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Unread postby vault3rb0y » Tue Apr 01, 2008 10:55 pm

I got an adrenaline rush when it said he would be at Nike Outdoor. Then i thought.... crap, im gonna get beat by someone who lives farther in the woods than i do, lol.

I played a pretty good april fools joke on my mom. I came in from school today limping, shes says "whats wrong? why are you limping?"

me: "I had an accident, i came up short on the pit and landed on the runway, i have a stress fracture in my right ankle. Trainer says its pretty bad but she will look at it more tomorrow"

mom: "Oh no, how long are you out?"

Me: "the trainer says 5 weeks, but im going to try to vault tomorrow, its
april 1st theres no time to be hurt"

Mom: "No we will take you in to really get it looked at"

Me: "We cant mom its april 1st!! dont you know what that means? April fools!"
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Unread postby Cooleo111 » Tue Apr 01, 2008 11:00 pm

What do you mean April Fools?!
Though I'm pretty sure I would have heard about this guy if it was true, the rest about organic foods and people being "off-the-grid" is DEFINITELY not a joke in Ithaca! :dazed:
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Unread postby rainbowgirl28 » Tue Apr 01, 2008 11:05 pm

They should have said he was one of Rick Suhr's proteges.
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Unread postby polevaulter08nw » Tue Apr 01, 2008 11:09 pm

its still really crazy!
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Unread postby 73-vaulter » Wed Apr 02, 2008 4:03 pm

Before one puts great credence in any story on or about the first of April Look up "Sidd Finch". This is the "Great April Fools" sports story of all time.
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Unread postby nitro » Wed Apr 02, 2008 10:59 pm

ashcraftpv wrote:I knew it was BS when they talked about the 30 minutes of pole vault coverage on TV.


haha
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Unread postby newPVer » Thu Apr 03, 2008 12:11 am

It got me at first, but then I was thinking, there is no way that he would be unheard of until now, and at only 16 years old, i mean come on... 18 feet is a little much eh?
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Unread postby VFG » Thu Apr 03, 2008 12:33 am

i bet this kid is best friends with livin' the dream
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Unread postby spike gibeault » Thu Apr 03, 2008 8:28 pm

VFG wrote:i bet this kid is best friends with livin' the dream

yea i heard they were training together :D
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Unread postby CApv2007 » Fri Apr 04, 2008 6:10 pm

I believed it at first until I heard jumping over the fence to jump, no one in their right mind would jump a fence to jump unsupervised with the possiblity of getting hurt, and only having one pole much less a pole that is 17 feet at the age of 16-17. Last olympics wasn't Toby using the longest pole at 17 feet? great 5 minutes of entertainment tho. does this kid really exist? not the jumping part but just the kid in general
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Unread postby essxpv91 » Fri Apr 04, 2008 6:29 pm

hahaha fooled me. i was thinking and they prob gave him the name casper because of the ghost and this kid doesnt even exist lol
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Unread postby marshall » Wed May 14, 2008 2:42 am

CApv2007 wrote:I believed it at first until I heard jumping over the fence to jump, no one in their right mind would jump a fence to jump unsupervised with the possiblity of getting hurt, and only having one pole much less a pole that is 17 feet at the age of 16-17. Last olympics wasn't Toby using the longest pole at 17 feet? great 5 minutes of entertainment tho. does this kid really exist? not the jumping part but just the kid in general



you honestly wouldn't do that? i probably wouldn't think twice about jumping a fence to go vault. i definately wouldn't be using a 17 foot pole but...
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