Northern Arizona-Skydome
Men Pole Vault
Place Overall Name Year Team Height Score
1 1 Mossburg, Nick Unattached 5.35m -
2 1 Glenn, Brandon Risen Performance 5.35m -
3 3 Frawley, Nick USAF WCAP 5.20m -
4 4 Frawley, Eric JR-3 Grand Canyon 4.90m -
5 5 Frawley, Vince JR-3 Grand Canyon 4.75m -
6 5 Childs, Brandon Unattached 4.75m -
7 7 Hunzeker, Zane SR-4 Southern Utah 4.60m -
8 Swanson, Christopher Unattached NH
Women Pole Vault
1 1 hendry, kelsie SR Unattached 4.52m - Continue reading
Men Pole Vault
Place Overall Name Year Team Height Score
1 1 Wallace, Tyler SR-4 Long Beach St. 5.10m 10
2 2 Bringhurst, Brayden FR-1 BYU 5.00m 8
3 3 Cooper, Chase JR-3 Air Force 4.90m 5.5
4 3 Beski, Elliott SO-2 Air Force 4.90m 5.5
5 5 Hierholzer, Brandon JR-3 Long Beach St. 4.90m 4
6 6 Rogers, Cort SO-2 Air Force 4.90m 3
7 7 Brown, Tyler SO-2 BYU 4.75m 2
8 8 Schall, Andrew JR-3 Colorado St. 4.75m 1
9 9 Fox, Dillon SO-2 Long Beach St. 4.45m -
10 9 Williams, Matt JR-3 Utah Valley 4.45m -
11 11 Horist, Mark SR-4 Long Beach St. 4.45m -
12 12 DeWitt, Jason SO-2 Colorado 4.30m -
13 13 Ashton, Michael SO-2 Utah Valley 4.30m
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East Tennessee State University in Johnson City, TN
Men Pole Vault University/College
Finals
1 Holtz, Brad Unattached 5.38m 5.05m 16-06.75
2 McClurg, Jeff Unattached 5.05m J5.05m 16-06.75
3 Deery, Matt Lipscomb 4.40m 4.75m 15-07.00
4 Stowe, Jacob Appalachian State 4.27m 4.60m 15-01.00
5 McManus, Clint Gardner-Webb 4.60m J4.60m 15-01.00
6 Smith, Christopher A. Benedict 4.60m J4.60m 15-01.00
7 Webb, Evan Lees-McRae 4.45m 4.30m 14-01.25
7 Dever, Kevin Lees-McRae 4.60m 4.30m 14-01.25
9 Leonard, Keith Western Carolina 4.60m J4.30m 14-01.25
9 Bell, Jack Appalachian State 4.46m J4.30m 14-01.25
11 Floyd, Kevin Lipscomb 4.10m 4.15m 13-07.25
12 Parker, Wayne Western Carolina 4.60m J4.15m 13-07.25 Continue reading
East Tennessee State University in Johnson City, TN
Boys Pole Vault High School
1 Eckenroth, Austin Unattached 15-06.00 4.70m 15-05.00
2 Linta, Jeffrey Unattached 15-04.00 4.55m 14-11.00
3 Austell, Lane Unattached 14-00.00 4.25m 13-11.25
4 Craig, Tyler Georgia Pole 14-06.00 J4.25m 13-11.25
5 Shaheen, Jacob Houston Mustangs TC 14-03.00 4.10m 13-05.25
6 Oslin, Bryan Precision 13-00.00 J4.10m 13-05.25
7 Alsup, Hunter Axis Athletics 13-00.00 3.95m 12-11.50
8 Ennis, Keenan Houston Mustangs TC 13-06.00 J3.95m 12-11.50
9 Sanmiguel, Jose Unattached 13-00.25 3.80m 12-05.50
10 Brewer, Alex Houston Mustangs TC 13-06.00 J3.80m 12-05.50
11 Carr, Ryan Axis Athletics 12-06.00 3.65m 11-11.75
11 Elmore, Jackson Knoxville TC 12-00.00 3.65m 11-11.75 Continue reading
Rector Fieldhouse in Blacksburg, VA
BLACKSBURG — Hannah Meador won the Virginia Tech Invitation while also posting a nationally qualifying finish.
The sophomore vaulted 12 feet for the first time in her career and beat the rest of the field by six inches.
Meador was seeded fifth heading into the meet and one foot, six inches behind top seeded Kristen Lee from Wakefield, N.C. Lee finished second, six inches behind Meador.
Meador was ranked 31st nationally heading into the Virginia Tech meet. By improving her highest vault by six inches, she could move as high as 13th. She is the sixth ranked sophomore in the country. Meador is already listed as a MileSplit U.S. First Team Elite member by vaulting higher than 11 feet, six inches.
