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Balentine resets her SDSU vault record

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January 11, 2004

Pole vaulter Shayla Balentine set a San Diego State record yesterday, clearing 13 feet, 1½ inches at the Pole Vault Summit in Reno, Nev.

Balentine, a sophomore who also holds the current national high school record at 13-8, broke her own SDSU record of 12-10. Aztecs Erin Assay (12-4) and Cara Walker (12-0) each set personal bests.

Balentine's height ranks third in Mountain West Conference history.

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Pole Vaulters End Competition at PV Summit

Sunday January 11, 2004

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In late action Saturday night, three University of Florida pole vaulters completed competition at the Pole Vault Summit in Reno, Nev.



Newcomer Chip Heuser cleared 5.25m/17-2.25 in the collegiate men’s competition to win his division and move into a tie for sixth place on UF's all-time list for the event in just his first collegiate meet.



On the women’s side, Dara Altman cleared 3.75m/12-3.75, which is a career-best for the sophomore, while Chandra Lacombe cleared 3.60m/11-9.75 to round out the competition for the women’s team.



The Gators return to action Saturday, Jan. 17, when they host the Florida Intercollegiates beginning at 10 a.m. at the Stephen C. O’Connell Center.

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Balentine's School Record Highlights 2004 SDSU Indoor Track & Field Opener

San Diego native Julie Hudlow wins her division of the pole vault.

Jan. 10, 2004

SAN DIEGO - The 2004 San Diego State indoor track and field season started off on a high note Saturday as junior Shayla Balentine (Los Osos, Calif.) cleared a school record 13-1.50 in the pole vault at the Pole Vault Summit in Reno, Nev.

"Today's meet was a great reflection of how much work they put in during the preseason," SDSU assistant coach Richard Fox said. "To have three of the four record personal bests and Julie (Hudlow) to win her division shows just how focused this group is."

Balentine's mark, which ranks third in Mountain West Conference history, beat her previous school record of 12-10.00, which she set at last year's Mountain T's Invitational in Flagstaff, Ariz.

Junior Julie Hudlow (San Diego, Calif.) also had an impressive performance Saturday, winning her division of the pole vault by clearing 11-0.00.

Newcomers Erin Asay (San Diego, Calif.) and Cara Walker (Huntington Beach, Calif.) each tallied personal bests in their Aztec debuts. Asay cleared 12-4.00 in her first career indoor meet, while Walker was four inches behind at an even 12-0.00, over 11 inches better than her previous indoor personal best of 11-0.75.

The Aztec pole vaulters and the rest of the women's track and field team return to action at the Mountain T's Invitational in Flagstaff, Ariz., Saturday, Feb. 7.

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Bee's Boogaard is honored by pole vault group

The Fresno Bee
(Published Thursday, January 8, 2004, 6:07 AM)

Andy Boogaard, a Fresno Bee reporter since 1977, has been selected sportswriter of the year by the United States Track and Field Pole Vault Development Committee.

He will be honored at the 2004 USA Track and Field National Pole Vault Summit on Friday in Reno, Nev.

Boogaard's stories about local high school pole vaulter Kira Costa and Fresno State track and field coach Bob Fraley "brought national attention to people involved in the pole vault and has brought special honors to these people as a result of your writing," the USTF Pole Vault Development Committee wrote.

Fraley is the director of pole vault development in the United States and serves on the committee.

Others being honored are ABC News anchor Peter Jennings as television media person of the year, former world-record holder George Davis and 1964 Olympic champion Fred Hansen. The event is expected to draw 2,000 people.

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Akron Pole Vaulters Successful at National Pole Vault Summit

Russell ties for first in the college men's first flight

Jan. 12, 2004

RENO, Nev. - The University of Akron pole vaulters took on some of the best competition in the country this past weekend at the National Pole Vault Summit in Reno, Nev. John Russell (Glendale, Ohio - Princeton) was the top Zips' finisher, tying for first place in the first of nine collegiate men's flights.

UA's sophomore All-American vaulted 17' 4 3/4" (5.30m) to tie for the top spot with a Paul Gensic from the Air Force Academy.

Kevin Poest (Brunswick, Ohio-Brunswick) tied for fifth place in the same flight with a vault of 16' 4 3/4" (5.00m).

Dan Digman (Wadsworth, Ohio-Wadsworth) was seventh in flight six with a best effort of 14' 1 1/4" (4.30m), while Crystal Goldsmith (Zanesville, Ohio - Zanesville) finished seventh in the women's sixth flight with a vault of 9' 10" (3.00m).

2002 All-American Kira Sims (Dale City, Va. - Gar-Field), the UA and Mid-American Conference record holder in the pole vault (13' 9 1/4" - 4.20m), failed to clear a height in the women's first flight.

