An Eastern Washington University athlete tried to qualify for the Venezuelan Olympic Team Saturday on Alki Beach in West Seattle, surrounded by pirates.It was an unusual location and unusual circumstances for pole vaulter Keisa Monterola, who was trying to qualify for London under the Olympic “B” Standard of 4.40 meters. She missed all three of her attempts.
Monterola was among dozens of pole vaulters of at the 2012 Alki Swashbuckler Beach Vault, which was happening the same time as the Seafair Pirates landing on the beach. The Pirates arrival, with their cannons going off, added a degree of distraction for the competitors.
Monterola was attempting to qualify while still dealing with the death of her brother, who was reportedly killed in a robbery near their hometown of Caracas, Venezuela last month. more
Daily Archives: July 7, 2012
USATF Region 10 Intermediate Decathlon
Event 473 Decathlon 800g Intermediate Boys
1 Walashek, Austin 48-Arizona P 5559
Event 473 Decathlon: #1 100 Meter Dash Intermediate Boys Decathlon
1 Walashek, Austin 48-Arizona P 11.83 685
Event 473 Decathlon: #2 Long Jump Intermediate Boys Decathlon
1 Walashek, Austin 48-Arizona P 6.44m 21-01.50 684
Event 473 Decathlon: #3 Shot Put Intermediate Boys Decathlon
1 Walashek, Austin 48-Arizona P 12.87m 42-02.75 659
Event 473 Decathlon: #4 High Jump Intermediate Boys Decathlon
1 Walashek, Austin 48-Arizona P 1.85m 6-00.75 670
Event 473 Decathlon: #5 400 Meter Dash Intermediate Boys Decathlon
1 Walashek, Austin 48-Arizona P 57.61 498
Event 473 Decathlon: #6 110 Meter Hurdles Intermediate Boys Decathlon
1 Walashek, Austin 48-Arizona P 15.50 790
Event 473 Decathlon: #7 Discus Throw Intermediate Boys Decathlon
1 Walashek, Austin 48-Arizona P 31.93m 104-09 503
Event 473 Decathlon: #8 Pole Vault Intermediate Boys Decathlon
1 Walashek, Austin 48-Arizona P 3.10m 10-02.00 381
Event 473 Decathlon: #9 Javelin Throw Intermediate Boys Decathlon
1 Walashek, Austin 48-Arizona P 44.13m 144-09 502
Event 473 Decathlon: #10 1500 Meter Run Intermediate Boys Decathlon
1 Walashek, Austin 48-Arizona P 6:20.29 187 more
30th Meeting de Atletismo Madrid–Hooker no heights
30th Meeting de Atletismo Madrid 2012 Madrid (ESP) – Saturday, Jul 07, 2012
Pole Vault – M
———————————————————————————————
| Pos | Athlete | Nat | Mark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vladyslav Revenko | UKR | 5.50 | |
| 2 | Przemyslaw Czerwinski | POL | 5.40 |
| 3 | Igor Bychkov | ESP | 5.30 |
| 4 | Lázaro Borges | CUB | 5.20 |
| 5 | Dustin DeLeo | USA | 5.20 |
| 6 | Jeff Coover | USA | 5.00 |
| 7 | Mario García | ESP | 5.00 |
| 8 | Óscar Oliver | ESP | 4.80 |
| Manuel Concepción | ESP | NM | |
| Steven Hooker | AUS | NM more |
Bengtsson vaults 4.58m in Sollentuna
Swedish teenager Angelica Bengtsson topped 4.58m in the Pole Vault to highlight the Folksam Grand Prix in Sollentuna on Thursday (5).
Her third attempt clearance added one centimetre to her previous PB of 4.57m set at the European Junior Championships in Tallinn last year. Bengtsson, who turns 19 on 8 July, holds the World junior record of 4.63m, set in the winter of 2011. She tried 4.65m in Sollentuna but missed. more
2012 Liege Meeting International de Athletisme
Pole Vault Men Time :21:27
1 6 JENG ALHAJI 81 SWE 5.50
1 4 GRUBER HENDRIK 86 GER 5.50
3 9 SALOMAKI EEMELI 87 FIN 5.50
4 132 JORGENSEN RASMUS 89 DEN 5.40
5 8 REITZE MARVIN 88 GER 5.30
5 2 EAVES MAX 88 GBR 5.30
7 131 STRAUB ALEXANDER 83 GER 5.30
8 11 SUK YOO 82 KOR 5.30
8 3 FEGER ALEXANDRE 90 FRA 5.30
8 10 STECCHI CLAUDIO 91 ITA 5.30
11 7 LAVILLENIE VALENTIN 91 FRA 5.15
12 134 DEMEYER JONAS 84 BEL 4.85
Former ND pole vaulter named as alternate for London Games
NOTRE DAME, Ind. — A former Notre Dame pole vaulter who tried out for the London Olympics maybe heading to the games.Pole Vaulter Mary Saxer has been named as an alternate for Team USA.She placed fourth in last month’s Olympic trials in Oregon.The 25-year-old actually cleared the same height as the third place qualifier, but Saxer took an extra attempt placing her in fourth.”The fact that neither of us clear the height following that, it put her in third place because of her one less miss than me. So, it was kind of heart breaking, because fourth and third, same height… but she goes to London,” Saxer said.Even if she doesn’t get to compete in 2012, Saxer hopes to represent the U.S. in the 2016 Olympic games. more
Adirondack Aerial Assault Beach Vault in Lake George
Lake George, NY –Pole vaulting enthusiasts will have their passions realized at the first-ever pole vault competition hosted in Lake George this July. Adirondack Aerial Assault will take place on July 23rd along Shepard Park Beach; the competition, which is sanctioned by USA Track & Field, is an all-day event co-designed and organized by coaches Dennis Hogan and Don Paretta, and offers music, competitions by division, and prizes.Historically, pole vaulting began as a practical means of clearing the walls of enemies or narrow canyons. As it evolved into an Olympic sport, vaulters shifted from warriors to athletes, demonstrating the same strength and agility, but for competition. Hogan and Paretta aim to attract a diverse group of competitors to the Adirondack Aerial Assault Beach Vault by including both male and female divisions of high school, open, and elite classes. more
Pole vaulters take to the streets in New York
BALLSTON SPA — The June 16 Ballston Spa Street Vault, conducted on Front Street in the village center, offered an unusal sports competition in a unque setting.