Her teammate, Chance Parmly hasn’t had his turn yet at the Virginia Tech Inviational boys’ pole vault, but he is seeded as the top junior and second overall with a 14 feet, nine inch mark. Continue reading
Randal Tyson Track Center – Fayetteville, AR
Place Athlete Name Affiliation Mark
1 Maston Wallace Texas 5.25m 17-2 ¾
2 Thomas Reinecke LSU 5.15m 16-10 ¾
3 Andreas Duplantis LSU 5.15m 16-10 ¾
3 Corey Dysick Stanford 5.15m 16-10 ¾
5 Mark Thomas Texas 5.15m 16-10 ¾
5 Marcus McGehee LSU 5.15m 16-10 ¾
7 Andrew LaHaye Florida State 5.00m 16-4 ¾
7 Caleb Ebbets Georgia 5.00m 16-4 ¾
9 Casey Wicker Texas 5.00m 16-4 ¾
9 Josh Domiguez Unattached 5.00m 16-4 ¾ Continue reading
The pole vaulter is reaching for new heights, writes Georgina Robinson.
STEVE Hooker doesn’t remember 2011. He’s forgotten the long and difficult recovery from a persistent knee injury and blocked out each deflating botched jump at the world championships in Daegu.
”I don’t even remember that year. I don’t know what you’re talking about,” he says, when asked whether he was pleased to see the back of 2011.
When pushed for a serious answer, the pole vaulter maintains: ”Seriously, that’s pretty much the response. I’m just putting it behind me. I’m not going to think about it all, it was a tough year. I’m going to remember my mistakes I made and not do them again, so that’s why I’m taking my time with my approaches, which is what I didn’t get a chance to do in 2011.” Continue reading
WILLIAMSBURG — Janice Keppler is taking her pole vaulting career to a whole new level. Literally.
The 24-year-old from Buffalo spends many mornings soaring through the air at William & Mary’s Kaplan Arena. That’s if she’s not strength-training or practicing speed work on the track.
It’s all part of her plan to compete in the 2012 London Olympics.
“The vault requires strength, speed and a large amount of technical training,” she said. “There is never enough time in a week to feel fully fulfilled in accomplishing everything.”
Though not a Tribe alumni, Keppler trains at William & Mary because of her coach, Dave Fritz. “[His] training plans and theories about the vault made perfect sense to me,” Keppler said of Fritz, who is an assistant coach for Tribe track and field.
Olympic qualifying has been a long time coming for Keppler, who began her pole vaulting career in eighth grade. “I joined the track team to spend time with my friends, but didn’t enjoy the running.”
She was a two-time Mid-American Conference champion during her three years at Eastern Michigan University. She then transferred to Arkansas where she earned honors as a Southeastern Conference runnerup.
It was inspiration from coaches and friends that convinced her to pursue the Olympics. “It’s difficult to continue training,” she said, “but after taking some time off, I was finally convinced to keep training and see how high I could jump.”
What started as just setting a personal best has turned into a bigger dream. “Over the past year, I’ve come to realize I have a much greater potential in the event, and I’m excited to see how far it will take me.”
This weekend she’ll compete in the U.S. Open meet at Madison Square Garden. “It’s my first big competition of the year and my first opportunity to show off all the hard work I have put in this off season.”
Pole vaulter Steve Hooker took small steps but reckons his comeback fell “flat”, while Sally Pearson just wanted to puke.
Australia’s track and field headliners had varying reactions to Saturday’s Adelaide Track Classic.
Reigning Olympic champion Hooker logged two clearances, the best only 5.00 metres – but they were his first public clearances since winning the Delhi Commonwealth Games in October 2010.
Hooker also lamented winds which played havoc with his first meet since failing to qualify for the world championship finals last August.
Jumping off just eight small steps instead of his usual 18 paces, Hooker’s comeback from knee injury ended with being timed out of his event as he waited, in hope, for kinder winds.
“It was tough,” Hooker said.
“In the short time we have to take our jumps, if you get a bad two minutes of wind conditions, there is not much you can do.”
Hooker was realistic about the performance.
“I just need to compete,” he said.
“I want to go out there and feel that competition energy but unfortunately I just felt a bit flat.
“I just wasn’t feeling it so much today … standing there with the breeze in your face, it wasn’t quite there.
“But it’s part of the process I’m going through.
“I’m happy with my jumps and happy with some of the steps I took.
“It’s early, for me to be competing in January is a big win for me, so it’s nice to taking those steps.”
After a modest start to the season two weeks ago in Idaho, the Carroll College track and field team returned to Montana for its second meet and performed well under the Big Sky on Friday at the Montana State Open in Bozeman’s Brick Breeden Fieldhouse.
Sophomore Easton Padden provided the biggest highlight with a victory in the pole vault, clearing 16 feet, 0.75 inches. He edged Montana State’s Ryan Kropp, a Capital High graduate, on attempts as the two competitors both achieved the same height. Padden’s clearance (4.90 meters) also is well above the NAIA automatic qualifying mark of 4.75.
Rod McCravy Memorial T&F Meet
hosted by Univ. of Kentucky
Nutter Fieldhouse (291m) – Lexington,KY – 1/27/2012 to 1/28/2012
Senior Hannah Tabler (Wapakoneta, Ohio) led a trio of pole vaulters, clearing a personal-best and Miami season-best 12-2.5/3.72m to tie for sixth in the event, as she already ranked third in school history. Classmate Sarah Kinnaman (Carmel, Ind.) tied for 10th with a height of 11-8.5/3.57m.
