Danelle's video is posted on www.hipathletic.com jumping 13'0"
Congrats to Danielle O’Reilly on a new NJ Indoor record.
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DANELLE does it again
DANELLE does it again
13'5 today Monday 6:00 PM at the NY Armory the INDOOR National Record.
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13'5 today Monday 6:00 PM at the NY Armory the INDOOR National Record.
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jhesch wrote:isnt the national high school record 13' 8" by Shayla Balentine? (met her last summer) if so, shes not far off! this girl danielle is in high school.....correct?
Kira Costa set both the Indoor (13' 4.5") and Outdoor (13' 8.5") National High School Records last year. Shayla had the Outdoor HS Record at 13' 8" prior to Kira.
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Congratulations Danielle 
Here's a nice article that came out Saturday, before the meet. It looks like the meet was the Varsity Classic at the Armory.
http://www.philly.com/mld/philly/sports ... 897810.htm
Posted on Sat, Feb. 07, 2004
She's a pole apart in the vault
Shawnee's Danielle O'Reilly has the state mark and is aiming higher.
By Josh Egerman
Inquirer Suburban Staff
In class, her eyes drift to the ceiling. Eight feet high. I can clear that easily, she says to herself.
On a playground, she walks past a basketball rim. Ten feet. Piece of cake, she thinks.
Driving on the highway, she sees the road sign and the thought is a little different.
"The bridges, where it says 13-6 clearance. It's 'I know someone who can do that,' " Shawnee senior Danielle O'Reilly said.
That someone has always been a boy. By Monday night, that someone could also be her.
On Jan. 29, she cleared 13 feet for the first time, breaking her own state record and matching the best vault in the nation this season by a high school girl. Monday at the Varsity Classic at the Armory in Manhattan, she hopes to move the bar to 13-5, a half-inch higher than the national high school indoor record set last year by Kira Costa of Fresno, Calif.
"I want to go for the national record, 13-41/2. That's the next goal, and after that there will be more goals," O'Reilly, 18, said. "It depends on how I feel in practice and how comfortable I get on the pole, but I think I can do it."
That O'Reilly is in a position to set national records less than three years after taking up the sport is a testament to both her talents and the event's relative infancy as a sport for girls.
The National Federation of High School Associations started tracking the national record for girls' pole vault in 1995. According to an NFHS survey, 25 states recognized the event in 1999. In the 2004 survey, that number grew to 38 states.
The New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association had the event at the state championships for the first time in spring 2001, O'Reilly's freshman year, but it wasn't divided by group and it didn't count toward team scoring. The following spring, it was divided by groups, but still didn't score. Last year, it was a full-fledged event for the first time. Although there are several meets during the indoor season where pole vault is contested, the event is not part of the indoor state championship meet, for girls or boys.
"Now that it's counting, it'll be a real event in high school just like it is for the boys," O'Reilly said. "Girls are going to know it's available to them. I don't think they really know yet."
But, they're starting to get the word, and that is, in part, due to O'Reilly's success and the attention she has received.
Shawnee had a spring track meeting last week and three girls told her they want to give it a try.
"A girl came up to me and was like, 'Are you the one that pole vaults? I'm going to do it, too,' " O'Reilly said. "She's like a little sophomore and she's going to come out and do it and there are two other freshmen who are going to try."
When O'Reilly began, she had to be recruited by Mike Yurcho, a track assistant who coaches the pole vault. He went to the school's gymnastics coach looking for a pole vaulter or two and found O'Reilly, who was planning on running for the track team.
"I'd seen it on TV, but I never really paid attention to it," O'Reilly said. "I didn't know anything about it. I don't know if I even knew girls did it."
She found the sport awkward at first, but after a couple of months, she had gone over 10 feet. She was frustrated staying at that height all season, but was hooked on the sport.
As a sophomore, she cleared 12-6. Her growth was stymied last year by a bout with mononucleosis, but by the summer, she was back up to 12-6.
She began training at High Performance Athletic Company, an indoor facility in Mount Laurel, when it opened last Feb. 28. Now coached by her father, Danny, she trains there twice a week, being pushed by a few of the boys and pulling along the girls.
"I saw Danielle go high and I was like, 'Whoa, we [girls] can really do this,' " said Samantha Adams of Mickleton (Gloucester County), a senior at Padua Academy in Delaware, where she holds the state record of 9-9.
The boys, too, have taken note of O'Reilly's heights.
"It's really impressive to see her do it," said Vineland senior John Gage, who cleared 14-0 last spring, but has been slowed by injuries this season. "She's always been one of the best in Jersey and this year she's just taking off."
When Gage said one of the best in the state, he was referring to girls. But this year, she's simply been one of best, regardless of gender. In South Jersey, only three boys have cleared 13-0 at a meet this season.
