudes too. They've been looking good all year. Landers is capable of big things and Bencomo and Murphy are ready for something big as well....

[newPVer]

their whole team is stacked. they'll do well for the next 4 years.. but congrats on Landers, thats huge.