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Brad Walker

New American Record Holder 6.04m (19' 9¾")

Interview with Brad after his American Record Jump

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Jenn Stuczynski Breaks American Pole Vault Record - 16' 3/4"
at the Adidas Track Classic 5/18/2008
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Chelsea Johnson in Super Slow Motion

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Cloud Nine Landing systems (Air bag)

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"A former gymnast flourishes in her new sport"

Tori Anthony
A story from last year in Sports Illustrated

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Check out this video of Scott Huffman at the Beach Vault. I like his unique form...

Scott Huffman
(Takes a few minutes to load)

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Ukraine's Sergey Bubka attends a press conference after the
Laureus Sports Awards in St. Petersburg, Russia, Monday,
Feb. 18, 2008. Bubka got the Laureus Lifetime Achievement Award.

   The pole vault is a very complicated event, there
   are many things involved.
            Sergei Bubka

      Often you need to take some risk, but it must be a
     realistic risk, you can't take a crazy risk.
       Sergei Bubka

       The strategy of my coach and me was that we looked at
       pictures of all the best pole vaulters from around the world,
       and we took the best parts from them, and we created a
       person that had never existed. We then started to work
       toward being such a person.
             Sergei Bubka

    You must have the ability, if I may say so, to use
     such a high grip. You must have perfect technique.
     Then you can move to a higher grip.
            Sergei Bubka

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Short documentary about Russian pole vaulter Yelena Isinbayeva

Submitted by ISUvaulter

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Check out this awesome device that helps with the swing up & invert phase of the vault!!

How many Club Kids think this would be a good device to have at club?
Leave your comments on our Guestbook.

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From polevaultpower.com

In the summer of 2005, Becca Gillespy and BJ Vandrovec
embarked on an epic pole vaulting road trip.
One stop led them to Cadillac Ranch, just outside of Amarillo, TX.

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Salto spettacolare

6.01 m (19'9")
Tim Mack at the 2004 IAAF World Athletics Finals - Monaco - September 18, 2004

141

Mack Timothy

USA

6.01

(CR)

150

Stevenson Toby

USA

5.70

143

Miles Derek

USA

5.70

Lobinger Tim

GER

5.60

Averbukh Aleksandr

ISR

5.60

Gibilisco Giuseppe

ITA

5.45

135

Hartwig Jeff

USA

5.45

113

Pavlov Igor

RUS

5.45


Athlete	545	560	570	578	586	591	596	601	606	616

Mack Timothy	-	O	XO	XO	O	-	-	XXO	X-	XX
Stevenson Toby	-	O	O	XX-	X
Miles Derek	XO	O	XO	XXX
Lobinger Tim	O	XO	XXX
Averbukh Aleksandr	-	XO	-	XXX
Gibilisco Giuseppe	O	-	XXX
Hartwig Jeff	O	XXX
Pavlov Igor	XO	XXX

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Click on the picture for the article on Brad Walker's World Championship!!

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Some days it's not even worth

chewing thru the restraints...

(A quote from Coach Kashka... this may be on the test!)

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We're working on a new Club Banner.

What do you think? Please leave your comments in the Guest Book!

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With the World Championships

going on & every mark being reported

in Metric, here is a Metric Conversion

Chart for your convenience...

Memorize it, and you'll be a total

Vaulting Nerd!! (Like Coach Tilley)

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Congratulations Jenn Stuczynski!!
First American Women over 16'-00" (4.88)

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.

To read a New York Times Article about Jenn, click here

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     Cameron Kroll had a bet with his coach,
     Joe Sambrano that if he made 17 feet
     by state, he could shave coaches head....

Cameron Kroll over 17'-0"

Coach Sambrano paying up after the State Meet!

Here are Videos of Cameron Krolls Jumps from the 2007 State Meet @ Del Sol H.S.

15'-00" 16'-00" 16'-06" 17'-00"
Just click on the image to view each vault. Takes about a minute to load each one...

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Kylee Gleason's 11' - 8" jump

Just click on the Picture.
Takes about a minute to load
but worth it!!

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Some Videos to share....
(These may take a while to load, so be patient!)

Mary Saxer - 14' High School Indoor Record.

Samantha Shepard 8th Grade record

Scott Huffman makes 19'-02"

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Impossible is Nothing >>

Yelena Isinbayeva

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              For those of you who did not attend the Pole Vault Summit 2007 up in Reno
              check out January 2007 Volume II newsletter written by Coach Edwards.
              He wrote down his experiences there as a first time attendee. I'm sure all
              the kids that were there will agree with him, "It was INCREDIBLE!"

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Some Cool Vaulting Video Clips:

4.65 Yelena Isinbajeva 6.01 Sergey Bubka 5.75 Tim Mack

5.90 Giuseppe Gibilisco 5.85 Dimitri Markov 4.70 Annika Becker

Courtesy of www.pvei.com
Videos copyright Herbert Czingon

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A web link to some good drills:
Pole Vault Power Video - Skills and Drills

   Here is a link to Pole Vault Power's website.
Clink on the "High Bar Strength" drills to view short
       video clips of some drills you can do on the high bar at club practice.
      Check out the Leg Lifts, Tuckups, Stradlers, and the Bubkas for starters.

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Some Cool Stuff We'd Like to Share....

For those of you who did not attend the Pole Vault Summit 2007 up in Reno check out January 2007 Volume II newsletter written by Coach Edwards. He wrote down his experiences there as a first time attendee. I'm sure all the kids that were there will agree with him, "It was INCREDIBLE!"

For those of you who did not attend the Pole Vault Summit 2007 up in Reno
check out January 2007 Volume II newsletter written by Coach Edwards.
He wrote down his experiences there as a first time attendee. I'm sure all
the kids that were there will agree with him, "It was INCREDIBLE!"