MPV - NCAA West Region Results

[achtungpv]

First, the big news...NCAA leader and U20 national record holder Andrew Irwin didn't qualify. His jumps, quite honestly, looked sloppy. It looked like he was trying just enough to qualify and wasn't finishing his jumps. When he unexpectedly missed twice at 5.35, he then had to finish a vault but had the standards too far back and fell on the bar. You could probably chalk it up to being a freshman. They're all knuckleheads.

Whitt appears to be back. He looks to be the fastest he's ever been on the runway. He is in 5.70 shape right now.

Cunningham, Juilfs, and Woepse have some technical issues to clean up and they'll be over 5.60 without much effort.

Those 4 were really quite a bit ahead of the rest of the qualifiers.

I'm still amazed at how many guys can line up and clear a 5.50 bungee clean but put a bar at 5.25 and they freak out and forget how to vault. I could name a half dozen from today but I won't.


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Progression: 4.95 - 5.10 - 5.25 - 5.35 -5.40 -then 5cm
Random draw for pit and order. Simultaneous bar raise
5-alive until fewer than 9 at a given height
Advance top 12 overall placers to Drake. Jump off # 12
American: A 6.04m 6/8/2008 Brad Walker, Nike
College Best: C 5.98m 5/25/1996 Lawrence Johnson, Tennessee
NCAA Meet: M 5.82m 5/29/1996 Lawrence Johnson, Tennessee
Name Year School Prelims
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Preliminaries
1 Jack Whitt JR Oral Roberts 5.40mq 17-08.50
4.95 5.10 5.25 5.35 5.40
PPP PPP XO XO O
1 Michael Woepse SO UCLA 5.40mq 17-08.50
4.95 5.10 5.25 5.35 5.40
O O O XXO O
1 JJ Juilfs FR Washington 5.40mq 17-08.50
4.95 5.10 5.25 5.35 5.40
O O O O O
1 Logan Cunningham JR Texas State 5.40mq 17-08.50
4.95 5.10 5.25 5.35 5.40
PPP O O O XO
1 Daniel Gooris JR Northern Iowa 5.40mq 17-08.50
4.95 5.10 5.25 5.35 5.40
PPP O XO XO XO
1 Michael Viken SO Eastern Illinois 5.40mq 17-08.50
4.95 5.10 5.25 5.35 5.40
O O O XXO XO
7 Ethan Ostrom JR UC Davis 5.35mq 17-06.50
4.95 5.10 5.25 5.35 5.40
O XO O XO XXX
7 Kyal Meyers SO Texas Tech 5.35mq 17-06.50
4.95 5.10 5.25 5.35 5.40
PPP PPP O O XXX
7 Joey Uhle FR Air Force 5.35mq 17-06.50
4.95 5.10 5.25 5.35 5.40
PPP O XXO XXO XXX
7 Kyle Wait SO Kansas State 5.35mq 17-06.50
4.95 5.10 5.25 5.35 5.40
O O XXO O XXX
7 Cody Doerflein SR Southern Illinois 5.35mq 17-06.50
4.95 5.10 5.25 5.35 5.40
XO O O O XXX
7 Cale Simmons JR Air Force 5.35mq 17-06.50