She sees the boys as competition at practice, but she is waiting to be pushed in a meet.
"When you get to the good meets where the good vaulters are, that's the competition," said O'Reilly, who has made official college visits to North Carolina, Villanova and Buffalo. "I'm looking forward to Monday. There'll be good people there. Monday's a good opportunity and if it (setting the national record) doesn't happen, then I'll just try again."
If she gets the record, it will be just another mark. Just because she might be the best high school girls' pole vaulter in the nation - ever - is no reason to get an inflated ego, she said.
"I don't even think of it as a big thing. It's just normal. Everyone says, 'She's so nonchalant about it.' But I don't want to be cocky about it," she said. "That's just how I am. I just keep working. That's how I keep going higher."
Here's a nice article that came out Saturday, before the meet. It looks like the meet was the Varsity Classic at the Armory.
http://www.philly.com/mld/philly/sports ... 897810.htm
Posted on Sat, Feb. 07, 2004
She's a pole apart in the vault
Shawnee's Danielle O'Reilly has the state mark and is aiming higher.
By Josh Egerman
Inquirer Suburban Staff
In class, her eyes drift to the ceiling. Eight feet high. I can clear that easily, she says to herself.
On a playground, she walks past a basketball rim. Ten feet. Piece of cake, she thinks.
Driving on the highway, she sees the road sign and the thought is a little different.
"The bridges, where it says 13-6 clearance. It's 'I know someone who can do that,' " Shawnee senior Danielle O'Reilly said.
That someone has always been a boy. By Monday night, that someone could also be her.
On Jan. 29, she cleared 13 feet for the first time, breaking her own state record and matching the best vault in the nation this season by a high school girl. Monday at the Varsity Classic at the Armory in Manhattan, she hopes to move the bar to 13-5, a half-inch higher than the national high school indoor record set last year by Kira Costa of Fresno, Calif.
"I want to go for the national record, 13-41/2. That's the next goal, and after that there will be more goals," O'Reilly, 18, said. "It depends on how I feel in practice and how comfortable I get on the pole, but I think I can do it."
That O'Reilly is in a position to set national records less than three years after taking up the sport is a testament to both her talents and the event's relative infancy as a sport for girls.
The National Federation of High School Associations started tracking the national record for girls' pole vault in 1995. According to an NFHS survey, 25 states recognized the event in 1999. In the 2004 survey, that number grew to 38 states.
The New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association had the event at the state championships for the first time in spring 2001, O'Reilly's freshman year, but it wasn't divided by group and it didn't count toward team scoring. The following spring, it was divided by groups, but still didn't score. Last year, it was a full-fledged event for the first time. Although there are several meets during the indoor season where pole vault is contested, the event is not part of the indoor state championship meet, for girls or boys.
"Now that it's counting, it'll be a real event in high school just like it is for the boys," O'Reilly said. "Girls are going to know it's available to them. I don't think they really know yet."
But, they're starting to get the word, and that is, in part, due to O'Reilly's success and the attention she has received.
Shawnee had a spring track meeting last week and three girls told her they want to give it a try.
"A girl came up to me and was like, 'Are you the one that pole vaults? I'm going to do it, too,' " O'Reilly said. "She's like a little sophomore and she's going to come out and do it and there are two other freshmen who are going to try."
When O'Reilly began, she had to be recruited by Mike Yurcho, a track assistant who coaches the pole vault. He went to the school's gymnastics coach looking for a pole vaulter or two and found O'Reilly, who was planning on running for the track team.
"I'd seen it on TV, but I never really paid attention to it," O'Reilly said. "I didn't know anything about it. I don't know if I even knew girls did it."
She found the sport awkward at first, but after a couple of months, she had gone over 10 feet. She was frustrated staying at that height all season, but was hooked on the sport.
As a sophomore, she cleared 12-6. Her growth was stymied last year by a bout with mononucleosis, but by the summer, she was back up to 12-6.
She began training at High Performance Athletic Company, an indoor facility in Mount Laurel, when it opened last Feb. 28. Now coached by her father, Danny, she trains there twice a week, being pushed by a few of the boys and pulling along the girls.
"I saw Danielle go high and I was like, 'Whoa, we [girls] can really do this,' " said Samantha Adams of Mickleton (Gloucester County), a senior at Padua Academy in Delaware, where she holds the state record of 9-9.
The boys, too, have taken note of O'Reilly's heights.
"It's really impressive to see her do it," said Vineland senior John Gage, who cleared 14-0 last spring, but has been slowed by injuries this season. "She's always been one of the best in Jersey and this year she's just taking off."
