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hurdles and pv

Posted: Sat Apr 14, 2007 12:01 am
by txpolevaulter_k25
i always heard that hurdlers and pv'ers go hand in hand in track i was just wondering if anybody else runs hurdles i just thought it was ironic that i heard that and i happen to be good at both

Posted: Sat Apr 14, 2007 6:50 am
by ACvault
both pole vaulting and hurdles require speed, athleticism, and coordination. there was a guy on my team last year who ran 14.8 in the 110h and jumped 14'7.

Posted: Sat Apr 14, 2007 10:06 am
by txpolevaulter_k25
wow! he was good

Posted: Sat Apr 14, 2007 10:33 am
by tigervaulter727
there's a girl who was state champ pv last year, and got 3rd in 100 hurdles

Posted: Sat Apr 14, 2007 12:48 pm
by master
The best girl athlete I have coached went to State and was:
    1st 100m hurdles - 14.79
    1st Long Jump - 17' 10.25"
    2nd PV (tied for 1st in height, but had 1 more miss) - 11' 9"
    3rd Triple Jump - 36' 7"
She was the only girl on the team to score points and her points earned our team 4th place. :eek: :yes:

- master

Posted: Sat Apr 14, 2007 5:10 pm
by txpolevaulter_k25
now that is a true athlete

Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2007 9:42 am
by PVgoalie101
wow i'm impressed...i run hurdles and vault but i'm definitly not scoring all my teams points :P

Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2007 2:15 pm
by CrossBarHOpper
Last year for the freshman track team i would get 1st in polevault and either 5th or 6th in the 300 hurdles... most times

Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2007 5:30 pm
by Rhino
I ran hurdles too, but never got much under 17. Never set the world on fire in the vault either. I can still 3-step 42" hurdles at age 48.

Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2007 10:52 am
by Glory
In highschool i ran 14.8 in the 110's and vaulted 15'1....now im hitting 16' in practice (not meet yet), and hurdles is around 15.3 at the college height

Posted: Tue Apr 24, 2007 5:49 pm
by joedavis-shirt
yeah i think that the hurdles work on speed and take off similar to pole vault

Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2007 3:52 pm
by SinCity
I think they are compimentary to one another. I think the actions of the takeoff can simulate one another and the attacking of each is beneficial to each.

I coached a few boys who did both. As the hurdle times went down the vault heights went up and vice a versa. Boys with not much natural talent, worked their tails off for 6 yrs and by the time they were Sr's they were 14 ft vaulters and pretty good hurdlers.