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New W80 WR Valien 1.25/4-5

Posted: Tue Mar 28, 2006 6:15 pm
by rainbowgirl28
http://www.usatf.org/news/view.aspx?DUI ... 6_11_38_25

Distaff records

Johnnye Valien of Los Angeles set her second world record of the meet in field competition, triple jumping 5.57m/18-3.25 to break the listed women's 80-84 world record of 5.15m/16-10.75, set by Margaret Hinton in 2002. On Friday Valien broke Hinton's pole vault WR with her mark of 1.25m/4-5.

Posted: Wed Mar 29, 2006 7:25 am
by TrackCEO
JV jumped 1.35, not 1.25 at Boston nationals. And she didn't set the WR at Boston. She set it a week earlier in Linz, going 1.40.

But at least USATF got something right: It named her its Athlete of the Week:
http://www.usatf.org/news/view.aspx?DUi ... 8_13_14_28

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