Paul Burgess 5.95!
Posted: Fri Feb 11, 2005 11:18 am
Decamouse tells me that Burgess jumped 5.95 today. I'll post results, articles, etc when I get them.
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Posted: Fri Feb 11, 2005 1:49 pm
DAMN! The boy's on fire!
Posted: Fri Feb 11, 2005 6:33 pm
His coach reports that he was gripping 4.91 on a CarbonFX 11.6 flex
Posted: Fri Feb 11, 2005 7:26 pm
That is one heck of a pop on the top! Way to go Paul.
Posted: Fri Feb 11, 2005 8:44 pm
Thats awesome man, way to go!. By the way, is it just me or is everyone vaulting like super great so far?
Posted: Fri Feb 11, 2005 9:54 pm
WAY TO GO! 
Posted: Fri Feb 11, 2005 9:56 pm
Alex Parnov (his coach) tells me those pictures are of his last attempt at 6 meters! Unfortunately he just barely brushed the bar on the way down.
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Posted: Fri Feb 11, 2005 10:16 pm
rainbowgirl28 wrote:Alex Parnov (his coach) tells me those pictures are of his last attempt at 6 meters! Unfortunately he just barely brushed the bar on the way down.
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And holding at 4.91m
DANG!!Posted: Fri Feb 11, 2005 11:58 pm
Great jump I would like to see more people in the stands!
Posted: Sat Feb 12, 2005 12:04 am
That is HUGE!!! That is a definite testament to those who think they need to grip higher to jump higher! Lets see, 4.91-18=4.73 is his grip in the box, so 5.95-4.73=1.22 meter push off! Once again that is huge. Amazing actually......Easily one of the most outstanding jumps ever. Congratulations to Paul Burgess.
Posted: Sat Feb 12, 2005 1:41 am
YAY for a great Aussie guy!!!!! It's great to see an Australian jump so high, it's been a little while since we've made an impact on International standard competition.....but hopefully that's changing......
Posted: Sat Feb 12, 2005 1:54 am
Robert schmitt wrote:Great jump I would like to see more people in the stands!
I'm guessing the jump was at the WA state champs which would probably not be a huge event, athletics has quite a small profile in WA (I mean, for that whole big state, they only have 1 athletics track!) And the photos appear to have been taken by someone sitting in the main grandstand and therefore any spectators are not visible. To the best of my knowledge, the stands you can see are NEVER used!!!