Mackel easily cleared 5.51 to win MW regionals today in Austin. It was probably a 5.65 vault. Took 3 at 5.56 and was tired. 3rd he had plenty of height but fell on the bar.
the next four were:
Scott, OU 5.41
Baldwin, Neb 5.41
Thames, Tx Tech 5.31
Scotten, Neb 5.31
Derek Mackel gets first 18-footer - MW Results
Derek Mackel gets first 18-footer - MW Results
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Event 14 Men Pole Vault
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Jump Heights: 4.91 - 5.06 - 5.21 - 5.31 - 5.41 - 5.51 - 5.61 +
Five-alive jumping format until fewer than 9 remaining.
Use Rule 7.1.5c.1 jump-off format to establish distinct 5th
final place for advancement purposes only.
American: A 6.03m 6/14/2000 Jeff Hartwig, Nike
College Best: C 5.98m 5/25/1996 Lawrence Johnson, Tennessee
MidWest Regn: R 5.46m 5/29/2004 P. Gensic-S. Thames-B. Most, Air Force-Texas T
Stadium: S 5.80m 1999 Jacob Davis, Texas
Name Year School Finals Points
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Finals
1 Derek Mackel SR New Mexico 5.41m 17-09.00 10
4.91 5.06 5.21 5.31 5.41 5.51
PPP PPP XXO O XO XXX
2 Scott Martin JR Oklahoma J5.41m 17-09.00 7
4.91 5.06 5.21 5.31 5.41 5.51
PPP O XO O XXO XXX
2 Gable Baldwin JR Nebraska J5.41m 17-09.00 7
4.91 5.06 5.21 5.31 5.41 5.51
PPP XO O O XXO XXX
4 Sage Thames SR Texas Tech 5.31m 17-05.00 5
4.91 5.06 5.21 5.31 5.41
PPP XO O O XXX
5 Ray Scotten SR Nebraska J5.31m 17-05.00 4
4.91 5.06 5.21 5.31 5.41
PPP O O XO XXX
6 Robert Caldwell JR New Mexico J5.31m 17-05.00 3
4.91 5.06 5.21 5.31 5.41
PPP PPP XO XO XXX
7 Shay Collett JR Texas-Arlington J5.31m 17-05.00 1.50
4.91 5.06 5.21 5.31 5.41
O XO XO XO XXX
7 Jarno Kivioja JR Northern Iowa J5.31m 17-05.00 1.50
4.91 5.06 5.21 5.31 5.41
PPP XO XO XO XXX
9 Chip Heuser SO Oklahoma J5.31m 17-05.00
4.91 5.06 5.21 5.31 5.41
PPP XXO XO XO XXX
10 Matt Adkisson JR Sam Houston State 5.21m 17-01.00
4.91 5.06 5.21 5.31
PPP O O XXX
10 Andre Poljanec SO Northern Iowa 5.21m 17-01.00
4.91 5.06 5.21 5.31
PPP PPP O XXX
12 Trey Hardee SR Texas J5.21m 17-01.00
4.91 5.06 5.21 5.31
PPP XO XO XXX
13 Nic Petersen JR Nebraska J5.21m 17-01.00
4.91 5.06 5.21 5.31
XO XO XO XXX
14 Dmitri Kabakov FR Texas State 5.06m 16-07.25
4.91 5.06 5.21
O O XXX
14 Patrick Southern SR Nebraska 5.06m 16-07.25
4.91 5.06 5.21
O O XXX
14 Drew Terry SR Texas 5.06m 16-07.25
4.91 5.06 5.21
PPP O XXX
17 Dylan Schmidt SR Wichita State J5.06m 16-07.25
4.91 5.06 5.21
XO O XXX
17 Beau Morris SO Wichita State J5.06m 16-07.25
4.91 5.06 5.21
XO O XXX
17 Raven Cepeda SO Northern Iowa J5.06m 16-07.25
4.91 5.06 5.21
XO O XXX
20 Randy Flach SR Sam Houston State J5.06m 16-07.25
4.91 5.06 5.21
PPP XO XXX
21 Bryce Bergman SO Kansas State J5.06m 16-07.25
4.91 5.06 5.21
XXO XO XXX
22 Steve Elliott JR Oral Roberts J5.06m 16-07.25
4.91 5.06 5.21
O XXO XXX
22 Donovan Kilmartin JR Texas J5.06m 16-07.25
4.91 5.06 5.21
O XXO XXX
24 Dusty Williams JR Texas A&M 4.91m 16-01.25
4.91 5.06
XXO XXX
-- Tom Rusteberg SR Houston NH
4.91 5.06
PPP XXX
-- Bobby Most SR Texas Tech NH
4.91 5.06 5.21
PPP PPP XXX
-- Courtney Beasley FR Texas Southern NH
4.91
XXX
-- Clint Blinka SR Sam Houston State NH
4.91
XXX
-- Brandon McFarling JR Texas DNS-
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Event 34 Women Pole Vault
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Jump Heights: 3.66 - 3.81 - 3.96 - 4.06 - 4.16 - 4.26 - 4.36 +
Five-alive jumping format until fewer than 9 remaining.
