USA Indoors - Jenn Stuczynski new American Record 4.83m

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Second attempt at 4.86m a miss.

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Vaultngus says "Close on 3rd" so I assume it was a miss.

Nice job Jenn!

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Women Pole Vault
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World: W 5.00m 2/15/2009 Yelena Isinbayeva, RUS
American: A 4.82m 2/7/2009 Jenn Stuczynski, adidas
Meet: M 4.78m 3/2/2003 Stacy Dragila, Nike
Name Year Team Finals
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Finals
1 Jennifer Stuczynski adidas 4.83mA 15-10.00
4.00 4.10 4.20 4.30 4.40 4.50 4.55 4.60 4.65 4.70 4.75 4.83 4.86
PPP PPP PPP PPP PPP O PPP O PPP PPP PPP XO XXX
2 Stacy Dragila Nike 4.50m 14-09.00
4.00 4.10 4.20 4.30 4.40 4.50 4.55 4.60
PPP PPP PPP XO O O PPP XXX
3 Melinda Owen Unattached 4.00m 13-01.50
4.00 4.10
XXO XXX
-- Lacy Janson Nike NH
4.00 4.10 4.20
PPP PPP XXX

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http://www.usatf.org/events/2009/USAInd ... es/F28.asp

Athlete Quotes - Women's Pole Vault

Jenn Stuczynski
"I get really nervous competing in Boston. I don’t know why but it’s probably a good thing because I jump the American record. Heading into today’s meet I had only thought about the win and had not focused at all on any record, just about the win. As the competition moved along, I began to feel a little bit better. In the week leading up to this I had one particularly good session on a short runway where I was able to work on some technical stuff which gave me a lot of confidence. I’m excited to get back and to resume the training. The first jump (at 4.86m) I failed on altogether. The second and third felt like it could have been there but I just didn’t figure the technical stuff out. I entered the competition at 14-9 and because of the number of jumps I had to take, I may think about entering competitions at a higher height. I’m probably ready to do that."

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http://www.iaaf.org/news/kind=100/newsid=49538.html

Stuczynski raises American record to 4.83m in Women’s Pole Vault – USA indoor champs, Day 2

Jenn Stucyznski en route to another U.S. record in the Pole Vault - 4.83m in Boston (Kirby Lee)
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Boston, USA – Pole vaulter Jenn Stucyznski has had difficulty with consistency on the indoor circuit in 2009. Records, though, have come easily.

Stuczynski cleared 4.83m in the USA Track & Field Indoor Championships at the Reggie Lewis Center on Sunday (01) for her second American record of the year.

Stuczynski eclipsed her own record of 4.82m set at the Reebok Boston Indoor Games at this same venue on 7 Feb. That effort ended the nine-year American record of 2000 Olympic champion and former World record holder Stacy Dragila.

Dragila finished second to Stuczynski on Sunday at 4.50m.

One jump different from the next

When asked to describe her record jump on Sunday, Stucyznski, 27, a former basketball player who took up vaulting in 2004, was in a quandary.

“I am all over right now,” said Stuczynski, who set the American outdoor record of 4.92m in 2008. “One jump is different from the next jump so the consistency will come and we will work on a lot outdoors. That’s how inexperienced I am I don’t know what’s going on. I am just going through the motions.”

Stucyznski had initially planned to stop after winning the competition but the 2008 Olympic silver medalist opted to continue after clearing her opening height of 4.50m and 4.60m without difficulty.

“I just ended up feeling good today and excited to keep going,” Stuczynski said.

Conditioning, however, and a long approach began taking a toll at the higher heights. Stuczynski attempted 4.86m after her American record clearance but bailed out on the first trip and didn’t have sufficient hip clearance on the second and third.

“I think that I have more in me, I am still getting in shape,” Stuczynski said. “I am training for outdoors. I’m not supposed to be in top shape yet. After a couple of jumps I start to get tired.”

The diversity of the runways on the indoor circuit hasn’t helped either. At the Reebok Boston Indoor Games, Stuczynski jumped on a portable runway that was used in the Millrose Games.

On Sunday, Stucyznski jumped on the permanent runway at the Reggie Lewis Center that she called “tricky,” but has won four of the last five U.S. Indoor titles and the last three in a row.

“It’s so technical it’s hard to enjoy (the record),” Stucyznksi said. “You’re thinking technique. Every jump is different. I am still thinking about beginner stuff - take off into the pole, swing and release the pole. Outdoors, I am pretty secure with what I am going to do.”