NCAA PV Qualifying is today

[rainbowgirl28]

Live Streaming is here: http://all-access.cbssports.com/player. ... dia=129515

Should be lots of updates on various Twitter feeds... try:
http://twitter.com/tandfn
http://twitter.com/paulmerca70601
http://twitter.com/LSUTrackField
http://twitter.com/markflotrack
http://twitter.com/Flotrack

I am sure there are more, feel free to post them.

I will be busy at a track meet all evening and will probably not have much time to cover this. Maybe a little of the women's.

[rainbowgirl28]

A twitter update:

AirForceFalcons:
nick frawley over 5.25 on 1st attempt - should be enough to qualify him for finals

[smokinvaulter1]

No luck for the ladies its raining. The guys finished up at 5.35.

[bryanbrown]

Preliminaries
1 Jason Colwick JR Rice 5.35mq 17-06.50
4.95 5.10 5.25 5.35
PPP PPP O XO
2 Seth Burney SO Nebraska 5.35mq 17-06.50
4.95 5.10 5.25 5.35
PPP XXO XXO O
3 Jared O'Connor SR Washington 5.35mq 17-06.50
4.95 5.10 5.25 5.35
PPP O O O
4 Yavgeniy Olhovsky JR Virginia Tech 5.35mq 17-06.50
4.95 5.10 5.25 5.35
PPP O XO O
5 Scott Roth SO Washington 5.35mq 17-06.50
4.95 5.10 5.25 5.35
PPP XO O XO
6 Bob Low SR Brigham Young 5.25mq 17-02.75
4.95 5.10 5.25 5.35
PPP PPP O XXX
6 Hunter Hall SO Virginia Tech 5.25mq 17-02.75
4.95 5.10 5.25 5.35
PPP O O XXX
6 Luke Schoen JR Albany 5.25mq 17-02.75
4.95 5.10 5.25 5.35
XXO XXO O XXX
6 Nick Frawley JR Air Force 5.25mq 17-02.75
4.95 5.10 5.25 5.35
PPP XO O XXX
6 Nico Weiler FR Harvard 5.25mq 17-02.75
4.95 5.10 5.25 5.35
PPP O O XXX
11 Mickey DeFilippo SO Wisconsin 5.25mq 17-02.75
4.95 5.10 5.25 5.35
XO O XO XXX
11 Marvin Reitze FR South Carolina 5.25mq 17-02.75
4.95 5.10 5.25 5.35
PPP O XO XXX
11 Brian Hancock JR Missouri 5.25mq 17-02.75
4.95 5.10 5.25 5.35
O O XO XXX
11 Greg Woepse SO UCLA 5.25mq 17-02.75
4.95 5.10 5.25 5.35
O XO XO XXX
15 Adam Sarafian SR Georgia 5.25m 17-02.75
4.95 5.10 5.25 5.35
O O XXO XXX
15 Johnny Quinn SO UCLA 5.25m 17-02.75
4.95 5.10 5.25 5.35
PPP O XXO XXX
15 Jordan Wehr SO North Texas 5.25m 17-02.75
4.95 5.10 5.25 5.35
PPP XO XXO XXX
15 Eric Sparks JR Purdue 5.25m 17-02.75
4.95 5.10 5.25 5.35
PPP XO XXO XXX
19 Andrew Zollner SR Illinois 5.10m 16-08.75
4.95 5.10 5.25
XO O XXX
19 Elliott Haynie JR South Carolina 5.10m 16-08.75
4.95 5.10 5.25
PPP O XXX
19 Parker Smith SO North Carolina 5.10m 16-08.75
4.95 5.10 5.25
O O XXX
19 Nick Mossberg SR Arizona 5.10m 16-08.75
4.95 5.10 5.25
PPP O XXX
19 Matt Schipper JR Notre Dame 5.10m 16-08.75
4.95 5.10 5.25
O XO XXX
19 Brandon Estrada JR Southern California 5.10m 16-08.75
4.95 5.10 5.25
O O XXX
25 Joe Berry SO Tennessee 4.95m 16-02.75
4.95 5.10
O XXX
-- Maston Wallace SO Texas NH
4.95 5.10 5.25
PPP PPP XXX
-- John Vellenoweth SR Penn State NH
4.95
XXX

[vballcoach]

They are getting ready to start the Women's qualifying prelims (warm-ups). It's "only" 9:30pm in Fayetteville. Looks like a late night.