When Gage said one of the best in the state, he was referring to girls. But this year, she's simply been one of best, regardless of gender. In South Jersey, only three boys have cleared 13-0 at a meet this season.
She sees the boys as competition at practice, but she is waiting to be pushed in a meet.
"When you get to the good meets where the good vaulters are, that's the competition," said O'Reilly, who has made official college visits to North Carolina, Villanova and Buffalo. "I'm looking forward to Monday. There'll be good people there. Monday's a good opportunity and if it (setting the national record) doesn't happen, then I'll just try again."
If she gets the record, it will be just another mark. Just because she might be the best high school girls' pole vaulter in the nation - ever - is no reason to get an inflated ego, she said.
"I don't even think of it as a big thing. It's just normal. Everyone says, 'She's so nonchalant about it.' But I don't want to be cocky about it," she said. "That's just how I am. I just keep working. That's how I keep going higher."
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Shawnee's O'Reilly sets national pole vault mark
Tuesday, February 10, 2004
Courier-Post staff
Danielle O'Reilly, a senior pole vaulter from Shawnee High School, broke the national indoor record in the Varsity Classic at the New York Armory Track and Field Center in New York.
O'Reilly jumped 13 feet, 5 inches, passing the previous record of 13-4 1/2 set by Kira Costa from San Joaquin Memorial High School in Fresno, Calif.
"It feels awesome," O'Reilly said of breaking the record. "I'm going to try and go even higher."
"We're very excited and ecstatic that she was able to break the record in this facility," said Daniel O'Reilly, the Shawnee track coach and Danielle's father.
Shawnee's O'Reilly sets national pole vault mark
Tuesday, February 10, 2004
Courier-Post staff
Danielle O'Reilly, a senior pole vaulter from Shawnee High School, broke the national indoor record in the Varsity Classic at the New York Armory Track and Field Center in New York.
O'Reilly jumped 13 feet, 5 inches, passing the previous record of 13-4 1/2 set by Kira Costa from San Joaquin Memorial High School in Fresno, Calif.
"It feels awesome," O'Reilly said of breaking the record. "I'm going to try and go even higher."
"We're very excited and ecstatic that she was able to break the record in this facility," said Daniel O'Reilly, the Shawnee track coach and Danielle's father.
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Sports in Brief | Medford girl sets vault mark
Compiled By The Inquirer Staff
Danielle O'Reilly, a senior from Shawnee High in Medford, Burlington County, set a national indoor high school record in the girls' pole vault last night by clearing 13 feet, 5 inches.
That broke the old mark of 13-41/2, set last year by Kira Costa of Fresno, Calif.
O'Reilly, who took up the pole vault as a freshman, broke the record in the Varsity Classic at the Armory in New York. She topped her previous best indoor mark of 13 feet, set Jan. 29.
Sports in Brief | Medford girl sets vault mark
Compiled By The Inquirer Staff
Danielle O'Reilly, a senior from Shawnee High in Medford, Burlington County, set a national indoor high school record in the girls' pole vault last night by clearing 13 feet, 5 inches.
That broke the old mark of 13-41/2, set last year by Kira Costa of Fresno, Calif.
O'Reilly, who took up the pole vault as a freshman, broke the record in the Varsity Classic at the Armory in New York. She topped her previous best indoor mark of 13 feet, set Jan. 29.
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rainbowgirl28 wrote:When O'Reilly began, she had to be recruited by Mike Yurcho, a track assistant who coaches the pole vault. He went to the school's gymnastics coach looking for a pole vaulter or two and found O'Reilly, who was planning on running for the track team.
Was she recruited by the same Mike Yurcho that goes to Tennessee and plays the bagpipes at Jan Johnson's?
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O'Reilly sets national record
By REUBEN FRANK
Burlington County Times
Danielle O'Reilly realized a couple weeks ago that the national indoor pole vault record was within reach.
"When I cleared 13 feet, I thought, 'Wow, that's really high,' '' O'Reilly said last night. "That's when I thought, 'Maybe I have a shot at the national record.' "
O'Reilly, a senior at Shawnee High School, was right.
Yesterday, while a raucous crowd at Manhattan's 168th Street Armory clapped rhythmically in support, O'Reilly broke the national high school girls indoor pole vault record with a clearance of 13 feet, five inches.
Competing in the Ridgewood Varsity Classic, O'Reilly broke the mark of 13-4 1/2, set by Kira Costa of San Joaquin Memorial High School in Fresno, Calif. Costa set the mark in the high school division of the Los Angeles Invitational at the Sports Arena on Feb. 15, 2003.
"I've felt really good the last couple weeks," O'Reilly said. "I got a new pole and it's really getting me up there. I feel a lot stronger than last year. It's a combination of speed, running and experience."
