NY GP- Schwartz 4.60, Suhr 4.50, Lav. 5.85, Hooker 5.80

[Vaultref]

Not sure if Schwartz is still jumping or not, I am guessing she missed at whatever the next height was and they just never updated.

She did not want to continue jumping, so the bar was never raised to another height and we ended the compeition.

[rainbowgirl28]

1
LAVILLENIE, RENAUD
FRA
5.85
MR


2
HOOKER, STEVEN
AUS
5.80


3
CZERWINSKI, PRZEMYSLAW
POL
5.60


4
GIBILISCO, GIUSEPPE
ITA
5.60


5
MILES, DEREK
USA
5.60

6
MOHR, MALTE
GER
5.40

7
BALNER, MICHAL
CZE
5.40

8
SCOTT, JEREMY
USA
5.20

[rainbowgirl28]

Twitter:

chelsrosej: Got 3rd today in NY and jumped 4.40 from my short run on borrowed poles. Sometimes u gotta make do!

[rainbowgirl28]

http://www.smh.com.au/sport/hooker-fina ... -y62z.html


Hooker finally finds his Diamond League sparkle to shine in New York
DANIEL LEWIS
June 14, 2010
IN A welcome return to form, Australian pole vaulter Steve Hooker has made the podium of the elite IAAF Diamond League athletics tour with a second-place finish in New York at the weekend.

Despite being the Olympic, world, world indoor and Commonwealth pole vault champion, Hooker has been struggling in the new Diamond League this year. He won the world indoor championship in Doha in March with a jump of 6.01 metres, but in his first two appearances in the lucrative global league, he could only clear 5.50m to place sixth in May in Shanghai before failing to clear a height in Oslo this month. New York was the third of seven pole-vault events on the tour.

At Icahn Stadium, Hooker sailed over the bar with an opening vault of 5.40m on his first attempt. He then cleared heights of 5.60m and 5.70m on his second and third attempts respectively. After missing his first attempt at 5.75m, Hooker passed on that height before clearing 5.80m on his first attempt. Passing at 5.85m, Hooker was unable to clear 5.90m but had done enough to claim second.

World championships bronze medallist and Diamond League leader Renaud Lavillenie of France took out the event with a meeting-record clearance of 5.85m.

Going into the New York event, Hooker said on his IAAF online diary: ''I've under-performed in two Diamond Leagues so far and I've got to find a way to get that confidence back in the next competition. I think 2007 was the last time I no-heighted.

"In a lot of ways I still am quite confident. I still have a good picture in my head of how I should be jumping and what I'm doing in training … I'm doing [well] in warm-ups. It's just a matter of making that transition from what I'm doing in warm-ups to what I'm doing in competition.''

Hooker's best vaults are 6.06m for indoor, set in Boston in 2009, and 6m for outdoor, set in Perth in 2008.

The Diamond League concludes for Hooker in Brussels in August and he heads for the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi in October.

[Cooleo111]

I didn't get to see the start of the women's vault, but the end was fairly unimpressive. Jenn did not look quite ready to compete, and the other girls didn't jump what they are capable of.
The men's vault competition was awesome! Hooker and Lavillenie were really battling it out for first!
My eyesight isn't the greatest, but I'm pretty sure Tim Mack was there but did not end up competing. Derek Miles looked OK but not a lot of height. Gibilisco put a lot of height on each bar, but his run was terribly inconsistent. The other foreigners looked really good as well.
Lavillenie was very consistent, and put up one solid attempt at a new NR of 6.02 (within a couple inches). He really impressed me.
Hooker destroyed 5.80 with what looked like a 20' vault from where I was sitting (behind the crossbar). He was definitely inconsistent on the runway, but man did he fly over those bars!

Derek Miles out. Since the main portion of the meet is over, and no more Americans in the PV, I wonder how many people are still in the stands?

I have to say I was pretty disappointed with how everyone left as soon as the track events were over. There were not many of us in the stands watching the end of the vault competition, and I can only imagine how that must have felt for the vaulters, even after putting on such a great show. Overall though the meet was incredible and I will definitely look forward to attending more of these meets in the future!

P.S. I heard Bolt was there but not competing. Didn't get to see him though!

[IAmTheWalrus]

I took some videos at the meet and posted them. Instead of giving links to each I'll just direct you to my "Channel" on Youtube.

http://www.youtube.com/user/PVjammer

Hooker's jump over 5.60 was pretty beastly, and it was awesome to see him and Lavillenie battling back and forth. Lavillenie had a nice second attempt at 6.02, but my camera had died by then. Sorry guys.