Stevenson, Mack and Miles make Athens team

[zack]

Stevenson and Mack are reportedly still jumping at 5.90 while Miles gets the third spot on countback.

[zack]

Men Pole Vault
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Progression: 5.40, 5.50, 5.60, 5.65, 5.70
American: A 6.03m 6/14/2000 Jeff Hartwig, Nike
Stadium: 5.83m 7/16/2000 Lawrence Johnson, adidas
Name Year Team Finals
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Finals
1 Timothy Mack Nike 5.90m 19-04.25
5.40 5.50 5.60 5.65 5.70 5.75 5.80 5.85 5.90 5.95 6.04
PPP O O PPP O PPP XPP XO O PPP XXX
2 Toby Stevenson Nike 5.85m 19-02.25
5.40 5.50 5.60 5.65 5.70 5.75 5.80 5.85 5.90 5.95
PPP O O PPP XO PPP O O XPP XX
3 Derek Miles Nike 5.80m 19-00.25
5.40 5.50 5.60 5.65 5.70 5.75 5.80 5.85
PPP O O PPP O O O XXX
4 Tye Harvey New Balance 5.80m 19-00.25
5.40 5.50 5.60 5.65 5.70 5.75 5.80 5.85
PPP O XO PPP XXO XXP O XXX
5 Nicholas Hysong Nike 5.75m 18-10.25
5.40 5.50 5.60 5.65 5.70 5.75 5.80 5.85
PPP PPP O PPP XO O PPP XXX
6 Brad Walker Nike 5.75m 18-10.25
5.40 5.50 5.60 5.65 5.70 5.75 5.80 5.85
PPP O XO PPP XO O XPP XX
7 Jim Davis Unattached 5.75m 18-10.25
5.40 5.50 5.60 5.65 5.70 5.75 5.80 5.85
PPP XO XO PPP XXP O XPP XX
8 Russ Buller Asics 5.70m 18-08.25
5.40 5.50 5.60 5.65 5.70 5.75 5.80 5.85
PPP O XPP PPP XO PPP XPP XX
9 Jacob Pauli Nike 5.50m 18-00.50
5.40 5.50 5.60
PPP O XXX
10 Keenan King Sky Athletics 5.50m 18-00.50
5.40 5.50 5.60
O XO XXX
10 Justin Norberg Shore Athlet 5.50m 18-00.50
5.40 5.50 5.60 5.65
PPP XO PPP XXX
12 Daniel Ryland Bell Athletics 5.40m 17-08.50
5.40 5.50
XO XXX
-- Robert McLean Unattached NH
5.40
XXX

[tim hutzley]

Tim is the Man !!

[rainbowgirl28]

Lots of great jumping!

That looks like it ties Mack's PR, is 1cm lower than Miles' and Harvey's seasons bests, and is a big season best for Jim Davis.

Awesome job guys. Good luck in Athens!

[tim hutzley]

Toby looks like Ben Stiller with his mustach

[VaultnGus]

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The Pole Vault World According to Gus Volume #09 Issue #67
USATF Outdoor Championships Men's PV Final        07/11/04
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USATF Outdoor Championships Men's PV Final results

All I can say is WOW!

  1 Timothy Mack        Nike            5.90m  19-04.25
  2 Toby Stevenson      Nike            5.85m  19-02.25
  3 Derek Miles         Nike            5.80m  19-00.25
  4 Tye Harvey          New Balance     5.80m  19-00.25
  5 Nicholas Hysong     Nike            5.75m  18-10.25
  6 Brad Walker         Nike            5.75m  18-10.25
  7 Jim Davis           Unattached      5.75m  18-10.25
  8 Russ Buller         Asics           5.70m  18-08.25
  9 Jacob Pauli         Nike            5.50m  18-00.50
 10 Keenan King         Sky Athletics   5.50m  18-00.50
 10 Justin Norberg      Shore Athlet    5.50m  18-00.50
 12 Daniel Ryland       Bell Athletics  5.40m  17-08.50
 -- Robert McLean       Unattached         NH

                  540 550 560 565 570 575 580 585 590 595 604
 Robert McLean    XXX
 Justin Norberg   -   XO  -   XXX
 Keenan King      O   XO  XXX
 Jim Davis        -   XO  XO  -   XX- O   X-  XX
 Tye Harvey       -   O   XO  -   XXO XX- O   XXX
 Nicholas Hysong  -   -   O   -   XO  O   -   XXX
 Derek Miles      -   O   O   -   O   O   O   XXX
 Daniel Ryland    XO  XXX
 Timothy Mack     -   O   O   -   O   -   X-  XO  O   -   XXX
 Brad Walker      -   O   XO  -   XO  O   X-  XX
 Jacob Pauli      -   O   XXX
 Russ Buller      -   O   X-  (x) XO  -   X-  XX
 Toby Stevenson   -   O   O   -   XO  -   O   O   X-  XX

(x) = broke a pole - not an attempt

What a competition! I though the previous trials all had their own
drama - '88 had Tim Bright almost stealing a place on the team after
coming to his first attempt after finishing the decathlon. '92 we saw
the heartbreak of Dean Starkey as he went from 2nd to 4th due to third
attempt makes at 19' by Dave Volz and Kory Tarpenning. I witnessed the
'96 trials where we saw the emergence of Jeff Hartwig and Lawrence
Johnson and saw a huge battle contested for the third spot between
Scott Huffman, Dean Starkey (again), Kory Tarpenning, Greg Duplantis
and Pat Manson. In 2000 while the marks weren't superb it came down
to a three way jumpoff for the final slot.

