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What is the highest you have ever strait poled. I have cleared 11’ holding around 11’6â€Â

13-6 holding on around 11-6 to 12 feet 40 plus years ago

I cleared 12' 8" in 1988 US Army European championship with a pole I found under the stadium. I had no poles of my own, and no other vaulter would loan me one. I found a couple of old red relics and broke a 15' 68Kg (150) on my first warmup. The German officials said I couldn't use the other one but I wouldn't take nein for an answer. The pole was a 15' 83 Kg and I was limping from a thigh injury (unrelated to the pole break), so there was no chance I could bend, let alone break it.

I used a short run and a hand shift (left hand move up close to my right at take-off). There was a three-way tie for first and I won the jump-off.

10-6 when I was a freshman in HS...don't remember where I was holding tho

now I'm sure I can go higher, I just haven't tried recently

11'6" as a sophomore, then decided I needed to learn form to jump higher...and when I did I instantly dropped down to a 9'er haha

i started straight poling as soon as i started vaulting. so around 8-8'6". At my frist meet i starting bending my pole and got 9'6. so i cant really say i straight poled over a bar at a competition

Bringing back this dead post because...

Yesterday was my first day back vaulting after breaking my foot in January. Haven't stiff-poled at a crossbar since i was 15-16 but i cleared a bar at 11' from 3 lefts, straightpoling... and i was pretty proud of that. lol.

12'6. was having a terrible day and nothing was working steps or different poles so went backl to basics to at least make sure i'd get top 3 and points at the meet.. the pole was 13' spirit and i was legally capping it