Aussie Champs Women - Howe 4.55

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West Australia's Kym Howe, 26, cleared a World Championship A-qualifying height of 4.55m to win the women's Pole Vault from Queenslander Alana Boyd, 22, who vaulted an Osaka B-qualifying 4.35m.

Women Pole Vault Open
Section 1: 1, Kym Howe, WAIS, 4.55m, WCA. 2, Alana Boyd, QAS, 4.35m, WCB. 3,
Rosanna Ditton, VIC, 4.20m. 4, Charmaine Lucock, QAS, 4.20m. 5, Jacinta Lynn,
VIC, 4.05m. 6, Vicky Parnov, WAIS, 4.05m. 7, Irie Hill, VIC, 3.90m. 8, Jamie
Scroop, WA, 3.70m. 8, Simone Carre, VIC, 3.70m. 10, Jacqueline Williams, VIC,
3.70m. 11, Aurélie Clerc, NSW, 3.50m. --, Jana Tankosic, SA, NH.

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http://www.abc.net.au/news/items/200703 ... queensland

Howe confirms Osaka berth

By ABC Sport Online's Luke Pentony

Sunday, 11 March 2007. 21:30 (AEST)
Commonwealth Games champion Kym Howe won just her second national title in the women's pole vault with a performance of 4.55 metres at the Queensland Sport and Athletics Centre in Brisbane on Sunday.

Howe entered nationals on the back of a new Australian record of 4.72m, set indoors in the Ukraine last month.

She began the competition in Brisbane at 4.35m, clearing with her first attempt, before she also successfully negotiated 4.45m. The 26-year-old then made her winning clearance at 4.55m but could not rise above 4.65m, failing on all three attempts.

Nevertheless, she recorded her third "A" qualifier and the win confirmed her place in the Australian team for the Osaka world championships.

Alana Boyd, who has twice met the "A" standard, finished second with 4.35m and Rosanna Ditton came third via a best vault of 4.20m.