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Posted: Sat May 10, 2003 7:05 pm
by mcminkz05
im only 140, but this guy on my team weighs 200, and jumps 10-6 holdin way down on a 15' 170. doesnt have much form though....lol
:P
Posted: Sat May 10, 2003 9:09 pm
by SEALtm6
Yeah, the fattest person we had on our team was 170# but we didn't have a pole big enough for him, and he sucked. Too bad.
SEAL
Posted: Sun May 11, 2003 10:04 pm
by frozensteele
Hey 170 isn't fat! I'm just not a short little featherweight guy like most pole valters!
Posted: Mon May 12, 2003 12:14 pm
by swtvault
I think I was one of the fattest pole vaulters in the country earlier this year. I got all the way up to 203-205 when I decided to lose some damn weight. I am now back at 183, my normal jumping weight. Eric Eshbach was also a fellow fat-man vaulter. He got up to 207 for awhile before he too decided to lose some damn weight.
Posted: Mon May 12, 2003 9:42 pm
by bjvando
as of right now, I am at 190 ish ( ranging 187-193) throughout the week. Jumping on 4.90 195-200, but the flex's are waaaaaay too far apart. the 195 is a 16.2, and the 200 is a 14.8!!!! and i tried to get on it on Sat. Lets just say that I was the bug in this case.......( as in the bug or the windshied scenario....)
Posted: Tue May 13, 2003 7:42 am
by Decamouse
I watched Todd Christensen (Hall Fame Tight End from Oakland Raiders) Pole Vault in a Masters Indoor Hept and in a Master Deca - he is about 6'5" and has probably slimmed down to 230 - the man is a stud at any age
Posted: Tue May 13, 2003 8:55 pm
by SEALtm6
frozensteele wrote:Hey 170 isn't fat! I'm just not a short little featherweight guy like most pole valters!
Hey nothing on people who weigh 170... But this guys sucked. We had to borrow a pole for him from another school and then he got "hurt" and can't vault any more. When he was vaulting I could clear more height than him, and I've been vaulting for like 6 days. *lol*
Posted: Wed May 14, 2003 7:15 am
by Decamouse
Where in the land of cheese are you from? Daughter's Hs has a girl at 11'3" this year - ashpalt track - no home meets - gotta love some areas of Wisc.
Posted: Wed May 14, 2003 7:43 pm
by SEALtm6
Decamouse wrote:Where in the land of cheese are you from? Daughter's Hs has a girl at 11'3" this year - ashpalt track - no home meets - gotta love some areas of Wisc.
I'm from Sauk City. <WOO EAGLES> really boring place really, our biggest accomplishment, Our guy PV is listed as the 2nd in the state! lol
Posted: Mon May 19, 2003 8:05 am
by BrandoAZ
I was 165 when I started vaulting and everyone thought Id suck and I was too heavy. Ended the year mostly tieing with the other guy on my team and I weigh between 175 and 180.
Go'in to camp this year at UGA to get my game on using a 182lb pole.
In college we trust.. sigh.. I wont be in this forum next year!
Posted: Mon May 19, 2003 1:55 pm
by keelowman
My friend jumps 17+, and he was an All American decathlete. His sport is the vault though and he is 6'4" 220 lbs and uses some tree trunk size poles. One of his poles is specially made it is a 14' with a 9.2 flex, super super stiff.
Heavy Vaulters
Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2005 10:32 pm
by AirForceVaulter
Im 175 on a 185 14'6" Carbon Skypole...and i can't even vault my pole height
im gonna be a lot bigger next year tho, senior year. i hope to be about 195 on a 210-15 pole thatll throw me over 15'.