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Unread postby VTechVaulter » Sun Jun 08, 2008 5:12 pm

BRAD WALKER 6.04!!!!!
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Unread postby IBPVC » Sun Jun 08, 2008 5:16 pm

Now going for world record - 6.16 meters / 20'2.5"
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Unread postby jcoover » Sun Jun 08, 2008 5:28 pm

just saw it on TV... he killed it! just a little brush on the way down! way to go brad!!!
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Unread postby Bubba PV » Sun Jun 08, 2008 5:28 pm

Just saw it. Had some blow too!! Bubba
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Unread postby wannaflyhigh20 » Sun Jun 08, 2008 5:33 pm

Good jump but the tv I watched he hit it pretty hard? Any youtube uploads yet???

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Unread postby VTechVaulter » Sun Jun 08, 2008 5:37 pm

someone upload the video
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Unread postby KirkB » Sun Jun 08, 2008 5:39 pm

Congratulations on your AR 19'-9.75" Brad and Pat!

Your WR attempt 20'-1.5" looked good. It's only a matter of time!

2nd: Derek Miles 19'-0.25"
3rd: Tim Mack 18'-8.5"

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Unread postby tennpolevault » Sun Jun 08, 2008 5:40 pm

Very nice. :yes: :yes: Congrats to Brad. Its ashamed they blew through the TV coverage so fast. :( :(

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Unread postby CowtownPV » Sun Jun 08, 2008 5:43 pm

Terrible coverage by NBC. Showed record jump and once miss at world record jump.
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Unread postby tennpolevault » Sun Jun 08, 2008 5:49 pm

NBC has the worst coverage of field events. They would rather cover 50 million false starts and try to create little stories about all the people who will probably be busted for drugs next year. I wasted so many hours of my life nodding through the endless marion jones/maurice green/gail devers/gatlin/regina jacobs chatter while they totally ignore the field events. It makes me want to puke.

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Unread postby Vault&Flip » Sun Jun 08, 2008 5:50 pm

Brad's ready to go I think.

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Unread postby Lax PV » Sun Jun 08, 2008 6:04 pm

tennpolevault wrote:Very nice. :yes: :yes: Congrats to Brad. Its ashamed they blew through the TV coverage so fast. :( :(



right on about watching 400 false starts. I TiVo'd the meet and watched the jump probably 30 times!!! Awesome thing for the male and female VISA Championship Series to be lead by Pole Vaulters :yes:


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