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Texas 99'

Eric Eshbach, Orangefield, 18-2 1/4
Jonathon Henley, Orangefield, 17-3
Sage Thames, Wolfforth Frenship, 16-7

52'0.75" This has got to be the record!!! Although these marks are just from the state meet.

In 98 TX had 5 over 17' and 9 over 16'6, thats just sick...

WA in 1st with 49'7"

Was this WA's best year ever? Has any state ever gone over 50?

As far as WA goes I know Interlake always has good vaulters and UW has been putting out some huge vaulters lately, but I don't know who the coaches are or how long they have been there

I like this one:

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I read Bubka ran 10.2 and long jumped 26+ early in his career. Lawerence Johnson had a pretty mean 100 time when he was doing the dec.

Here are some decathlete pr's
Dan O'Brien 10.2 17'4
Delay Thompson 10.2 17'4
Erki Nool 10.3 18'6
Tim Bright low 11's 19'1 (speed isn't everything )

So I became a big believer in less is sometimes more and pain doesn't always=gain. I totally agree with this philosophy. I'm a Decathlete and I think by far pole vault is the most demanding event in track, I like to think of it as a mini decathlon you have to SPRINT down the runway, JUMP for your t...

This ones always good for facial expressions...
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Oops guess I forgot to login on that post