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Starts in less than an hour!

I will update with anything I hear, whether it's people at the meet calling me or just what I can get from Ken Stone's blog.

Here is the start list.

I hear the wind is calmer than it was for the men, but still swirling around.



Event 52 Women Pole Vault Open
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Saturday 6/25/2005 - 11:00 AM
Progression: 4.10; 4.20; 4.30; 4.40; 4.45;
World: 4.92m 9/3/2004 Yelena Isinbayeva, RUS
American: 4.83m 6/8/2004 Stacy Draglia, Nike
World "A": 4.45m
World "B": 4.30m
Name Year Team Seed Mark
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Flight 1 Finals
1 1048 Kate Soma Washington 4.30m
2 550 Chelsea Johnson Ucla 4.30m
3 653 Amy Linnen Kansas 4.30m
4 485 Becky Holliday New Balance 4.40m
5 280 Stacy Dragila Nike 4.75m
6 991 Jillian Schwartz Nike 4.60m
7 1082 Kellie Suttle Nike 4.50m
8 1064 Apirl Steiner Unattached 4.45m
9 821 Tracy O'Hara adidas 4.60m
10 45 Shayla Balentine San Diego St. 4.30m
11 481 Elizabeth Hinshaw Unattached 4.22m
12 309 Breanna Eveland Kansas St. 4.30m
13 426 Amanda Haines Siena Hts. 4.27m
14 743 Elizabeth Metzinger Unattached 4.30m
15 1096 Lindsay Taylor Unattached 4.45m
16 973 Mary Sauer Asics 4.45m
17 1274 Connie Jerz Unattached 4.25m

http://www.signonsandiego.com/sports/weblogs/track/

Day 3 opens under a few clouds
Clouds are literal and metaphorical. Yesterday's scratches of Marion and Tim Jones and DQ/reinstatement of Olympic sprint champ Justin Gatlin threw a curveball at the nationals, but couldn't steal all the thunder, what with 12.99, 13.01, 13.02 in the high hurdles -- incredible times in sub-70 degree conditions. Wispy clouds dot skies over the Home Depot Center in Carson, south of Los Angeles. Temp at 10:52 a.m. about 76 degrees, Beautiful. And women's vaulters are being introduced.

Posted by Ken Stone at 10:50 AM

http://www.signonsandiego.com/sports/weblogs/track/

Women's vaulters open at 4.10 meters -- 13-5 1/4
A world record not so long ago, 13-5 1/4 is the opening height for most. April Steiner, former Rancho Bernardo and UCLA star Tracy O'Hara and Olympic champ Stacy Dragila pass. Thirteen others will start here.


Posted by Ken Stone at 10:58 AM

I still haven't heard anything...

I wish USATF or somebody would do live coverage of the makes and misses at Nationals like Eurosport or whoever does for the major European meets.

Sean Brown reports that the bar is at 4.20 now and that nothing exciting has happened yet.

He says some people no heighted but he doesn't know the names.

Ken Stone is doing a good job of keeping up, at http://www.signonsandiego.com/sports/we ... .html#more

Dragila just made a clutch third-try vault to stay in the competition.

Oh darn I was reloading the main page and not that specific post... Thanks Roger.

http://www.signonsandiego.com/sports/we ... .html#more

Women's vaulters open at 4.10 meters -- 13-5 1/4
A world record not so long ago, 13-5 1/4 is the opening height for most. April Steiner, former Rancho Bernardo and UCLA star Tracy O'Hara and Olympic champ Stacy Dragila pass this height. Thirteen others will start here. Becky Holliday is first over 4.10. UCLA star Chelsea Johnson is announced as a scratch. Mary Sauer over on first try. Crosswind at vault area picking up now, 11:13 a.m. Blows right to left of jumpers. Jillian Schwartz also passes 4.10. Amy Linnen sails over 4.10.

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Elizabeth Metzinger over 4.10 on second try. Lindsay Taylor over 4.10 on second try. Kellie Suttle and Shayla Balentine of San Diego State over 4.10 on third tries. Kate Soma cleared earlier.

The jumps at 4.20 -- 13-9 1/4

A dozen still in competition -- seven cleared and five passed. Holiday first over 4.20 on first try. Dragila, the AR holder, runs through on first try. No attempt to jump. Just goes straight into the pit. Schwarts over easy but in slow motion. Suttle, on first try, over with beautiful form. Steiner has ugly miss. O'Hara WAY over bar -- and hits it on way down. Balentine misses. Taylor goes up, climbs pole and bails out before reaching bar. Metzinger passes. Sauer misses first try. Holiday, Schwartz and Suttle tied for lead. Soma misses second try. Linnen skies it and hits on way down.

Dragila hits bar on way up! Has one try left. Wearing blue shorts and tops, she walks around with hands on hips

Steiner is over. O'Hara over. Balentine, her blond pigtail flying, runs through -- a miss. Sauer clears bar, but hits on way down on second try. Soma over, cleanly but barely, on third try. Linnen is out with third miss.

Dragila up for final try. Up and way over. Whew! Scattered applause in stadium.

Balentine kicks off bar -- the Aztec is out. Taylor has ugly attempt, misses, is out. Sauer booms clearance on third try.

OK so here is what I can figure out so far...

4.10
(clear means I don't know what attempt they made it on)
Kate Soma - clear
Chelsea Johnson - scratch
Amy Linnen - clear
Becky Holliday - O
Stacy Dragila - Pass
Jillian Schwartz - Pass
Kellie Suttle - XXO
Apirl Steiner - Pass
Tracy O'Hara - Pass
Shayla Balentine - XXO
Elizabeth Hinshaw - XXX
Breanna Eveland - XXX
Amanda Haines - XXX
Elizabeth Metzinger - XO
Lindsay Taylor - XO
Mary Sauer - O
Connie Jerz - XXX

4.20
Kate Soma - XXO
Amy Linnen - XXX
Becky Holliday - O
Stacy Dragila - XXO
Jillian Schwartz - O
Kellie Suttle - O
Apirl Steiner - XO
Tracy O'Hara - XO
Shayla Balentine - XXX
Elizabeth Metzinger - Pass
Lindsay Taylor - XXX
Mary Sauer - XXO
Elizabeth Hinshaw - NH
Breanna Eveland - NH
Amanda Haines - NH
Connie Jerz - NH
Chelsea Johnson - DNS

Standings after 4.20

1. Becky Holliday
1. Jillian Schwartz
3. Kellie Suttle
4. Apirl Steiner
4. Tracy O'Hara
6. Stacy Dragila
6. Mary Sauer
8. Kate Soma
Elizabeth Metzinger
Amy Linnen - 4.10
Shayla Balentine - 4.10
Lindsay Taylor - 4.10
Elizabeth Hinshaw - NH
Breanna Eveland - NH
Amanda Haines - NH
Connie Jerz - NH
Chelsea Johnson - DNS

http://www.signonsandiego.com/sports/we ... .html#more

Back online after delau to find new phone connection.

Schwartz and O'Hara clear on first try. Seven others on second attempts. Suttle, after break for national anthem, clears easily.