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Payton Jordan US Open - 5/29/2005 to 5/30/2005
Track & Field Invitational
Cobb Track& Angell Field, Stanford University

Event 16 Men Pole Vault Stanford Fed
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Name Year Team Finals
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Finals
1 Jacob Pauli USA 5.75m 18-10.25
5.35 5.50 5.65 5.75 5.86
XPP XO XO XXO XXX
2 Brad Walker USA 5.65m 18-06.50
5.35 5.50 5.65 5.75
PPP O XO XXX
2 Derek Miles USA 5.65m 18-06.50
5.35 5.50 5.65 5.75
PPP O XO XXX
4 Nick Hysong USA 5.50m 18-00.50
5.35 5.50 5.65
O O XXX
4 Dmitri Markov AUS 5.50m 18-00.50
5.35 5.50 5.65
PPP O XXX
6 Tye Harvey USA 5.35m 17-06.50
5.35 5.50
XO XXX
-- Toby Stevenson USA NH
5.35 5.50
PPP XXX
-- Tim Mack USA NH
5.35 5.50
PPP XXX
Flash Results, Inc.
Payton Jordan US Open - 5/29/2005 to 5/30/2005
Track & Field Invitational
Cobb Track& Angell Field, Stanford University

Event 13 Women Pole Vault
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Name Year Team Finals
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Finals
1 Tracy O'Hara USA 4.60m 15-01.00
3.95 4.10 4.25 4.35 4.45 4.55 4.60 4.67
P XO O O O XPP O XXX
2 Dana Ellis CAN 4.45m 14-07.25
3.95 4.10 4.25 4.35 4.45 4.55
P P O O XO XXX
3 Kellie Suttle USA 4.25m 13-11.25
3.95 4.10 4.25 4.35
P O O XXX
3 Mary Sauer USA 4.25m 13-11.25
3.95 4.10 4.25 4.35
P O O XXX
5 Jillian Schwartz USA 4.10m 13-05.25
3.95 4.10 4.25
P O XXX
5 April Stiener USA 4.10m 13-05.25
3.95 4.10 4.25
P O XXX
-- Amy Chow USA NH
3.95
XXX

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A leap for love, not money
O'Hara wins purse-free pole vault competition at U.S. Open
By Jeff Faraudo, STAFF WRITER

STANFORD â€â€

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PAYTON JORDAN MEET
O'Hara vaults to win, for free
Dan Giesin, Chronicle Staff Writer
Tuesday, May 31, 2005


Tracy O'Hara wasn't about to let a financial setback ruin her day.

Knowing that she wasn't going to receive any remuneration for her efforts, the former UCLA gymnast nevertheless cleared a personal-best 15 feet, 1 inch in the women's pole vault Monday to provide one of the highlights of the Payton Jordan U.S. Open track meet at Stanford's Cobb Track and Angell Field.

O'Hara's leap, which is the fourth-best all time by an American and is the second-best mark in the world this year, should have meant a $4,000 payday -- the amount given to most winners in the elite classes at Stanford -- but she found out just a couple of days ago that meet officials, in an economic move, decided to pull the plug on the women's pole-vault prize money.

"We knew it was going to be a controversial decision," meet director Nancy Ditz said. "All prize money is dependent on the field, and this was a small field and we have a limited budget. When Stacy (Dragila, the former world record-holder) withdrew, we were going to cancel the event. ... This is a business; we have to make a decision where we are going to spend our money.

"But the women's pole vault is a special event for us -- Stacy set the record here (15-9 in 2001) -- and it's become a symbol for us. We also want to provide a competitive experience for athletes to have good marks. So we decided to put on the women's pole vault without prize money, so they could have the competitive experience."

O'Hara, though somewhat disappointed in not returning to Southern California with a paycheck ("It's not fair. I'm a professional athlete; this is what I do," she said), was delighted to have "the competitive experience" Monday.

"Speaking for myself and the other athletes, we all love it," she said. "We love the training, we love the athletes, we love the people at USA Track and Field (the national governing body). ... When I found out (about the pay cut), I thought I could be bitter about it or I could come out here prepared to jump. ... I owe my coach and myself a performance -- I see the runway, I see the bar and I'm focused."

And she did walk away with something: "This meet was a breakthrough. ... I know I have more in me."

While O'Hara was discussing her performance, across the track John Godina was staging one of his own.

The two-time Olympic medalist and three-time world outdoor shot-put champion, tossed the iron ball 71-111/2, a little less than a foot shy of the personal best he had at the adidas meet in Carson (Los Angeles County) 10 days ago.

"My technique is really good," he said. "I can miss or have a bad day and still go almost 72 feet -- that's a good sign."

Despite the impressive showing, Godina, who won the shot at this Stanford meet for the fifth time, wasn't entirely pleased.

"The result's fine, but during warm-ups, I was really tight," he said. "And if you don't do everything right from start to finish, it's not a good day."

However, he isn't going to let any setback -- no matter how trivial -- affect him. "As Michelangelo said about a block of marble, 'The sculpture is already there. I just reveal it.' ... My head is fine."

There were several other fine performances at Stanford on Monday: Rachid Ramzi of Bahrain shaved 1.58 seconds off the 1,500 meters meet record with a time of 3:34.74; Michelle Perry had a personal-best 12.65 in the 100-meter hurdles, Dominique Arnold's 13.21 in the 110-meter hurdles is the fifth-best in the world this year, Grace Upshaw was one-centimeter short of her meet- record mark (22-11/2) in the long jump and John Capel ran a 10.08 hundred meters.

There were also a couple of big flops: Tim Mack and Toby Stevenson, who finished 1-2 at the Athens Games last summer and were the marquee names at this meet, no-heighted in the pole vault, which was won by Jacob Paul's 18- 101/2 effort.

"That was a big no-height," said Mack, who, along with Stevenson, couldn't clear the opening height of 16-6.