The Zips will be back in action next weekend, heading to Ypsilanti, Mich., to compete in the EMU Invitational.

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Aggie Pole Vault Crew Opens 2004 with Strong Effort at Pole Vault Summit

RENO, Nev.- Texas A&M’s pole vault crew had a strong season-opening performance at the National Pole Vault Summit on Saturday in the ballroom of the Reno Hilton.

Leading the way for the Aggie men was junior Justin Sutton (Dimmitt, Texas / Dimmitt HS), who opened 2004 with a clearance of 16-6.75. Also shining for the Aggies were the Bulick brothers – Allen and Daniel (Kingwood, Texas / Kingwood HS), who both cleared 15-9. Rounding out the men’s competitors, junior Todd Reinders (Irving, Texas / Irving HS) and true freshman Dusty Williams (Comanche, Texas / Comanche HS) vaulted 15-1.

The women’s vault crew was led by true freshman Jennifer Matthews (Luling, Texas / Luling HS), who opened her A&M career with a clearance of 11-11.75. The mark makes Matthews the No. 2-ranked pole vaulter in school history behind two-time Big 12 Champion and current volunteer assistant coach Erica (Boren) Bartilina. Matthews is the younger sister of current A&M All-Big 12 performers Jason and Jarrad Matthews.

Also clearing a bar for the first time as an Aggie was junior Kindall Carleton (Wildwood, Mo. / Lafayette HS), who posted a mark of 10-4.

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Cougars' quartet shines at track meet

Tuesday, January 13, 2004

- Merced Sun-Star

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RENO, NEVADA - Four Golden Valley High School pole vaulters had a good showing at the Pole Vault Summitt Saturday.

The Cougars’ Tiffany Gregory and Lehua Rodrguez cleared the bar for the first time in their careers. Both sophomores, Gregory cleared 5 feet to place 12th in the Beginning Division. Rodriguez finished in fifth place in the same division with a vault of 6 feet.

In the High School Girls Division Cammy Wilkerson, junior, finished in 12th place with a leap of 8 feet, 6 inches and Marisa Brooks placed sixth with a jump of 7-4.

Former Golden Valley standout and UCLA sophomore Mike Landers finished third in the Open Division with a vault of 16-10.

“The important thing for us was not so much the competition, but it was the education deal,â€Â

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College: MAC honors Zips pole vaulter

• Akron sophomore John Russell tied for first in the first of nine college flights at the National Pole Vault Summit in Reno, Nev., last weekend and was named the first Mid-American Conference Track Athlete of the Week. His best effort was 17 feet, 4 ¾ inches.

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UA's John Russell Named First MAC Track Athlete Of The Week For 2004

Performance at National Pole Vault Summit nets honor




Jan. 12, 2004

CLEVELAND - Akron sophomore pole vaulter John Russell (Glendale, Ohio - Princeton) was named the first Mid-American Conference Track Athlete of the Week for the 2004 season, the conference office announced today. It is the first weekly MAC honor for Russell.

UA's sophomore All-American was the top Zips' finisher at this past weekends National Pole Vault Summit in Reno, Nev. Russell tied for for first place in the first of nine collegiate men's flights. His best effort of 17' 4 3/4" (5.30m) tied him with Paul Gensic from the Air Force Academy for the top spot in flight one. The summit brought together some of the best pole vaulters from the collegiate and world ranks for the largest vaulting competition in the world.

The Zips will be back in action this weekend, heading to Ypsilanti, Mich., to compete in the EMU Invitational.

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Freshman Rewrites Pole Vault Record in First Meet

Freshman Jenny Green took no time to set a new standard for the Nebraska women’s pole vaulters. The Grand Island, Neb., native cleared a height of 13-9 1/4 at the 2004 Pole Vault Summit last weekend in Reno, Nev., to become Nebraska’s first NCAA automatic qualifier.

The mark crushed junior Christi Lehman’s previous record by five and one half inches set at the NCAA Indoor Championships in 2003. Green won the college women’s division of the Summit competition and her mark would have finished fifth at the 2003 NCAA Indoor Championships. Three of the four athletes that set a mark better than Green’s at the national meet were seniors last year.

Sophomore transfer Jessi Graff took runner-up in the women’s collegiate division to Green, clearing 13-1 3/4 in her first meet as a Husker. Graff competed for Georgia Tech as a freshman, where she cleared a career-best 13-2 1/2 on March 1, 2003. Graff’s mark provisionally qualified for the NCAA Indoor meet.

Lehman and Alissa Koerner cleared 12-9 1/2, while Stephanie Teeple cleared 12-3 1/2.

