NCAA Midwest Region Women - Rue 4.31, Stoever 4.21

[rainbowgirl28]

Event 34 Women Pole Vault
==========================================================================================
Jump Heights: 3.66- 3.81- 3.91- 4.01- 4.11- 4.21- 4.31- 4.41 +
Five-alive jumping format until fewer than 9 remaining.
Use Rule 7.1.6c.1 jump-off format to establish distinct 5th
final place for advancement purposes only.
American: A 4.92m 7/6/2008 Jenn Stuczynski, Adidas
College Best: C 4.58m 4/20/2006 Lacy Johnson, Florida State
Midwest Regn: R 4.26m 5/30/2008 Alicia Rue, Minnesota
Facility: F 4.63m 2008 April Steiner, Unattached
Name Year School Seed Finals Points
==========================================================================================
Finals
1 93 Alicia Rue JR Minnesota 4.35m 4.31mR 14-01.75 10
3.66 3.81 3.91 4.01 4.11 4.21 4.31 4.40
PPP PPP O O O XO O XXX
2 203 Katie Stoever JR Oral Roberts 4.20m 4.21m 13-09.75 8
3.66 3.81 3.91 4.01 4.11 4.21 4.31
O O O O XO XXO XXX
3 140 Natalie Willer SO Nebraska 4.38m 4.11m 13-05.75 6
3.66 3.81 3.91 4.01 4.11 4.21
PPP PPP O O O XXX
4 153 Leslie Brost FR N. Dakota St. 4.20m 4.11m 13-05.75 5
3.66 3.81 3.91 4.01 4.11 4.21
PPP PPP XXO XXO O XXX
5 341 Brooke Demo SR Wichita St. 4.16m 4.11m 13-05.75 4
3.66 3.81 3.91 4.01 4.11 4.21
PPP O O O XXO XXX
6 110 Elouise Rudy SR Montana St. 4.01m 3.91m 12-10.00 2.50
3.66 3.81 3.91 4.01
PPP PPP O XXX
6 86 Massey Laura SR Minnesota 3.85m 3.91m 12-10.00 2.50
3.66 3.81 3.91 4.01
O O O XXX
8 145 Whitney Johnson SR New Mexico 3.95m 3.91m 12-10.00 1
3.66 3.81 3.91 4.01
O XO XXO XXX
9 163 Christal Brewster JR North Texas 3.85m 3.81m 12-06.00
3.66 3.81 3.91
O O XXX
10 106 Courtney Kosovich SO Montana 3.85m 3.81m 12-06.00
3.66 3.81 3.91
XO O XXX
11 97 Samantha Sonnenber SO Minnesota 4.00m 3.81m 12-06.00
3.66 3.81 3.91
O XO XXX
11 208 Ari Ince SO Rice 3.85m 3.81m 12-06.00
3.66 3.81 3.91 4.01
PPP XO PPP XXX
13 4 Kimber Shealy FR Air Force 3.85m 3.81m 12-06.00
3.66 3.81 3.91
O XXO XXX
13 313 Sage Lasater FR Texas Tech 3.85m 3.81m 12-06.00
3.66 3.81 3.91
PPP XXO XXX
15 127 Cami Jiskra FR Nebraska 3.85m 3.66m 12-00.00
3.66 3.81
O XXX
15 301 Jennifer Mathews JR Texas St. 3.85m 3.66m 12-00.00
3.66 3.81
O XXX
15 114 Rachel Birtles SO Nebraska 3.93m 3.66m 12-00.00
3.66 3.81
O XXX
18 273 Jennifer Davidson SR Texas A&M 3.85m 3.66m 12-00.00
3.66 3.81
XO XXX
18 268 Laura Asimakis SO Texas A&M 3.85m 3.66m 12-00.00
3.66 3.81
XO XXX
18 272 Aly Daily FR Texas A&M 3.85m 3.66m 12-00.00
3.66 3.81
XO XXX
21 68 Alexandra Gonzalez JR Kansas St. 3.85m 3.66m 12-00.00
3.66 3.81
XXO XXX
-- 131 Lindsey Maher JR Nebraska 3.85m NH
3.66
XXX
-- 302 Amanda Alley JR Texas Tech 4.03m NH
3.66 3.81 3.91
PPP PPP XXX

[Tim McMichael]

It was an awesome meet. I was one of the officials. Get this, the officiating crew was made up entirely of vault coaches from around the state. We had Tom Williams, Me, Mark Heard, and Gary Boxley. Between us we have probably seen a million jumps and worked a thousand meets. We also had an army of helpers from the ROTC. The meet went off without a hitch. I'm glad Tom was running the borad. I still, after all these years, have no idea how five alive really works.

Alicia looked like she could go 14’6” or better. She is definitely ready for nationals.

Katie was solid and got better as the competition went on. Her best jump was her 11th of the competition. Awesome conditioning.

Natalie also looked really dangerous. She had some huge clearances.

Leslie wouldn’t take no for an answer. She struggled along and then smoked 13’5” on her first jump. Joe Dial said, “She went from the outhouse to the penthouse in one jump.” The quote of the meet.

Brooke was also determined and showed a lot of maturity to put together a solid jump on her last attempt at 13’5”.

Congrats to everybody who made it to Nationals.