However I think we can say that in terms of marks and drama 2004 may
have been the best. Tons of strategic passes, tons of clutch third
attempt makes , 4 19-footers and a shot at the American record...

At 5.70 18'08.25 there were still 8 competitors in the hunt with only
Bubba McLean, Justin Norberg, Daniel Ryland and Jacob Pauli out. First
attempt misses were racked up by Davis, Harvey, Hysong, Walker, Buller
& Stevenson, while Mack and Miles took a share of the lead with first
attempt makes. Hysong, Walker, Buller (on actually his last shot
after one miss at 5.60 18'04.50) and Stevenson all made their second
leaving Davis the only one left at the height. He passed his third
attempt saving one last shot for 5.75 18'10.25 which he incredibly
made to take the lead for a brief moment.

Hysong made on his first as did Miles and Walker. Mack, Buller and
Stevenson passed. Harvey missed twice and passed to the next height.

At 5.80 19'00.25, Davis missed his first. Tye Harvey came up for his
last ditch attempt at 19' and made it to take the lead! They showed
this one on the telecast and it looked purty...

Miles cleared yet again on his first with plenty of room to spare to
stay clean. Only Toby Stevenson was also able to clear on the first
try. With no reason to jump at this height everyone else passed their
remaining attempts

At this point we had :

 1 Miles
 2 Stevenson
 3 Harvey
 4 Hysong
 5 Walker
 6 Davis
 7 Mack
 8 Buller
----- out -----
 9 Jacob Pauli
10 Keenan King
10 Justin Norberg
12 Daniel Ryland
-- Robert McLean

The bar was raised to 5.85 19'02.25. Toby Stevenson took over the
lead with a huge 1st attempt clearance - on the telecast it looked
like he had at least 4" of height on it. Then came probably the
clutchest jump of the day. Tim Mack - mired in seventh place and with
one attempt left after one miss at 5.80 and one miss at this height
CLEARED. This knocked Miles down to third and Harvey off the Olympic
squad.

No one else was able to clear the height and then Tim and Toby had
the show to themselves...

At 5.90 19'04.25 Tim tied his all-time PR set just recently with a
monster clearance. Toby missed his initial try and in the true form
of gamesmanship passed to the next height. While he was close on his
third he couldn't navigate 5.95 19'06.25 and Tim Mack was crowned the
2004 US Champion. He then had the bar raised to a new American Record
of 6.04 19'09.75 but was not close.

Congrats to the US Olympic team of Tim Mack, Toby Stevenson and Derek
Miles. Good luck in Athens fellas!

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"Stevenson, Mack and Miles make Athens team"
http://polevaultpower.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3040

"Men's Finals Quotes from a Blog"
http://polevaultpower.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3042

This was a great blog - here we find out Buller broke a pole at his
first attempt at 5.65. According to the rules that's not an attempt
but in order to regroup he passed to 5.70.

"Trials Articles"
http://polevaultpower.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3036

9 articles here so far - Becca has been quite busy!

I'm guessing NeoVault.com is gonna have some clips up as they had
some real cool ones from the qualifying round

and when they get posted - the Athletes quotes
http://www.usatf.org/events/2004/OlympicTrials-TF/quotes/

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Women's qualifying round preview is almost complete - just waiting
for the "almost" final word on a startlist...

Stay tuned!

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VaultnGus
"Will vault for food"

vaultngus@vaultworld.com
http://www.vaultworld.com/vaultngus/

[KYLE ELLIS]

mack gets better every year! tough break for tito!

[CowtownPV]

I have been at every trials since 88 and this was the most exciting I have ever seen. When you are at 19' and still have 8 vaulters that have a chance, its incredible. So many near misses that you couln't count anybody out. Mack and Stevenson did put up some fantastic hip height on several bars but everbody looked good. Four over 19' and three more at 18'10, you would assume perfect conditions but there were alot of cross winds and some small head winds, not as bad as 2000 but still not great by any means. Several vaulters still went through every pole in their bags. Great day for the USA pole vault crowd, I sure hope there will be some films available. Congrats to all who competed it was a great day.

[Vaulterchick88]

i cry

[CowtownPV]

What a difference 4 years ago. I know the conditions were a lot worse also.

L ATHLETE NAME TEAM MARK
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1 Lawrence Johnson adidas 5.83m 19'01.50
2 Nick Hysong Nike 5.73m 18'09.50
3 Pat Manson US West 5.63m 18'05.50
3 Chad Harting Unattached 5.63m 18'05.50
3 Derek Miles Unattached 5.63m 18'05.50
6 Tye Harvey New Balance 5.53m 18'01.75
6 Brent Burns Reebok 5.53m 18'01.75
8 Tim Mack Unattached 5.53m 18'01.75
9 Jacob Pauli Northern Iowa 5.53m 18'01.75
- Billy Payne Unattached NH
- Russ Buller LSU NH
- Toby Stevenson Stanford NH
- Jim Davis Fresno State NH
- Scott Slover Reebok NH

[Skyin' Brian]

didnt seem to make too much difference for pauli
or hartwig for that matter

[Scott Go Pre]

I had a feeling that toby and derek would make the team but mack managed to pull off a p.r. at the right meet. Good luck and best of luck to all of the americans that made it to greece.