Use Rule 7.1.5c.1 jump-off format to establish distinct 5th
final place for advancement purposes only.
American: A 4.83m 6/8/2004 Stacy Draglia
College Best: C 4.58m 4/20/2006 Lacy Johnson, Florida State
MidWest Regn: R 4.26m 5/27/2005 Breanna Eveland - Amy Linnen, Kansas State - K
Stadium: S 4.50m 2004 Chelsea Johnson, UCLA
Name Year School Finals Points
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Finals
1 Breanna Eveland SR Kansas State 4.26mR 13-11.75 10
3.66 3.81 3.96 4.06 4.16 4.26 4.40
O O O O XXO XO XXX
2 Elouise Rudy SO Montana State 4.16m 13-07.75 8
3.66 3.81 3.96 4.06 4.16 4.26
PPP O XO O XO XXX
3 Jackie Brown SR Wichita State 4.06m 13-03.75 6
3.66 3.81 3.96 4.06 4.16
PPP O O O XXX
4 Rachel Greff SO Rice 4.06m 13-03.75 5
3.66 3.81 3.96 4.06 4.16
PPP XO O O XXX
5 Jenny Green SO Nebraska 4.06m 13-03.75 4
3.66 3.81 3.96 4.06 4.16
O O O XO XXX
6 Andrea Smith SO Minnesota 4.06m 13-03.75 3
3.66 3.81 3.96 4.06 4.16
O O O XO XXX
7 Jenna Blubaugh SR Nebraska 3.96m 12-11.75 2
3.66 3.81 3.96 4.06
O O O XXX
8 Annika Haedt SR Kansas State 3.96m 12-11.75 1
3.66 3.81 3.96 4.06
O XO O XXX
9 Ashley Laughlin SO Texas 3.96m 12-11.75
3.66 3.81 3.96 4.06
O O XXO XXX
10 Laura Massey SO Minnesota 3.96m 12-11.75
3.66 3.81 3.96 4.06
XO O XXO XXX
11 Dana Rosenbladt JR Texas Tech 3.81m 12-06.00
3.66 3.81 3.96
O XXO XXX
12 Brooke Demo SO Wichita State 3.81m 12-06.00
3.66 3.81 3.96
XO XXO XXX
13 Jennifer Davidson FR Texas A&M 3.66m 12-00.00
3.66 3.81
O XXX
13 Lindsey Walesheck JR Texas Tech 3.66m 12-00.00
3.66 3.81
O XXX
15 Jessie Graff JR Nebraska 3.66m 12-00.00
3.66 3.81
XO XXX
15 Amanda Alley FR Texas Tech 3.66m 12-00.00
3.66 3.81
XO XXX
17 Kristina Windham SO Stephen F. Austin 3.66m 12-00.00
3.66 3.81
XXO XXX
-- Britni Lawrence FR Texas State DNS
3.66
DNS
-- Whitney Johnson SO New Mexico DNS
3.66
DNS
A stab at pole vault title
By Vanessa Strobbe
June 6, 2006
Source
By Vanessa Strobbe
June 6, 2006
Source
- UNM senior Derek Mackel, 23, qualified for the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field National Championships in pole vaulting this year, his final year of eligibility. "This year, I did my best to have fun," he said. "When I don't have fun, this is all just work." Mackel competes in the preliminaries on Wednesday. The top 12 finishers advance to the finals on Friday. (Erin Fredrichs/Tribune)
Eighteen steps. A 16-foot fiberglass pole. An 18-foot leap.
A plastic bar propelled high in the air over mats has been no obstacle for University of New Mexico senior pole vaulter Derek Mackel. A minimized career and chronic knee pain have.
