Brad Walker jumps 5.92 in Perth

[Vault-emort]

hmmmm....never trust the press....

Men Pole Vault Open
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Name Year Team Finals
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1 Walker, B IND 5.92m
2 Burgess, P CUT 5.61m
3 Stevenson, T IND 5.61m
4 Johnson, C UWA 4.41m
5 Devenish, L UWA 4.41m
6 Tzvetanov, M UWA 4.21m

[jcoover]

what are these affiliations that the athletes are listed under? IND for Toby and Walker? UWA?

[rainbowgirl28]

what are these affiliations that the athletes are listed under? IND for Toby and Walker? UWA?

I would imagine IND = independent and UWA has something to do with Western Australia. Toby and Brad are competing as guests in some Aussie championship meets.

[Vault-emort]

Good thinking Rainbow Girl!

UWA=University of Western Australia
IND=Independent (eg unaffiliated)
CUT=Curtin

[jumpbackin]

It doesn't look like track is too big in Australia. That reminded me of some special last chance meet set up to get a hand full of athletes qualifying marks.

Pretty cool vault, though.

[rainbowgirl28]

It doesn't look like track is too big in Australia. That reminded me of some special last chance meet set up to get a hand full of athletes qualifying marks.

Pretty cool vault, though.

I dunno, read all the articles I posted that were in the Aussie press today. I can't remember the last time a single event at a US track meet got that much coverage.

[jumpbackin]

It doesn't look like track is too big in Australia. That reminded me of some special last chance meet set up to get a hand full of athletes qualifying marks.

Pretty cool vault, though.

I dunno, read all the articles I posted that were in the Aussie press today. I can't remember the last time a single event at a US track meet got that much coverage.

Believe me, I'm not suggesting track is big in the US. I'm just surprised how sparse things looked in that video. I understand that the Vault often runs late after everything else is packed up. But still, there was about 3 people jogging in the background of a 19+ vault and a field of at least 3 19 foot Vaulters!

[rainbowgirl28]

It doesn't look like track is too big in Australia. That reminded me of some special last chance meet set up to get a hand full of athletes qualifying marks.

Pretty cool vault, though.

I dunno, read all the articles I posted that were in the Aussie press today. I can't remember the last time a single event at a US track meet got that much coverage.

Believe me, I'm not suggesting track is big in the US. I'm just surprised how sparse things looked in that video. I understand that the Vault often runs late after everything else is packed up. But still, there was about 3 people jogging in the background of a 19+ vault and a field of at least 3 19 foot Vaulters!

Actually this has been discussed before, because Burgess jumped 6 meters in a meet like that. I think that most of the fans sit on the side that was being filmed from. I want to say it is in the shade or something (it's summer down there).

[SinCity]

i was obviously trying to compliment brad... it looks like his jump has improved even since he jumped 6.00m. he's ready for big things. not sure how u guys took that as me saying he was jumping poorly....

jcoov, I thought the same thing. I thought his swing looked much longer with little tucking. He looked a little slow, probably because of the injury. But, what a great looking jump. His takeoff was awesome. Hope he gets healthy. It will be exciting to see what he can do when he does.