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What is the highest clearance you have seen in person?

Unread postby VaultMarq26 » Sun Jan 22, 2006 3:10 pm

I was just wondering what everyone has seen when it comest to vault. The highest I have ever witnessed was at Northern Iowa. 18' 1" i think.....i can't remember his name, but it was amazing
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Unread postby SKOT » Sun Jan 22, 2006 3:25 pm

I saw Brad Walker go 5.83m (19'1.5") at the pole vault summit last jan. and Justin Norberg go 18'6" at the Grand Haven Beach Vault last year! both amazing jumps!
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19'8" 6 first meter jump

Unread postby Bruce Caldwell » Sun Jan 22, 2006 3:54 pm

In Paris France Bubka first 6 meter jump.
It was awsome to see the bar so high with a person flying over the bar!!!

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Unread postby Mecham » Sun Jan 22, 2006 4:32 pm

I have never seen a person live go higher than 15'7 :(
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Unread postby VaultMarq26 » Sun Jan 22, 2006 4:40 pm

Mecham wrote:I have never seen a person live go higher than 15'7 :(



Not too many chances to see elite vaulters in eastern Washington?

I am sure you will get to see some good stuff in the future.
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Unread postby Mecham » Sun Jan 22, 2006 4:52 pm

Im hoping to see something at Reno! Yes!

But Brad Walker came from Spokane. My High School even!
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Unread postby VaultMarq26 » Sun Jan 22, 2006 5:04 pm

really..that is awsome..so getting the record at your High School is going to be a daunting task.
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Unread postby Bubba PV » Sun Jan 22, 2006 5:20 pm

I was the one asked to catch Bubka's step at the Sunkist Invitational in Los Angeles in 1992 when he got the first 6m (19' 8 1/4") on North American soil. Still have the butt plug. My brother has Kjell Issakson's from the first 5.50m at Texas Relays. It was actually 5.51m (18’ 1â€Â
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Unread postby Texasvaulter07 » Sun Jan 22, 2006 5:40 pm

I saw Adam Keul Mess around with 19'2 (bungee) in a backyard pit
It was freaking crazy
Vault Old School wrote:Hey I was just wondering if anybody out there knew Bubka's Height, Weight, Body Fat%, etc. when he was competing?


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Unread postby VTechVaulter » Mon Jan 23, 2006 1:01 pm

saw hartwig jump 19'2. crazyness

some other big jumps ive seen in person
18'10, tim, toby, derek, tye, hysong
18'8 brian hunter
18'6 tommy skipper
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Unread postby thaone600 » Mon Jan 23, 2006 1:09 pm

5.83 at RENO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Unread postby Skyin' Brian » Mon Jan 23, 2006 1:32 pm

Highest i witnessed in person was the World Championships in 2001 in Edmonton.

Dimitri Markov jumped 6.05m.

My dad and flew to canada to watch the worlds for about a week the summer after i graduated high school. it was a fun trip.

up until that point the highest id seen was somewhere around 17' i think.

the highest ive seen in meet where i was directly competing against the jumper was Norberg's jump that SKOT mentioned(though i did exit the competition a couple of heights before that big jump).

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