A number of pole vaulters with ties to NAIA schools competed at the National Pole Vault Summit, held at the Grand Sierra Resort in Reno, Nevada, on January 19-20.
Jessie Gallaher from Concordia University (Portland) won the Collegiate Women's competition with a jump of 13-7.25. This is just under her best of 13-8, set last summer in Seattle, and is the top collegiate mark in the country against all divisions. Her jump qualified her to the USA Track and Field Indoor Championships, where she hopes to follow in the footsteps of former Roberts Wesleyan vaulter Jenn Stuczynski who won the 2005 USA Track and Field Indoor National Championships while competing for Roberts Wesleyan.
Stuczynski, now competing for adidas, won the Elite competition at the Summit with a jump 15-5, currently tied for the world indoor leading mark, and making her the second best American female vaulter of all-time.
Jason Scott from Cedarville University tied for first in the Collegiate Men's competition with a personal best vault of 17-6.50.
This is the first year that pole vaulters representing NAIA schools won both the men's and women's collegiate competition at the Summit. The event drew over 1000 competitors and 2200 attendees.
Results: http://www.polevaultsummit.com/CollegeWomen1.htm
http://www.polevaultsummit.com/CollegeMen1.htm
NAIA Pole Vaulters win at Pole Vault Summit
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Naia pole vaulters win
My congratulations to all of the vaulters, but I think its sweet to see a couple of really good NAIA representatives hold their own against D1 - D3.
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Polevaultgirly16 wrote:Yeah she is...Jessie is sooo hot... you should all be jealous that she is spending the night at my house on friday!!!
Oh, believe you and me... I am!
As my friend would say, "I hate your face" ~ a.k.a. I'm jealous.
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again, I am blushing and laughing!!! Thanks for the post Becca. Go NAIA!! Or, at least, go pole vaulters 
They Rock!! And Mel, this weekend was great! So was the last, and the one before that. And I know this next weekend will be fun, and the next, too. Oh, and the one after that Yeah for us! "HAKUNA MATATA", my young Meliss. "What a wonderful phrase!" See you soon.
~Jess
They Rock!! And Mel, this weekend was great! So was the last, and the one before that. And I know this next weekend will be fun, and the next, too. Oh, and the one after that Yeah for us! "HAKUNA MATATA", my young Meliss. "What a wonderful phrase!" See you soon.
~Jess
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