America's Elite Youth
Posted: Wed Sep 16, 2009 10:49 pm
Reading this old topic viewtopic.php?f=1&t=174&start=0&hilit=girl+jump+grade made me wonder - What marks currently define the “best of the best” for America’s elite youth? I would think that the proper measure would be somewhere close to the heights that would include only a handful of active jumpers at any one time (as posted at sanctioned meets).
On the boys side, it has always seemed pretty simple - “Jump your age”. It appears the top marks tend to be fairly linear and increase at about 1 foot per year. Therefore you get:
Age Height
12 12’
13 13’
14 14’
15 15’
16 16’
17 17’
18 18’
19 19’
The active jumpers that I could find would then be:
Spencer McCorkel , Scott Roth, and Maston Wallace
Girls seem to be a little more difficult. Looks like no girl has ever jumped her age (although as least one has come close). Seems like a good corresponding measure for the girls would be AGE minus 2 feet. However, it appears that the girls experience the same rapid improvements as the boys only until the age of 15 or so. At this point, it looks like improvements should be measured more in inches per year than feet per year. Keeping the same criteria, does this sound about right for the girls?
Age Height
12 10’
13 11’
14 12’
15 13’
16 13’3”
17 13’6”
18 13’9”
19 14’0”
The active girls I could find would then be:
Jessica Doyle, Shade Weygandt, Katie Veith , Mary Saxer, and Tiffany Maskulinksi
Which active vaulters am I missing and do you feel these marks (especially for the girls) need to be moved up or down?
On the boys side, it has always seemed pretty simple - “Jump your age”. It appears the top marks tend to be fairly linear and increase at about 1 foot per year. Therefore you get:
Age Height
12 12’
13 13’
14 14’
15 15’
16 16’
17 17’
18 18’
19 19’
The active jumpers that I could find would then be:
Spencer McCorkel , Scott Roth, and Maston Wallace
Girls seem to be a little more difficult. Looks like no girl has ever jumped her age (although as least one has come close). Seems like a good corresponding measure for the girls would be AGE minus 2 feet. However, it appears that the girls experience the same rapid improvements as the boys only until the age of 15 or so. At this point, it looks like improvements should be measured more in inches per year than feet per year. Keeping the same criteria, does this sound about right for the girls?
Age Height
12 10’
13 11’
14 12’
15 13’
16 13’3”
17 13’6”
18 13’9”
19 14’0”
The active girls I could find would then be:
Jessica Doyle, Shade Weygandt, Katie Veith , Mary Saxer, and Tiffany Maskulinksi
Which active vaulters am I missing and do you feel these marks (especially for the girls) need to be moved up or down?