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Everyone over 5.30 went. Good results.


Preliminaries
1 Sage Thames FR Texas Tech 5.30mq 17-04.50
5.00 5.15 5.30
PPP O O
1 Tommy Skipper FR Oregon 5.30mq 17-04.50
5.00 5.15 5.30
PPP PPP XO
1 Jon Takahashi SR Cal Poly-SLO 5.30mq 17-04.50
5.00 5.15 5.30
PPP XO O
1 Eric Eshbach SR Nebraska 5.30mq 17-04.50
5.00 5.15 5.30
O O O
1 Daniel Trosclair SR LSU 5.30mq 17-04.50
5.00 5.15 5.30
PPP XO XO
1 Yoo Kim JR UCLA 5.30mq 17-04.50
5.00 5.15 5.30
PPP O XXO
1 David Hinton JR Mount St. Mary's 5.30mq 17-04.50
5.00 5.15 5.30
O XO XO
1 Paul Gensic JR Air Force 5.30mq 17-04.50
5.00 5.15 5.30
PPP O O
1 Brad Teeple SR Nebraska 5.30mq 17-04.50
5.00 5.15 5.30
PPP XXO XO
1 Giovanni Lanaro SR Cal State-Fullerton 5.30mq 17-04.50
5.00 5.15 5.30
PPP XO O
1 Paul Panning SR Ball State 5.30mq 17-04.50
5.00 5.15 5.30
O O XO
1 Ray Scotten SO Southern Illinois 5.30mq 17-04.50
5.00 5.15 5.30
PPP O XO
1 Jeremy Scott SR Arkansas 5.30mq 17-04.50
5.00 5.15 5.30
PPP PPP O
1 Pat Luke SR UCLA 5.30mq 17-04.50
5.00 5.15 5.30
PPP O XXO
1 Bobby Most SO Texas Tech 5.30mq 17-04.50
5.00 5.15 5.30
PPP O O
16 Kevin Opalka JR Arizona 5.15m 16-10.75
5.00 5.15 5.30
O O XXX
16 Scott Martin FR Oklahoma 5.15m 16-10.75
5.00 5.15 5.30
O O XXX
18 Brian Mondschein SO Virginia Tech 5.15m 16-10.75
5.00 5.15 5.30
XO O XXX
19 Cameron Nott JR McNeese State 5.15m 16-10.75
5.00 5.15 5.30
O XO XXX
20 Mark Johnson SO Coastal Carolina 5.15m 16-10.75
5.00 5.15 5.30
XXO XO XXX
21 Trent Powell JR Brigham Young 5.15m 16-10.75
5.00 5.15 5.30
PPP XXO XXX
21 Robbie Pratt SO Brigham Young 5.15m 16-10.75
5.00 5.15 5.30
PPP XXO XXX
23 Neal Wojdowski JR Pennsylvania 5.00m 16-04.75
5.00 5.15
O XXX
23 Stephens David SR SC State 5.00m 16-04.75
5.00 5.15
O XXX
-- John Russell SO Akron NH
5.00
XXX
-- Jared Thornhill JR Texas Tech NH
5.00 5.15
PPP XXX


Suprises:

Russell NH
Pratt 5.15 and out of finals.
David Hinton into Finals.

Should be a battle between Skipper, Kim, Lanaro, Eshbach, and Scott on saturday.

Skipper didn't warmup at all. Got stood up on his first and cleared easily on his second. On his clearance he took off at 15'.

Eshbach looked really good. All 3 of his vaults were in the mid-18' range.

Hard to gauge Scott. I've never seen him jump before, but if he can line up he'll be the one to beat. 5.30 was only about 1 foot over his grip so he flagged out to clear easily.

Takahashi cleared a 5.20 bungee with 18" to spare 4 times in a row, but with a bar, he wasn't nearly as aggressive. Hopefully he was being careful to just qualify.

Mark Johnson is about 5'8" and took off at 14'6" consistently...which is probably 1-1 1/2 feet out for his grip. If it wasn't for the fact that he actually turn up on his vaults, you could nickname him "Vadim".

Stephens is a stud. Blew threw every pole he jumped on. Finally got on the right size pole for his final attempt and was over 5.15 by 2 feet but barely clipped it on the backside.

Mondschein has some ability, but turned mental at 5.30. Cleared 5.15 by a foot pretty much stiff pole-ing.

Ray Scotten is fast and has a free takeoff...not like Johnson, which was frightening, but a very nice free takeoff. Fast as hell.

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GO ESHBACHREPEAT BABY 5.80 HERE WE COME

The pictures are being uploaded as I type this, so if some don't work, try again in a few.

http://polevaultpower.com/media/04ncaamq/

actually skipper did warm up. i watched him take about 3 or 4 vaults from 4 lefts. and then about 3 from his full run. But he finished super early and then sat down with like an hour left in warm ups.

i myself... sucked.

achtungpv wrote:Mondschein has some ability, but turned mental at 5.30. Cleared 5.15 by a foot pretty much stiff pole-ing.

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i myself... sucked. . i just got a little two amped and was taking off about 1 foot and changeinside my normal mark. its a problem i consistently struggle with at meets. Thats why the straight pole appearance. In practice i get more bend, still not like 120 degree bends or anything. I just need to find a way to relax in meets and keep my step out. Any suggestions. time to start working for next year. got 2 more years of eligibility so ill be back.



oh and skipper definitely warmed up. did some 4 left vaults, and then a couple full run. he just finished super early thats all.

VTechVaulter wrote:

achtungpv wrote:Mondschein has some ability, but turned mental at 5.30. Cleared 5.15 by a foot pretty much stiff pole-ing.

i myself... sucked. . i just got a little two amped and was taking off about 1 foot and changeinside my normal mark. its a problem i consistently struggle with at meets. Thats why the straight pole appearance. In practice i get more bend, still not like 120 degree bends or anything. I just need to find a way to relax in meets and keep my step out. Any suggestions. time to start working for next year. got 2 more years of eligibility so ill be back.



oh and skipper definitely warmed up. did some 4 left vaults, and then a couple full run. he just finished super early thats all.[/quote]

You definitely can jump much higher than your PR. I thought for sure you'd get 5.30 easily.

I got there an hour early and still missed Skipper warming up. That's warming up early!

thanx. that is really nice to hear. This whole year for me has just been growing year mentally. getting over some of my head cases i developed in past years, and getting past a lot of my fears. I was on the verge of breakouts for about the last 6 weeks. I was just hoping it would come now. So i am excited for the future, but still a little ticked for now. fuel for the soul.

TB took some photos as well

http://www.trackshark.com/coverage/2004 ... utdoor.php

AWESOME!! Just saw a girl on my team that just won the Hep. This girl is extremely talented and is still just a true FRESHMAN!! Congrats Jackie.

what/who the hell is this?

http://polevaultpower.com/media/04ncaam ... 00241.html

all of his take offs are like this, but this is the worst....that's some scary lookin sh!t

http://polevaultpower.com/media/04ncaam ... 00261.html

is it just me or are his feet crossed?

ashcraftpv wrote:what/who the hell is this?

http://polevaultpower.com/media/04ncaam ... 00241.html

all of his take offs are like this, but this is the worst....that's some scary lookin sh!t

http://polevaultpower.com/media/04ncaam ... 00261.html

is it just me or are his feet crossed?

thats the guy from coastal carolina? i believe, cant recall his name, but im pretty sure he has jumped 17 3?