4.95 5.10 5.25 5.35 5.40
PPP PPP PPP O XXX
7 John Prader JR Cal Poly 5.35mq 17-06.50
4.95 5.10 5.25 5.35 5.40
PPP O O O XXX
7 Derick Hinch SO Arizona State 5.35mq 17-06.50
4.95 5.10 5.25 5.35 5.40
PPP PPP XO XO XXX
15 Maston Wallace SR Texas 5.25m 17-02.75
4.95 5.10 5.25 5.35
PPP XO O XXX
15 Mickey DeFilippo SR Wisconsin 5.25m 17-02.75
4.95 5.10 5.25 5.35
O XO XO XXX
15 Japheth Cato SO Wisconsin 5.25m 17-02.75
4.95 5.10 5.25 5.35
PPP O XO XXX
15 Mark Thomas SO Texas 5.25m 17-02.75
4.95 5.10 5.25 5.35
O O XO XXX
15 Jeff Rodriguez JR Texas-Arlington 5.25m 17-02.75
4.95 5.10 5.25 5.35
PPP XO XO XXX
15 Andrew Irwin FR Arkansas 5.25m 17-02.75
4.95 5.10 5.25 5.35
PPP PPP O XXX
15 Sam Kranz SR Northern Iowa 5.25m 17-02.75
4.95 5.10 5.25 5.35
PPP O O XXX
15 Victor Weirich JR BYU 5.25m 17-02.75
4.95 5.10 5.25 5.35
PPP PPP XXO XXX
23 Kyle Ballew SO South Dakota 5.10m 16-08.75
4.95 5.10 5.25
O O XXX
23 Taylor Reed JR UTSA 5.10m 16-08.75
4.95 5.10 5.25
O XO XXX
23 Michael Peterson JR UC Davis 5.10m 16-08.75
4.95 5.10 5.25
XXO XXO XXX
23 Kyle Tomasini JR UTSA 5.10m 16-08.75
4.95 5.10 5.25
O O XXX
23 Hayden Clark SO Texas 5.10m 16-08.75
4.95 5.10 5.25
O O XXX
23 Casey Wicker SO Texas 5.10m 16-08.75
4.95 5.10 5.25
O O XXX
23 Kyle Inks SR Cal Poly 5.10m 16-08.75
4.95 5.10 5.25
O O XXX
23 Ethan Sandusky SO Arkansas State 5.10m 16-08.75
4.95 5.10 5.25
O XO XXX
23 Tyler Wallace SR Long Beach St. 5.10m 16-08.75
4.95 5.10 5.25
XO O XXX
23 Matthew Bane SO Illinois 5.10m 16-08.75
4.95 5.10 5.25
XXO O XXX
23 Alex Bishop JR Kansas 5.10m 16-08.75
4.95 5.10 5.25
XO O XXX
23 Logan Pflibsen SO New Mexico 5.10m 16-08.75
4.95 5.10 5.25
XO XO XXX
23 Nate Polacek SR Nebraska 5.10m 16-08.75
4.95 5.10 5.25
PPP O XXX
23 Ryan Oakes SR Sam Houston St. 5.10m 16-08.75
4.95 5.10 5.25
XO XXO XXX
23 Chase Cooper JR Air Force 5.10m 16-08.75
4.95 5.10 5.25
PPP XO XXX
38 Robby Fegles SR Washington 4.95m 16-02.75
4.95 5.10
O XXX
38 Casey Bowen SO Kansas 4.95m 16-02.75
4.95 5.10
XXO XXX
38 Greg Lupton FR Kansas 4.95m 16-02.75
4.95 5.10
O XXX
38 Jake Baertlein JR Washington St. 4.95m 16-02.75
4.95 5.10
XO XXX
38 Brayden Bringhurst SO BYU 4.95m 16-02.75
4.95 5.10
XXO XXX
-- Kevin Lazas SO Arkansas NH
4.95
XXX
-- Michael Ziegler SR Illinois State NH
4.95
XXX
-- Jeremy Doddridge SO Texas Tech NH
4.95
XXX
-- Joe Noonan SR Eastern Illinois NH
4.95
XXX
-- Jack Szmanda JR Minnesota DNS
4.95
DNS
-- Michael Mahnke JR Houston DNS
4.95
DNS



