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Mark Hollis 5.75!!!!!!!!

Unread postby IluvMarkHollis » Wed Apr 30, 2008 9:12 pm

Mark Hollis jumped 5.75 today at the University of Illinois Champaign. Way to go babe!!! Keep it up :)
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Unread postby BethelPV » Wed Apr 30, 2008 9:17 pm

I just heard the news, that is awesome!! Two weeks in a row he posts a huge jump!! Now he's done it both indoor and outdoor!! Congrats Mark, you blow my mind!!
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Unread postby Vault&Flip » Wed Apr 30, 2008 9:22 pm

Absolutely huge! He has put together quite the string of performances.
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Unread postby BethelPV » Wed Apr 30, 2008 9:57 pm

This mark puts him third in the world thus far for outdoor meets and 12th in the world so far this season!!! iaaf.org lists show us this!!
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Unread postby IluvMarkHollis » Wed Apr 30, 2008 10:09 pm

5.71 and 5.75 on consecutive Wednesdays
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Unread postby vaultin chris » Wed Apr 30, 2008 10:40 pm

No misses thru 5.75...crazy, btw from 8 lefts. That's the second best jump I've seen this year ( derek miles 5.80 from 6.5-7 at Reno is hard to top )...hollis is of fire right now.... Hit 579cm.blogspot.com for the videos from today.
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Unread postby AR01 » Wed Apr 30, 2008 10:56 pm

That's amazing. I'd love to see him keep pushing to the top of the list. Anyone got any video?
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Unread postby IluvMarkHollis » Thu May 01, 2008 12:08 am

Go to Chris' website listed above. www.579cm.blogspot.com. I'm sure they will be hitting facebook soon as well.
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Unread postby vaultin chris » Thu May 01, 2008 1:01 am

no "www" just 579cm.blogspot.com
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Unread postby jcoover » Thu May 01, 2008 10:35 am

wow, mark. very, VERY impressive. from 9 Lefts with 5cm more grip and another stick or two we could be getting ready to witness something even more incredible than what we already are. what an incredible ride and what a year to get it started!!! :yes: :yes: congrats and keep it goin, bud.
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Unread postby Glory » Thu May 01, 2008 5:59 pm

thatta boy mark..its awesome to see the NAIA represented so high in the world!
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