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Unread postby keelowman » Sun Apr 25, 2004 9:33 pm

Check out the newest SI issue (The pictures 50 years of SI photos), inside is a great shot from the box looking up at John Pennel clearing 17' its a great shot.
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is the picture online anywhere

Unread postby Ins0mnizac » Sun Apr 25, 2004 10:34 pm

is the picture online anywhere?

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Unread postby rainbowgirl28 » Mon Apr 26, 2004 12:18 am

My boyfriend scanned it and emailed it to me. If anyone wants to see it, email me at becca@polevaultpower.com and I'll forward it to you

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Unread postby achtungpv » Mon Apr 26, 2004 7:35 am

The vault was progressing so fast at that point, that Pennel actually had a PR of 17'10 1/2" from just a few years after his barrier breaking 17-footer but he never held the WR again.
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Unread postby OAKPV2004 » Mon Apr 26, 2004 6:09 pm

He broke that WR in Houston, I think at Rice??? Only WR record broke in TX??

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Unread postby achtungpv » Mon Apr 26, 2004 6:36 pm

OAKPV2004 wrote:He broke that WR in Houston, I think at Rice??? Only WR record broke in TX??


Nope. Kjell Issaksson of Sweden jumped a WR 5.55 (18-02 1/2) in Austin in...73? 74?.
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Unread postby vaultmd » Mon Apr 26, 2004 8:14 pm

achtungpv wrote:
OAKPV2004 wrote:He broke that WR in Houston, I think at Rice??? Only WR record broke in TX??


Nope. Kjell Issaksson of Sweden jumped a WR 5.55 (18-02 1/2) in Austin in...73? 74?.


I think it was in El Paso in 1972. I think Seagren cleared it too that day. It might have been higher, too.

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Unread postby achtungpv » Mon Apr 26, 2004 8:55 pm

vaultmd wrote:
achtungpv wrote:
OAKPV2004 wrote:He broke that WR in Houston, I think at Rice??? Only WR record broke in TX??


Nope. Kjell Issaksson of Sweden jumped a WR 5.55 (18-02 1/2) in Austin in...73? 74?.


I think it was in El Paso in 1972. I think Seagren cleared it too that day. It might have been higher, too.


It was 5.51.

The "official" progression:
5.51 18' 1" Kjell Isaksson Sweden Austin 8.4.1972
5.54 18'2" Isaksson Sweden Los Angeles 15.4.1972 5.55 18'2 1/2" Isaksson Sweden Helsingborg 12.6.1972
5.63 18'6" Robert Seagren USA Eugene 2.7.1972
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