Two Canadians over 5.38 and 5.50 last weekend!

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Two Canadians over 5.38 and 5.50 last weekend!

Unread postby KirkB » Mon May 17, 2010 10:32 pm

While 5.38 and 5.50 might pale in comparison to some American season's bests, we have 2 Canadian men over these bars both in the same weekend!

Congratulations to Jason Wurster for his top Canadian ranking at 5.50 in the Brazil meet, and congratulations also to Ryan Vu, who won the Pac-10 last weekend with 5.37 (17-7.75"). :yes:

Vu: http://www.polevaultpower.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=19894
Wurster: http://www.polevaultpower.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=19897

I could be wrong, but I don't think we've EVER had 2 Canadians over those heights at the same time.

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Re: Two Canadians over 5.37 and 5.50 last weekend!

Unread postby Pogo Stick » Tue May 18, 2010 4:12 am

KirkB wrote:While 5.37 and 5.50 might pale in comparison to some American season's bests, we have 2 Canadian men over these bars both in the same weekend!

Congratulations to Jason Wurster for his top Canadian ranking at 5.50 in the Brazil meet, and congratulations also to Ryan Vu, who won the Pac-10 last weekend with 5.37 (17-7.75"). :yes:

Vu: http://www.polevaultpower.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=19894
Wurster: http://www.polevaultpower.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=19897

I could be wrong, but I don't think we've EVER had 2 Canadians over those heights at the same time.

Kirk

This is from http://www.polevaultcanada.ca/rankings/top_ten.txt:
1992
5.65i Doug Wood
5.50 R. Ferguson
1991
5.61 Doug Wood
5.35i R. Ferguson
1990
5.60 Doug Wood
5.40 R. Ferguson

Little bit out of topic, but cannot resist:
1970 POLE VAULT CANADIAN TOP TEN
5.12 B. Simpson
5.03 A. Kane
5.03 R. Raftis
4.57 R. Burrows
4.57 K. Bryde (aka KirkB)
4.57 G. Moro
4.40 R. Ruth (aka Roger/Over)
4.32 R. Weins
4.31 G. Dumas (no alias, but mentioned dozens of times)
4.20 T. Putzi
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Re: Two Canadians over 5.37 and 5.50 last weekend!

Unread postby rainbowgirl28 » Tue May 18, 2010 4:49 am

I think Gerard has posted on here before, but I can't remember his username off the top of my head... and I could just be thinking of the emails he sends me.


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