On the men’s side, another freshman from Grand Island set the men’s standard to open the season. Gable Baldwin cleared a personal-best 16-10 3/4 to take second place in the second division of the college men’s competition.

Senior Brad Teeple took eighth place in the first collegiate division, clearing 16-4 3/4. Nic Petersen tied his career-best leap of 16-0 3/4.

 

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Area athletes attend Reno pole vault event


Kyle Inks, Krista Bayers, Josh Linker, A.L. Barnett and pole vault coach Derek Oliver are shown on site at the 2004 Pole Vault Summit at the Reno Hilton Hotel. Photo courtesy of Brenda Bayers

Five athletes from Bret Harte and Calaveras high schools traveled to Reno last weekend to take part in the 2004 Pole Vault Summit.

Krista Bayers and Will Tunquist of Calaveras, and Kyle Inks, Josh Linker and A.L. Barnett of Bret Harte, accompanied by Derek Oliver, Friday took part in clinics and heard lectures by leading coaches, athletic directors and others respected in the field. Oliver coaches vaulters for both schools.

Saturday, Bayers, Tunquist, Inks, Linker and Barnett were among those from all over the country who took part in more than 62 indoor competitions, with divisions for men and women at all levels from beginner through masters.

For more of this story, see Friday's print edition of the Calaveras Enterprise.

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Published Friday, January 16, 2004


Green vaulting to new heights

Former GICC standout sets conference record


Last modified at 11:50 p.m. on Thursday, January 15, 2004

By Bob Hamar
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Jenny Green had a rather modest goal for her first track season at the college level.

Green, a Grand Island Central Catholic graduate who won four straight all-class gold medals in the pole vault, had set a goal of 13 feet, 6 inches for her Nebraska debut.

It didn't take her long to surpass that mark. Last weekend, in her first college competition, Green cleared 13-9 1/4 to win the college women's division at the 2004 Pole Vault Summit in Reno, Nev.

That performance shattered the Nebraska indoor school record and is also a Big 12 Conference indoor record.

"I was telling myself that 13 feet would be a good starting point for the season," Green said. "I sat down with my coach before the season and said my goal would be 13-6 for indoors and 14 feet for outdoors. I'll have to reset those now."

If Green reaches the 14-foot mark in either the indoor our outdoor season, she will likely travel to Sacramento, Calif., for the Olympic Trials in July. Fourteen feet is the provisional qualifying height for the women's pole vault.

Green -- who holds the all-time state high school record at 13-3 -- said it wouldn't automatically put her in, but any athlete who clears 14 feet will probably qualify.

Nebraska vaulting coach Rick Attig said he was very happy, but not that surprised, with Green's performance.

"She has really made some great technical improvements in certain parts of her jump," Attig said.

Attig said there's one area where Green needs no more improvement: Strength.

At some point this past summer, Green suffered a stress fracture in her foot. It wasn't discovered until just after the fall semester began.

Green was unable to vault for about six weeks, but she was able to do upper body weight lifting during that period.

Green lifted so much that she got to the point where she could bench press 222 pounds. That's when her coaches told her enough is enough.

Attig said a lift like that from a vaulter was "kind of mind boggling," and that most female throwers can't lift that much.

"We're getting a new weight room. We're not going to give her directions to the weight room," Attig joked. "There's certain things you look for in a vaulter. She's definitely over qualified in the area of strength. She actually has more strength than you use in the vault.

"We'll kind of focus on some different areas. She'll definitely continue lifting, but getting stronger at this point won't help her much."

The Pole Vault Summit offers vaulters at all levels an opportunity to learn more about their event. There were several featured speakers on Friday, followed by the elite competition Friday night.

Women's world record holder Stacy Dragila won the women's competition, and even attempted to set another world record.

"She just missed it," Green said. "It was pretty motivating to watch Friday and then compete the next day."

Green isn't the only former GICC vaulter at Nebraska. Gable Baldwin, who like Green is a freshman with the Huskers, cleared a personal indoor best of 16-10 3/4 at the Pole Vault Summit to take second in the second division of the college men's competition.

"Gabe is one of those guys who seems to technically gets better each time," Attig said. "He started putting things together right at the end of the season last year. He's continued to improve while he's been here."

Baldwin, who set the all-time state high school record of 16-4 last spring, cleared 17- 3/4 last summer at the USA Track and Field National Championships. Attig said he thought Baldwin, who set the Nebraska high school all-time state record last spring, might end up in the mid 17's last weekend.

"But once he got to the next height, he pressed a little bit and had a couple of jumps where his run wasn't quite what he needed," Attig said. "His last run came up a little bit short. He might have been a good foot over the bar.

"He's definitely ready to get some good heights in.''