The event was organized by Adirondack Aerial Assault, one in a series of casual competitions being conducted regionally to build interest in the track event and attract participants to the sport at the high school and college levels. more
World Juniors 34 male vaulters over 5.00
USA
904 Casey BOWEN 11 Jan 93 5.20
902 Jacob BLANKENSHIP 15 Mar 94 5.23
922 Nikita KIRILLOV 5 Jun 93 5.54
AUSTRALIA
Brodie CROSS 3 Apr 94 5.05
AUSTRIA
50 Lukas WIRTH 21 Jun 95 5.02
BELGIUM
Arnaud ART 28 Jan 93 5.46
BRAZIL
Thiago Braz DA SILVA 16 Dec 93 5.35
CANADA
Shawnacy BARBER 27 May 94 5.38 Continue reading
2012 CALIFORNIA BEST FRESHMEN Boy MARKS OF THE YEAR
ALL-STATE FRESHMEN BOYS TEAM POLE VAULT
Trevor Groom (Clovis West-CE) 14-00.00 Clovis East Carnival
Benjamin Gray (Temple City-SS) 12-09.00 SS Division 3 Prelims
Barrett Weiss (Flintridge Prep-SS) 12-09.00 SS Division 4 Finals
Gareth Weiss (Flintridge Prep-SS) 12-09.00 SS Division 4 Finals
Pole Vault Paris Diamond League
Tori Pena from California to represent Ireland in the London 2012 Olympics
Pole vaulter with a Derry-born grandmother received her Irish citizenship in 2010 Tori Pena will compete for Ireland in the pole vault competition in London in just a few short weeks. Born near Huntington Beach in California, the 24-year-old is eligible to represent Ireland through her Derry-born grandmother and got her dual citizenship in 2010 before deciding to represent the Finn Valley Athletic Club in Donegal.It’s quite a story and one which is steeped in Irish-American honor as Pena is a national record holder in Ireland and has just finished a solid campaign in Europe in preparation for the big event in London.She will compete in the Olympic A standard of 4.4 meters having excelled at the Beach Track and Field Classic in California in March and will be Ireland’s only representative in the field events at the upcoming games.Pena has publicly expressed her pride in representing Ireland but securing a medal will nevertheless be a tough task. She is ranked 10th in Europe on the back of the championships in Helsinki last week, but the Olympics will bring a new and daunting task among some of the best field athletes in the world.If she can pull it off it would be an almighty feat, recognised from the beaches of Huntington, Cali, to the hills of Donegal.
Holly gives ‘record breaking’ trainers to charity
Olympic gold medal hopeful Holly Bleasdale has donated the trainers she wore when she set a new British record to a charity auction.Teaming up with other celebrities from the world of sport and entertainment, the 20-year-old pole vaulter from Chorley is backing the ‘Great Trainer Donation’ campaign.The campaign is raising funds for Mary’s Meals, which sets up school feeding projects in some of the world’s poorest communities and is the official charity of the Tesco Great School Run.Holly has given the trainers she wore when she set a new British pole vaulting record with a 4.53m vault at the British Under-23 Championships in 2011.The former Chorley Parklands High School pupil’s famous pair of trainers are available until Wednesday through an eBay charity auction at http://www.greatschoolrun.org/GreatTrainerDonation.Proceeds from the auction will go towards feeding more than 600,000 hungry children in places of education every single school day more
Teen veteran now has a better spring in her step
Western Australia –Liz Parnov has come along in leaps and genealogical bounds since she first mucked around in a pole vault pit at the age of seven.Given her background, the 18-year-old was always destined to become a top-flight athlete.Dad Alex is a world renowned pole vault coach, older sister Vicky is a former teenage prodigy, uncle Viktor Chistiakov was world junior pole vault champion in 1994 and fifth at the Sydney Olympics, grandmother Natalya Pechonkina won bronze for the USSR in the women’s 400m at the 1968 Mexico Olympics and there’s a non-genetic link to Tatiana Grigorieva.Good Continue reading