Event 14 Men Pole Vault
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Progression: 4.95 - 5.10 - 5.25 - 5.35 -5.40 -then 5cm
Random draw for pit and order. Simultaneous bar raise
5-alive until fewer than 9 at a given height
Advance top 12 overall placers to Drake. Jump off # 12
American: A 6.04m 6/8/2008 Brad Walker, Nike
College Best: C 5.98m 5/25/1996 Lawrence Johnson, Tennessee
NCAA Meet: M 5.82m 5/29/1996 Lawrence Johnson, Tennessee
Name Year School Prelims
==========================================================================
Flight 1 Preliminaries
1 Michael Viken SO Eastern Illinois 5.40mq 17-08.50
4.95 5.10 5.25 5.35 5.40
O O O XXO XO
2 Kyle Wait SO Kansas State 5.35mq 17-06.50
4.95 5.10 5.25 5.35 5.40
O O XXO O XXX
2 Derick Hinch SO Arizona State 5.35mq 17-06.50
4.95 5.10 5.25 5.35 5.40
PPP PPP XO XO XXX
2 John Prader JR Cal Poly 5.35mq 17-06.50
4.95 5.10 5.25 5.35 5.40
PPP O O O XXX
2 Joey Uhle FR Air Force 5.35mq 17-06.50
4.95 5.10 5.25 5.35 5.40
PPP O XXO XXO XXX
2 Cale Simmons JR Air Force 5.35mq 17-06.50
4.95 5.10 5.25 5.35 5.40
PPP PPP PPP O XXX
7 Victor Weirich JR BYU 5.25m 17-02.75
4.95 5.10 5.25 5.35
PPP PPP XXO XXX
7 Andrew Irwin FR Arkansas 5.25m 17-02.75
4.95 5.10 5.25 5.35
PPP PPP O XXX
9 Alex Bishop JR Kansas 5.10m 16-08.75
4.95 5.10 5.25
XO O XXX
9 Matthew Bane SO Illinois 5.10m 16-08.75
4.95 5.10 5.25
XXO O XXX
9 Nate Polacek SR Nebraska 5.10m 16-08.75
4.95 5.10 5.25
PPP O XXX
9 Logan Pflibsen SO New Mexico 5.10m 16-08.75
4.95 5.10 5.25
XO XO XXX
9 Tyler Wallace SR Long Beach St. 5.10m 16-08.75
4.95 5.10 5.25
XO O XXX
9 Ethan Sandusky SO Arkansas State 5.10m 16-08.75
4.95 5.10 5.25
O XO XXX
9 Kyle Inks SR Cal Poly 5.10m 16-08.75
4.95 5.10 5.25
O O XXX
9 Chase Cooper JR Air Force 5.10m 16-08.75
4.95 5.10 5.25
PPP XO XXX
17 Greg Lupton FR Kansas 4.95m 16-02.75
4.95 5.10
O XXX
17 Brayden Bringhurst SO BYU 4.95m 16-02.75
4.95 5.10
XXO XXX
17 Casey Bowen SO Kansas 4.95m 16-02.75
4.95 5.10
XXO XXX
-- Joe Noonan SR Eastern Illinois NH
4.95
XXX
-- Kevin Lazas SO Arkansas NH
4.95
XXX
-- Michael Ziegler SR Illinois State NH
4.95
XXX
-- Michael Mahnke JR Houston DNS
4.95
DNS
-- Jack Szmanda JR Minnesota DNS
4.95
DNS
Flight 2 Preliminaries
1 Logan Cunningham JR Texas State 5.40mq 17-08.50
4.95 5.10 5.25 5.35 5.40
PPP O O O XO
1 JJ Juilfs FR Washington 5.40mq 17-08.50
4.95 5.10 5.25 5.35 5.40
O O O O O
1 Michael Woepse SO UCLA 5.40mq 17-08.50
4.95 5.10 5.25 5.35 5.40
O O O XXO O
1 Jack Whitt JR Oral Roberts 5.40mq 17-08.50
4.95 5.10 5.25 5.35 5.40
PPP PPP XO XO O
1 Daniel Gooris JR Northern Iowa 5.40mq 17-08.50
4.95 5.10 5.25 5.35 5.40
PPP O XO XO XO
6 Kyal Meyers SO Texas Tech 5.35mq 17-06.50
4.95 5.10 5.25 5.35 5.40
PPP PPP O O XXX
6 Ethan Ostrom JR UC Davis 5.35mq 17-06.50
4.95 5.10 5.25 5.35 5.40
O XO O XO XXX
6 Cody Doerflein SR Southern Illinois 5.35mq 17-06.50
4.95 5.10 5.25 5.35 5.40
XO O O O XXX
9 Jeff Rodriguez JR Texas-Arlington 5.25m 17-02.75
4.95 5.10 5.25 5.35
PPP XO XO XXX
9 Sam Kranz SR Northern Iowa 5.25m 17-02.75
4.95 5.10 5.25 5.35
PPP O O XXX
9 Japheth Cato SO Wisconsin 5.25m 17-02.75
4.95 5.10 5.25 5.35
PPP O XO XXX
9 Mickey DeFilippo SR Wisconsin 5.25m 17-02.75
4.95 5.10 5.25 5.35
O XO XO XXX
9 Maston Wallace SR Texas 5.25m 17-02.75
4.95 5.10 5.25 5.35
PPP XO O XXX
9 Mark Thomas SO Texas 5.25m 17-02.75
4.95 5.10 5.25 5.35
O O XO XXX
15 Kyle Tomasini JR UTSA 5.10m 16-08.75
4.95 5.10 5.25
O O XXX
15 Taylor Reed JR UTSA 5.10m 16-08.75
4.95 5.10 5.25
O XO XXX
15 Kyle Ballew SO South Dakota 5.10m 16-08.75
4.95 5.10 5.25
O O XXX
15 Casey Wicker SO Texas 5.10m 16-08.75
4.95 5.10 5.25
O O XXX
15 Hayden Clark SO Texas 5.10m 16-08.75
4.95 5.10 5.25
O O XXX
15 Michael Peterson JR UC Davis 5.10m 16-08.75
4.95 5.10 5.25
XXO XXO XXX
15 Ryan Oakes SR Sam Houston St. 5.10m 16-08.75
4.95 5.10 5.25
XO XXO XXX
22 Jake Baertlein JR Washington St. 4.95m 16-02.75
4.95 5.10
XO XXX
22 Robby Fegles SR Washington 4.95m 16-02.75
4.95 5.10
O XXX
-- Jeremy Doddridge SO Texas Tech NH
4.95
XXX

