Daily Archives: March 16, 2012

This Weekend’s Top Meets

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Arizona Universities

  • Willie Williams Classic – Tucson
  • Baldy Castillo Classic–ASU

Arizona High School

  •  Cibola Scorcher – Cibola HS  
  •  Bourgade Catholic Invitational  
  • Willie Williams Classic –  
  • Mohave Electric Invitational – Mohave HS  
  • Page Multiple – Page HS  
  • Round Valley Invitational – Round Valley HS Meet Info
  • Husky Invitational – Horizon HS

USA

  • Redondo Nike Invitational, Redondo Beach, Calif.
  • Hoosier State Relays, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Ind.
  • Ohio Coaches (OATCCC) Indoor State Championships, Akron University, Akron, Ohio
  • Disney’s Track and Field Showcase  FL 
  • Bob Hayes Invitational (FL 
  •  Oregon Preview  -

Prescott Wolf Relays

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Boys Pole Vault Prescott Arkansas
Finals:
Place Overall Name Year Team Height Score
1 1 Rucker, Trevor JR Prescott 13′ 6″ 10
2 2 Lacefield, Alan SO De Queen 12′ 6″ 8
3 3 Harris, Steven JR Broken Bow 11′ 11″ 5
4 3 Maroon, Seth SR Prescott 11′ 11″ 6
5 3 Richardson, Jacob SR Genoa Central 11′ 11″ 4
6 6 Kitchens, Noah SO De Queen 11′ 6″ 2
7 6 Daniel, Greg   Prescott 11′ 6″ 3
8 8 Kyles, Hunter SR Genoa Central 10′ 6″ 0.5
9 8 Shonts, Taylor   Prescott 10′ 6″ 0.5
10 10 Spiropoulos, Mark SR Trinity Christian 9′ 6″
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9TH ANNUAL PANTHER RELAYS

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Palm Beach Gardens, FL

 1 1 Humyn, Aaron  JR Dwyer  13′  0″  5 

2 2 Colson, Matthew  JR John I. Leonard  12′  6″  2.5 

3 3 Harley-Oppel, Kyler  JR Dwyer  11′  0″  5 

4 4 DEITHORN, JUSTIN  SR Suncoast  10′  6″  4 

5 5 Avila, Christian  SR Suncoast  10′  0″  4 

6 5 Douyard, Dylan  SR Palm Beach Gardens  10′  0″  3 

7 7 mandigo, justin  SR Palm Beach Gardens  9′  6″  3 

8 8 Sweeney, Austin  SO Wellington  9′  0″  2 

9 9 Paz, Brandon  SO Wellington  1′  0″  2 

10 9 Perez, Brian  JR John I. Leonard  1′  0″  2.5 

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1 1 nilsen, kelsey    Palm Beach Gardens  8′  6″  5 

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Isinbayeva and Kszczot voted European Athletes of the Month for February

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Isinbayeva Yelena Golden leagueEuropean Athletics is pleased to announce that Russian pole vault queen Yelena Isinbayeva and Polish 800m star Adam Kszczot have been voted as the European Athletes of the Month for February.

Isinbayeva, 29, set an indoor world record of 5.01m at the XL Galan indoor meeting in Stockholm on 23 February. The double Olympic champion beat her own record of 5.00m that she had set in the Ukrainian city of Donetsk in February 2009 for her 28th world record, indoors or outdoors, 13 of which have come under cover.

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Lavillenie to open in Ostrava

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OSTRAVA (CZE): Fresh World Indoor Champion Renaud Lavillenie of France will open his summer season at 51st Ostrava Golden Spike Meeting on May 25. The Czech IAAF World Challenge meet will have men´s pole vault for first time since 2008 and organizers are hoping he can attack the meet record 577 cm set in 2008 by Yevgeniy Lukyanenko of Russia. “I heard about Ostrava meeting from my colleagues and I m glad the meet will have after some years men´s pole vault. My plans are clear for the summer with Helsinki and London and Ostrava will be the starting point. First meet is always very important and I want to give the crowd a good show. In case all we be well with my shape and conditions I think I would be able to attack the meet record 577 cm,” said the 2010 European Champion for the organizers. Already earlier confirmed stars for the meet are Usain Bolt, Veronica Campbell-Brown, LaShawn Merritt, Oscar Pistorius, Barbora Spotakova, Dayron Robles, Christian Cantwell and Dylan Armstrong

Cracking the pole vault in Canada

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Sports_March14th_Highjump_MigueljpgOn Thursday, March 9th, the 2012 Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) Track and Fields Championships, hosted by the University of Manitoba, held the women’s pole vault final in Max Bell Centre.