O'Reilly had a personal best of 12-11/2 entering this year. She improved to 13 feet in a meet at HIP Athletics in Mount Laurel on Jan. 29.
Yesterday, she cleared 11 feet on her first try, 12-0 on her second, 13-0 on her first and 13-5 on her second. She took three tries at 13-6, nearly clearing the second.
"It was really incredible," O'Reilly said. "Everybody was cheering and going crazy. It's amazing. It's awesome."
Only five boys in county history have cleared 13-5 or better indoors. O'Reilly is only seven inches from the Burlington County boys indoor record of 14-0, set in 1999 by Shawnee's Mike Yurcho, now competing for the University of Tennessee.
O'Reilly was the 2003 outdoor New Jersey Meet of Champions winner but went only 11-6 last spring after contracting mononucleosis. She now ranks fifth on the overall all-time high school list, including outdoor performances. Costa holds the national outdoor mark of 13-81/2.
O'Reilly is ranked 16th this year among U.S. women, 56th in the world and among the top 50 all-time U.S. women. She's ranked fourth among world juniors (under 20) and second among American juniors, behind University of Nebraska freshman Jennifer Green, who cleared 13-7 at the Reno Pole Vault Summit on Jan. 10.
"I never really focus on the height," O'Reilly said. "I just approach every jump like just another jump. You can't let yourself be intimidated by the height. Just relax, think about your technique, and go for it."
O'Reilly's record breaker came yesterday with her new Essex 158-pound pole, which she was holding at 12-10.
Four more inches gets her the overall national record. Seven more inches gets her an Olympic Trials provisional qualifier.
She's added 151/2 inches to her PR in the last three weeks, so who knows?
"I never think in terms of, 'How high can I go?' '' O'Reilly said. "There's no limit. You can't tell yourself a certain height is your limit. I just keep going."
O'Reilly sets national record
By REUBEN FRANK
Burlington County Times
Danielle O'Reilly realized a couple weeks ago that the national indoor pole vault record was within reach.
"When I cleared 13 feet, I thought, 'Wow, that's really high,' '' O'Reilly said last night. "That's when I thought, 'Maybe I have a shot at the national record.' "
O'Reilly, a senior at Shawnee High School, was right.
Yesterday, while a raucous crowd at Manhattan's 168th Street Armory clapped rhythmically in support, O'Reilly broke the national high school girls indoor pole vault record with a clearance of 13 feet, five inches.
Competing in the Ridgewood Varsity Classic, O'Reilly broke the mark of 13-4 1/2, set by Kira Costa of San Joaquin Memorial High School in Fresno, Calif. Costa set the mark in the high school division of the Los Angeles Invitational at the Sports Arena on Feb. 15, 2003.
"I've felt really good the last couple weeks," O'Reilly said. "I got a new pole and it's really getting me up there. I feel a lot stronger than last year. It's a combination of speed, running and experience."
O'Reilly had a personal best of 12-11/2 entering this year. She improved to 13 feet in a meet at HIP Athletics in Mount Laurel on Jan. 29.
Yesterday, she cleared 11 feet on her first try, 12-0 on her second, 13-0 on her first and 13-5 on her second. She took three tries at 13-6, nearly clearing the second.
"It was really incredible," O'Reilly said. "Everybody was cheering and going crazy. It's amazing. It's awesome."
Only five boys in county history have cleared 13-5 or better indoors. O'Reilly is only seven inches from the Burlington County boys indoor record of 14-0, set in 1999 by Shawnee's Mike Yurcho, now competing for the University of Tennessee.
O'Reilly was the 2003 outdoor New Jersey Meet of Champions winner but went only 11-6 last spring after contracting mononucleosis. She now ranks fifth on the overall all-time high school list, including outdoor performances. Costa holds the national outdoor mark of 13-81/2.
O'Reilly is ranked 16th this year among U.S. women, 56th in the world and among the top 50 all-time U.S. women. She's ranked fourth among world juniors (under 20) and second among American juniors, behind University of Nebraska freshman Jennifer Green, who cleared 13-7 at the Reno Pole Vault Summit on Jan. 10.
"I never really focus on the height," O'Reilly said. "I just approach every jump like just another jump. You can't let yourself be intimidated by the height. Just relax, think about your technique, and go for it."
O'Reilly's record breaker came yesterday with her new Essex 158-pound pole, which she was holding at 12-10.
Four more inches gets her the overall national record. Seven more inches gets her an Olympic Trials provisional qualifier.
She's added 151/2 inches to her PR in the last three weeks, so who knows?
"I never think in terms of, 'How high can I go?' '' O'Reilly said. "There's no limit. You can't tell yourself a certain height is your limit. I just keep going."
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