[CowtownPV]

I'm still amazed at how many guys can line up and clear a 5.50 bungee clean but put a bar at 5.25 and they freak out and forget how to vault. I could name a half dozen from today but I won't.

There are a bunch of jumpers out there that can do it when there is no pressure but turn up the heat a little and its amazing what happens. You see it at every level. I like the guys that look like crap in warm up but smoke it during the meet.

[AVC Coach]

First, the big news...NCAA leader and U20 national record holder Andrew Irwin didn't qualify. His jumps, quite honestly, looked sloppy. It looked like he was trying just enough to qualify and wasn't finishing his jumps. When he unexpectedly missed twice at 5.35, he then had to finish a vault but had the standards too far back and fell on the bar. You could probably chalk it up to being a freshman. They're all knuckleheads.

I'm sad that Andrew didn't make it through. He had an off day and didn't make the bars he needed so he could keep playing the game. I don't know if you've ever met Andrew, Achtungpv, or spent time with him while he's training, but I can assure you that he was giving it all he had. I hate it for him and his team.

Good luck to the 24 that did make it through!

[rainbowgirl28]

It's not the end of the world for Irwin, he should have many good college years ahead of him, and in the immediate future, he is one of only 4 guys with the A standard, and only 3 of them will make the team, so unless a bunch of guys whip out a 5.72 in the next few weeks, he has a VERY good shot at making the Olympic team.

Obviously the PV is not like the deca or 10k, and it's generally not a big deal to compete often, but now he and his coach can 100% focus on getting ready for the Olympic Trials and the hopefully the Olympics. If nothing else, it can be emotionally draining to have so many big meets so close together.

*positive spin*