As the night progressed, the stands filled and the chants of fans and teams flooded the air with a sense of camaraderie and friendly competition.

“The entire track and field family is here, we have a lot of support,” said Bison pole-vaulter Alexandra Allen in an interview with the Manitoban, “so it’s nice to be able to share this moment with people we care about.”

In the middle of the 400-metre track — surrounded by runners, hurdlers, high and long jumpers — 12 top performing women pole-vaulters took to the field at 6 p.m. First year student, Melissa Richards and fourth year architecture student Alexandra Allen rounded out the U of M Bison women’s contingent, having qualified for two of the final three positions of the competition, in 11th and 10th place respectively.

Put plainly, the objective of the pole-vaulter is to, within the allotted three-attempts, take a running start, pole in hand, and upon reaching and planting said pole into the box (the area where the tip of the pole goes) to pull and contort themselves up over the bar using a combination of momentum and finesse.

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Pain in my right shoulder when I pole vault?

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I have only been pole vaulting for my high school track and field team for a few weeks, but I’ve made pretty big progress so far. In the last couple of days, though, whenever I vault, I feel a pain in my right shoulder that makes it hard to simply drink out of a water bottle. The more I did stretches to help it, the more intense the ache got. After I’ve stopped vaulting for a half hour or so, it just goes away, and I have no more problems until the next time. Can I get some help here on what this problem is?

Answer: You need to get to an athletic trainer or doctor asap. You could have torn ligaments or even fractured bones. Also it could have something to do with the form of your vaulting or posture. Try taking a long COLD ( ICE) bath and the immediatley after a hot shower. This will sooth and relax your muscles

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Round Valley’s Wil Hoppe wins vault in first meet in dome

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EAGAR — Round Valley High hosted a five-team track and field meet in the dome to begin the season on Feb. 29.

The Snowflake boys won six events. Hunter Farr led the way with wins in the 100 and 200 dashes; the Lobos also won the 4×100. Dustin Shumway was first in the 110 hurdles, Tyler Johnson won the long jump, and J.T. Bradley was first in the shot put.

Pole vault — 1. Wil Hoppe, Round Valley 13-0, 2. Caleb Whiting, Round Valley 12-6, 3. Mathew Babb, Snowflake 12-0, 4. Scott, Snowflake 11-6, 5. Josh, St. Johns 11-6.

Workman, Round Valley 8-6, 4. Amanda Crawford, Round Valley 8-6, 5. Naomi Schimmel, Blue Ridge 8-0

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Canadian Olympic Vaulter trains in Phoenix

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Kelsie Hendry’s goal is to go one step further than she did at her first Olympic Games and reach the pole vault final in London.And she believes her experiences over the last four years will help her accomplish just that.”This is such a different year for me because when I was trying for Beijing (in 2008), I was like a deer in the headlights,” said the threetime Canadian Interuniversity Sport champion as a member of the Saskatchewan Huskies, following a light training session at the Saskatoon Field House.

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Ex-world pole vaulters help Arizona high school athletes

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March 14, 2012 - Cody Smith, 17, a junior at Basha, pole-vaults in the air during a practice of the Arizona Pole Vault Academy as his coaches, Dean and Jill Starkey, watch from below at the Starkey's Queen Creek home.The gate is open. Young athletes come through the back yard, walk past the swimming pool and step into pole vaulting nirvana at the Queen Creek home of Dean and Jill Starkey.

Next to a corral holding eight horses is the Arizona Pole Vault Academy, where the state’s top high school vaulter needs only to roll out of bed and walk about 50 yards to get to his workouts.

Garrett Starkey, a senior at Chandler Basha who won the Division I pole vaulting championship last track and field season and set a state junior record at 16 feet, 11/4 inches, has everything he needs. A father — who once was among the world’s best in the vault and cleared 19-5 — as his coach. A stepmom — who last summer won the masters world title in the pole vault at age 40 — to encourage him.

Garrett is among 30 young pole vaulters from roughly a 25-mile radius who train at the Starkeys’ 21/2 acre estate.

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