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— 2011 T&FN Men’s U.S. Rankings —
Pole Vault
1. Jeremy Scott
2. Derek Miles
3. Mark Hollis
4. Brad Walker
5. Scott Roth
6. Nick Mossberg
7. Jack Whitt
8. Jordan Scott
9. Jacob Pauli
10. Victor Weirich

— 2011 Women’s U.S. Rankings —
Pole Vault
1. Jenn Suhr
2. Kylie hutson
3. Lacy Janson
4. Becky Holliday
5. Mary Saxer
6. Melissa Gergel
7. April Steiner-Bennett
8. Melinda Owen
9. Vera neuenswander
10. Natalie Willer

Looks like the list omitted the marks for Jason Colwick and Paul Litchfield. Both jumped 5.51m which puts them ahead of Victor Weirich.

Righteous Vaulter wrote:Looks like the list omitted the marks for Jason Colwick and Paul Litchfield. Both jumped 5.51m which puts them ahead of Victor Weirich.

It's not a performance list, they are rankings based mostly on head-to-head competitions and how you perform at Championships. Brad was lucky to be as high as 4th.

I cannot imagine that Brad feels lucky. He's better than that. 4th ranked USA is does not make him feel good. I bet that he will climb much higher in 2012.

rainbowgirl28 wrote:
It's not a performance list, they are rankings based mostly on head-to-head competitions and how you perform at Championships. Brad was lucky to be as high as 4th.

KLocke wrote:I cannot imagine that Brad feels lucky. He's better than that. 4th ranked USA is does not make him feel good. I bet that he will climb much higher in 2012.

Well no, I wouldn't expect he would feel good about it. Just saying that the rankers don't put much weight on insignificant meets at your training center, and in most other years, a record like he had outside the training center would have ranked him even lower. It was a very down year for the USA Men overall.

I'm hoping Brad will have a big year next year and get gold in London! He's definitely capable of it!