New York - Stuczynski 4.88 (16')!, Shuying 4.64

[rainbowgirl28]

http://www.usatf.org/news/view.aspx?DUI ... 2_20_07_23

Partial athlete quotes - Reebok Grand Prix
06-02-2007
Contact:
Jill Geer
Director of Communications
USA Track & Field
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Athlete quotes, Reebok Grand Prix


Jenn Stuczynski, women's pole vault: "It's exciting. I wanted to be the first American to clear16 feet. With the conditions, it was highly unlikely with the winds, but I just kept fighting through it."

"I knew I didn't want to go out at 4.64."

"My first two jumps were close and I knew I could jump it."

[rainbowgirl28]

http://www.usatf.org/news/view.aspx?DUI ... 2_18_56_42

Stuczynski clears 16 feet, Gay flirts with WR at Reebok Grand Prix
06-02-2007
Contact:
Jill Geer
Director of Communications
USA Track & Field
317-713-4663
Stuczynski clears 16 feet, Gay flirts with WR at Reebok Grand Prix

NEW YORK - Jenn Stuczynski became the #2 woman on the all-time list in the women's pole vault, while Tyson Gay came within a slight breeze of breaking a world record Saturday night at the Reebok Grand Prix. A sell-out Icahn Stadium crowd of 4,990 fans from around New York and the world cheered performances in warm, muggy conditions.

The second stop of USATF's Visa Championship Series, the Reebok Grand Prix will be broadcast from 11 p.m.-12:30 a.m. tonight (Saturday) on ESPN2 and from 1-2 p.m. Sunday on CBS.

Stucyznski soars again

Stuczynski became the first American to clear 16 feet in the women's vault with her winning leap of 5.88 meters/16 feet, 0 inches to set her second American record and world leader in two weeks. She broke Stacy Dragila's 3-year-old American record on May 20 at the adidas Track Classic (4.84m/15-10.5). Two weeks later in New York, she had the bar set at 16 feet and took two solid tries that failed. On her third attempt at the height, Stuczynski gave the bar a brush, but it stayed up, giving her the American record as well as the U.S. all-comers record. She then raised the bar to 5.03m/16-6 in an unsuccessful attempt to break Yelena Isinbayeva's world record. Shuying Gao of China was second with a national and Asian record of 4.64m/15-2.75. Dragila withdrew from the competition with a sore left Achilles tendon.

[rainbowgirl28]

http://www.democratandchronicle.com/app ... 30367/1007

Stuczynski clears 16 feet in pole vault

Craig Kanalley
Staff writer


(June 3, 2007) â€â€

[Bubba PV]

I saw it come up on the meet website and then stayed up to watch the TV coverage - none of course. Having spent the day at the San Marcos River Vault, I was still pumped up so this just added fuel to the fire.

What an impressive performance and super athlete. I couldn't be more excited for her future. Congrats to her, Rick and all involved!! Bubba

[rainbowgirl28]

http://www.iaaf.org/GP07/news/Kind=2/newsId=38898.html

Stuczynski vaults to world lead – 4.88m

The world leading marks didn't only happen on the track. Jenn Stuczynski, whose 4.84 two weeks ago in Carson, California set an American Record, added four centimetres to that mark with a 4.88 clearance on her third attempt here. Stuczynski passed until 4.54m, then cleared that and 4.64 on her first attempts.

With only China's Shuying Gao still jumping at 4.74, Stuczynski passed again. Gao, who had already set a Chinese and Asian record at 4.64, missed at 4.74. After only two jumps, Stuczynski then took on and cleared 4.88 in the swirling winds, then had the bar set to 5.03, a world record height, where she ended. At 4.88, Stuczynski is now tied with Russia’s former World record holder Svetlana Feofanova as the second-highest vaulter of all time.

[rainbowgirl28]

Photos by Victah Sailor











Photos by Victah Sailor

[mjaubbs40]

Is that a brace on her ankle? Is there an injury? Man, just adds to the incredible! Congrats to the Suhr Sports team!

[BruceFlorman]

Jennski's jump is the headline of the Russian report of the meet results.

Дженнифер Стужински прыгнула на 4,88
Нью-Йорк (США)
Reebok Grand Prix
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Шест
1. Стужински (США) - 4,88 (лучший результат сезона в мире)
2. Гао Шуин (Китай) - 4,64
3. Макьюэн (США) - 4,54
Отметим, что результат Дженнифер Стужински в истории легкой атлетики превосходила только олимпийская чемпионка и рекордсменка мира Елена Исинбаева.
...

Jennifer Stuczynski jumped to 4.88
New-York (USA)
Reebok Grand Prix
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Pole
1. Stuczynski (USA) - 4.88 (best result of the season in the world)
2. Gao Shuying (China) - 4.64
3. McEwen (USA) - 4.54
Note that the result of Jennifer Stuczynski in the history of light athletics is exceeded only by Olympic champion and world record holder Yelena Isinbaeva.
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[Bubba PV]

She consistently jumps well when conditions are poor and she isn't feeling well. That's a formula for success in Europe - or anywhere!! Bubba

[rainbowgirl28]

Photos of her 16' jump sequence here, I will post them in this thread when I get back from church.

http://www.treemo.com/users/polevaultpower/channel/

[Righteous Vaulter]

Anyone have some video of the jump?

[BruceFlorman]

Here's a dweebish little observation that's sure to interest no one but me ... It appears that the Russian sports press has decided over the last couple of weeks to change the spelling of Stuczynski from Стучински to Стужински.

Стучински – 4,84

Дженнифер Стужински прыгнула на 4,88

I'd commented last summer over on the T&FN board about the Russian spelling with ч, which represents the 'ch' sound, and was told by a guy in Poland that the 'cz' combination is really pronounced more like 'ch' in Polish, so the Poles (and therefore the Russians), were pronouncing her name as Stu-CHIN-ski. But I gather that now they're trying to spell it so it comes out more like she says it herself, and thus are now using the ж, which represents a 'zh' sound. Of course the Russian language doesn't really have a 'J' sound, so the transliteration of her name is still a little funky: "Dzhennifer Stuzhinski"