[vballcoach]

Field events start at 10:15pm.

How would you like to be in the Men's 5K that starts at 12:40am?

[nitro]

i wouldnt like to be in the 5k no matter what time it is

[vballcoach]

Women's Pole Vault Preliminaries

1 Kylie Hutson JR Indiana State 4.10mq 13-05.25
3.75 3.90 4.00 4.10
PPP O XXO XO
1 Mary Saxer SR Notre Dame 4.10mq 13-05.25
3.75 3.90 4.00 4.10
PPP XO XO XO
1 Katie Stoever JR Oral Roberts 4.10mq 13-05.25
3.75 3.90 4.00 4.10
O O O O
1 Carrie Kayes JR Akron 4.10mq 13-05.25
3.75 3.90 4.00 4.10
O XO O XXO
1 Alicia Rue JR Minnesota 4.10mq 13-05.25
3.75 3.90 4.00 4.10
PPP O O O
1 Gabriella Duclos JR Arizona 4.10mq 13-05.25
3.75 3.90 4.00 4.10
PPP PPP O XXO
1 Rachel Laurent FR LSU 4.10mq 13-05.25
3.75 3.90 4.00 4.10
O O XXO O
1 Katie Stripling JR Arkansas 4.10mq 13-05.25
3.75 3.90 4.00 4.10
PPP O O O
1 Brysun Stately JR Southern California 4.10mq 13-05.25
3.75 3.90 4.00 4.10
PPP PPP XXO O
1 Melissa Gergel SO Oregon 4.10mq 13-05.25
3.75 3.90 4.00 4.10
PPP O XO O
11 Sarah Landau SR Arkansas 4.00mq 13-01.50
3.75 3.90 4.00 4.10
O XO O XXX
11 Vera Neuenswander JR Indiana 4.00mq 13-01.50
3.75 3.90 4.00 4.10
PPP XO O XXX
13 Katie Morgan SR California 4.00mq 13-01.50
3.75 3.90 4.00 4.10
PPP XXO O XXX
13 Katy Viuf JR UCLA 4.00mq 13-01.50
3.75 3.90 4.00 4.10
PPP XXO O XXX
13 Leslie Brost FR North Dakota State 4.00mq 13-01.50
3.75 3.90 4.00 4.10
PPP XXO O XXX
16 Andrea Peterson SR Washington 4.00m 13-01.50
3.75 3.90 4.00 4.10
PPP XO XXO XXX
16 Brooke Demo SR Wichita State 4.00m 13-01.50
3.75 3.90 4.00 4.10
O XO XO XXX
18 Kari Clark JR Brigham Young 4.00m 13-01.50
3.75 3.90 4.00 4.10
PPP XXO XXO XXX
19 Allison Stokke SO California 3.90m 12-09.50
3.75 3.90 4.00
PPP XO XXX
19 Tara Diebold SO Arkansas 3.90m 12-09.50
3.75 3.90 4.00
PPP O XXX
21 Natalie Moser SR Florida 3.75m 12-03.50
3.75 3.90
XO XXX
21 Liza Todd SR South Carolina 3.75m 12-03.50
3.75 3.90
XXO XXX
21 Joanna Wright SO Georgia Tech 3.75m 12-03.50
3.75 3.90
O XXX
21 Nicole Kazuba JR William & Mary 3.75m 12-03.50
3.75 3.90
O XXX
-- Natalie Willer SO Nebraska NH
3.75 3.90
PPP XXX
-- Katelyn Rodrigue JR LSU NH
3.75 3.90
PPP XXX
-- Janice Keppler JR Arkansas NH
3.75 3.90
PPP XXX

[CowtownPV]

Great conditions for guys, nice tail wind, not to hot. Girls warm up and the rains came. NCAA lets them do at least 30 minutes of warm up jumping in the rain before lightning causes the delay. After 2 hours rumors spread that all girls would go to the finals, like Austin in 2004, but then the NCAA finally announces they will jump. Slight head wind were now hitting the girls. Congrates to those who made the finals.