The fifth-year senior didn't pick up a fiberglass pole until he was 17 years old. Since then, injuries have limited his already short career, including:
As a high school senior, Mackel partially tore his meniscus in his right knee, keeping him out of competition nearly all season.
His junior year at UNM, tendinitis in both knees restricted Mackel from participating in many indoor and outdoor meets.
This year, he is nursing a strained muscle in his left knee but is continuing to train and compete.
"I was always involved but couldn't compete," Mackel said. "It was so heartbreaking to have to constantly pull myself out of meets because of my injuries. I never had the chance to get better. The only thing that kept me going was knowing there was going to be another day."
That day is coming.
Six years after first placing hands on a pole, Mackel prepares for the most monumental meet of his vaulting career.
Competition opens 5:45 p.m. Wednesday at the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field National Championships in Sacramento, Calif. Finals begin Friday at 5:30 p.m.
Mackel reached the pinnacle of his sport when he cleared a career-best 18 feet, 1 inch, at the NCAA Midwest Regional Championships last month to win the event and qualify for the NCAA championships.
The jump makes Mackel the first Lobo to compete at the NCAA outdoor meet since 1991 and the third to qualify for nationals in the event.
Mackel, a former walk-on, said he never expected to be where he is today.
"I didn't even try the sport until the end of my junior year in high school," said Mackel, a graduate of Sandia High School. "One day I saw a friend doing it, asked the coach if I could try, and he let me. I've loved it ever since, but at that point, I wasn't even thinking about coming this far."
The UNM Web site GoLobos.com describes Mackel as "a real rags-to-riches story who has gone from marginal walk-on to one of the top pole vault threats in the country over the past three years."
Since 2002, Mackel has improved his personal record by more than 6 feet. Injuries aside, Mackel attributes the difference to hard work and persistence.
"I think about pole vault at least six to eight hours a day," he said. "I normally practice for four hours, and then I'll do video sessions where I just study the sport."
At times, Mackel admits pole vault overwhelms him. That is when the heavy-metal music lover turns to his drums.
"If I'm worn out, getting mentally tired, or I've had a bad day of practice, I'll go beat on the skins," Mackel said. "Drums usually take my mind off of things."
To keep his mind focused, Mackel, a black belt, resorts to his tae kwon do training.
"Through tae kwon do, I maintained the ability to mentally put myself in a good place, block out the crowd, the wind, anything," he said. "It taught me to focus."
Teammates describe Mackel as possessed by his sport.
"He's my friend outside of track, but (Mackel's) just something else when he has a pole in his hands," javelin thrower Jessica McIntyre said. "He's in his own world."
"There isn't any specific mind-set that I put myself in," Mackel said. "I just force myself to be confident with what I have worked for in practice and what I know I can do."
Mackel found his confidence during one particular practice when his coach put the bar at 19 feet without telling him.
He cleared it.
"I knew it was high but didn't pay attention to how high," Mackel said. "I grabbed a big pole, gripped it and ripped it."
Mackel says his jump that day solidified in his mind that he could do almost anything, including the Olympics.
He has qualified for the U.S. National meet in Indianapolis and awaits a confirmation invitation later this month. If invited, Mackel calls it his next step to the 2008 Olympics.
"Every meet is just another step to take, another goal to reach, another bar to clear," he said.
The NCAA championship meet is no different.
Head track and field coach Matt Henry says Mackel is capable of winning the national title.
"He is definitely going to be a medal winner," Henry said. "But if everything goes right, he will be the NCAA champion."
Mackel says he approaches this week's meet like any other - another chance to compete at a high level.
"I'm trying not to get nervous about it," he said." I just have to remind myself what all of this is for. I know my potential, and I know I can compete against elite guys."
That he has made it this far is a testament to his determination.
"It's nice to see myself having progressed to this level," Mackel said. "And now, for my last collegiate meet, I'm going to go out at a national level. I'm going to go out big."
Second Lobo qualifies: Joining Mackel at the NCAAs is junior pole vaulter Robert Caldwell. Caldwell is an All-American after placing eighth at the Indoor Track and Field Championships this year. With a jump of 17 feet, 5 inches, at the NCAA Outdoor Midwest Regional Meet, Caldwell placed seventh, barely missing the automatic qualifying mark. He received an at-large bid to the national championship as the No. 22 seed.
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