Women Pole Vault
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1 Tisher, Neal JR Mississippi 4.02m 13-02.25
2 Rasnick, Sarah SO Cincinnati 3.87m 12-08.25
3 Olsen, Petra SO South Carolina 3.87m 12-08.25
4 Kennard, Shelby JR Kentucky 3.87m 12-08.25
5 Stenzel, Samantha SR Kentucky 3.72m 12-02.50 Continue reading
Reggie Lewis Center
Roxbury, MA
Men Pole Vault
Finals:
Place Overall Name Year Team Height Score
1 1 Duggan, Kyle SR-4 Connecticut 5.18m 10
2 2 Duggan, Cory SO-2 Connecticut 4.87m 8
3 3 Alexander, Matt SR-4 Connecticut 4.72m 6
4 4 Lucas, Dylan SO-2 Northeastern 4.42m 5
5 5 Blades, Justin SO-2 Connecticut 4.42m 4
6 6 Mitros, Bobby SO-2 Vermont 4.27m 3
7 7 Copeland, Gregory FR-1 UMass Amherst 4.27m 2
8 8 Gibbons, Darwin SO-2 Northeastern 4.27m 0.33 Continue reading
UCLA’s Michael Woepse won the men’s pole vault with a meet record clearance of 17-6 1/2 (5.35m), which he cleared on his third attempt. Woepse had the bar raised to 18-1 1/4 (5.52m) which is 3/4 of an inch over NCAA automatic qualifying. The previous meet record was 17-3 1/2 (5.27m), held by Lucas Pope of Idaho in 2010. UI’s Jeremy Klas was second Friday after clearing a height of 17-2 3/4 (5.25m). After four events in the men’s heptathlon, Marcus Nilsson of UCLA was the leader with 2,917 points, followed by Bruin teammate Dominic Giovannoni with 2,884, and Michael Bolligar from WSU with 2,849 points. Two Cougars competing unattached, Sean Harris (2792) and Spencer Wordell(2658) were in fifth and seventh place respectively after the first day.
Bolligar, a junior transfer from Peoria, Ariz., ran the 60m dash in 7.20, long jumped 21-10 1/4 (6.66m), threw the shot put a PR distance of 36-5 ½ (11.11m), and high jumped 6-4 ¼ (1.94m). Harris ran the 60m in 7.35, long jumped 20-7 ¼ (6.28m), threw the shot 42-2 ¼ (12.86m), and cleared 6-3 ¼ (1.91m in the high jump. Wordell’s marks included 7.25in the 60m, a 20-1 (6.12m) long jump, threw a PR of 36-5 ½ (11.11m) in the shot put, and 6-2 (1.88m) in the high jump. The heptathlon continues Saturday morning with the 60m hurdles, the pole vault, and the 1,000m run
Men Pole Vault
1 Woepse, Michael UCLA 5.35m* 17-06.50
2 Klas, Jeremy Idaho 5.25m 17-02.75
3 Webber, Keith Montana 4.85m 15-11.00
4 Baertlein, Jake Wash State 4.70m 15-05.00
4 Watts, Dylan Idaho 4.70m 15-05.00
6 Brenteson, John Wash State 4.70m 15-05.00
7 Allred, Jason Utah State 4.40m 14-05.25
Heptathlon: #1 Men 60 Meter Dash Heptathlon
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Name Year School Finals H# Points
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1 Bolligar, Michael Wash State 7.20 2 813
2 Wordell, Spencer UNAT 7.25 2 796 Continue reading
Penn State National Invitational
Horace Ashenfelter III Indoor Track
University Park, PA
Men Pole Vault Inv
Finals
1 Marshall, Cody SO Ohio State 4.95m 16-02.75
2 Lohner, Adam SO Central Michigan 4.85m 15-11.00
3 Johnson, Henry FR East Carolina 4.75m 15-07.00
4 Hodapp, Stephen SO East Carolina 4.75m 15-07.00
5 Pelletier, Jason SR Penn State 4.60m 15-01.00
6 Armentrout, Matthew JR Virginia 4.60m 15-01.00
6 VanAernam, Eric SR Binghamton 4.60m 15-01.00
8 Zakula, Aaron SO East Carolina 4.60m 15-01.00
Heptathlon: #6 Men Pole Vault Heptathlon
Finals
1 Kettlewell, Josh SR Central Michigan 5.15m 16-10.75 957
2 Beach, Curtis Duke 4.65m 15-03.00 804 Continue reading
ITE Simei, Saturday, January 28, 2012 — The Institute-Varsity-Polytechnic (IVP) men’s pole vault record was broken on the first of two days of competition. Singapore Management University (SMU)’s Dominic Chan vaulted a height of 4.31m to inch past the previous record of 4.30m set by Solomon Tan in 2006.
Dominic’s effort was the only IVP record set on the day.