[rainbowgirl28]

http://www.buffalonews.com/258/story/699925.html

Saxer reaches NCAA pole vault final


Notre Dame senior Mary Saxer, who set records while at Lancaster High School, qualified for the pole vault finals of the NCAA Track and Field Championships on a stormy Wednesday night at Fayetteville, Ark.

Saxer cleared 4.10 meters (13-feet-5-1/4) to tie for first in the qualifier and grab a spot in Friday's final.

University at Buffalo vaulter Tiffany Maskulinski injured her knee during warm-ups and was scratched from the competition. A UB spokesperson said Maskulinski missed the plant area with her pole, which then struck her knee causing the injury.

Severe weather in Arkansas caused a three-hour delay in the competition, which didn't begin until 11 p.m. CDT. It didn't end until 2 a.m. in Buffalo.

[vballcoach]

http://www.heraldtimesonline.com/storie ... 229931.sto

NCAA TRACK AND FIELD
Neuenswander vaults to new heights with Indiana
Record-setting pole vaulter leads 7 Hoosiers to NCAA outdoor meet
By Jeremy Rosenthal 331-4355 | jrosenthal@heraldt.com
June 10, 2009
NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS

Four years ago, Indiana assistant track coach Jake Wiseman pored over a list of pole vaulters he thought might come to IU.

In a process that he described as having an overriding factor of luck, Wiseman picked the longest name on the list: Neuenswander. He then contacted her school’s athletic director and got her phone number.

After a little luck and a lot of hard work, junior Vera Neuenswander has become the most successful women’s pole vaulter in IU history.

Today, Neuenswander, and six of her Hoosier teammates, will be in Fayetteville, Ark., for the NCAA Track and Field Outdoor Championships.

Neuenswander, a native of Jefferson City, Mo., grew up walking on her hands in the front yard of her house under the watchful eye of her father, an All-American gymnast and University of Michigan alum.

Her father allowed her to begin gymnastics in second grade but, although she excelled in gymnastics, Neuenswander started to pole vault in middle school.

“I figured I had a better shot at doing big things in the pole vault than gymnastics,” Neuenswander said.

When she won three Missouri 4A state championships in the pole vault, it was clear her talent would be enough to continue at the collegiate level. Neuenswander said she wanted to attend a Big Ten school since her father went to Michigan.

The visit to IU left a lasting impression on her, and she said she couldn’t pass up the opportunity to work with former Hoosier Dave Volz, a 1992 Olympian in the pole vault.

“I came to visit here at IU, and I loved it,” she said. “I thought the coaches were great. I thought it would be an incredible experience to work with Dave Volz. He is an Olympian. I really got along with Coach Wiseman, and it felt like the right fit.”

Volz said he could see, from the start, a promising future for his athlete.

“Vera is obviously a very talented pole vaulter,” Volz said. “When she came in here as a freshman, you could see the talent. She is quick, she is strong and she has great agility. She has improved tremendously in her technique over the last three years.”

Neuenswander experienced great success in her first year. She was the nation’s top freshmen pole vaulter in the indoor and outdoor seasons and finished 12th in both NCAA championships.

As a sophomore, however, she failed to qualify for either national final.

Volz said Neuenswander had maximized her full potential using her technique in her first year and had to make changes the next year, which meant a period of adjustment.

“She works so hard that is wasn’t a matter of if she was going to do it, but when she was going to do it,” Wiseman said.

That came on March 14 when Neuenswander earned the first All-American honor in pole vault for the IU women’s program when she finished sixth at the 2009 NCAA Indoor Championships.

Neuenswander continued her impressive season outdoors when she cleared14-feet-1Ø to set a school, meet and facility record to win the NCAA Mideast Regional and qualified for today’s championships.

Neuenswander, who is ranked sixth in the nation, has her sights set on a personal record at the meet.

“I’m going to put it all out there on the track and see where I end up,” she said.

Volz said Neuenswander has a chance to win the event.

“She is a fierce competitor, No. 1,” Volz said. “She is somebody that hates to loose. That is a true asset of hers. The other biggest asset she has is her work ethic. Nobody will ever work any harder then she does to get it right.”

[smokinvaulter1]

tornadic weather in the area today might not have the finals today. one confirmed on the ground