Paul Burgess 5.91

[Skyin' Brian]

http://thewest.com.au/20050117/sport/tw-sport-home-sto130260.html

Record lifts Burgess into elite class


EMMA GEORGE

Paul Burgess put on the best pole vault display ever seen in Australia as he sailed over 5.91m, setting an Australian all-comers record at Perry Lakes on Saturday....

Am I the only one who noticed the name Emma George? Is she writing now? That would explain why the article flows with "Vault Talk". Unlike Dwight Stones, or whom ever it was in the Olympics that said Brian Clay had extraordinary technique.

ha, i actually like dwight stones

[Carolina Extreme]

ha, i actually like dwight stones

LOL Me too. He is the one who, after watching him on TV, got me to "VIZZUALIZE" myself vaulting successfully before I ran down the runway. I used to enjoy him "VIZZUALIZING" his high jumps before he started his approach. LOL brings back some memories. Was it a meet in China that he turned down because he said he would have no one to talk to? LOL

[VTechVaulter]

can i just say in reguards to the lucky comment.
tim and toby have both posted multiple 590. 595 jumps. and especially in tims case, was obviously improving steadily thorughou tthe year. it looks quite planned to me. and toby even though he didn't hit 6.0m again, clearly had 6 meter height in multiple meets, trials... olympics, the clip on neovault of him beating hartwig outdoors. its not like they jumped 6 and went back to being 5.50 vaulters.

[Skyin' Brian]

the following is from this website:
http://www.dwra.net/settingrecords.htm

As in any sport, competitors seeking to establish land speed records must follow an established set of rules. World records in land speed competition are recognized by the Federation Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) only if they meet rigid international standards. Those standards are enforced by each individual country's sanctioning body.

American auto racing is so diverse that it became necessary years ago to form a committee so that all the major sanctioning bodies would have representation. The result is the Automobile Competition Committee of the United States (ACCUS), and is comprised of members from United States Auto Club (USAC), National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR), Sports Car Club of America (SCCA), National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) and Professional Sports Car (PSC). Typically, USAC and NHRA take an active role in world record setting. USAC has its own team of timers and technical officials, while NHRA usually relies on the expertise of the Southern California Timing Association (SCTA). SCCA and PSC (formerly IMSA) have also sanctioned land speed record attempts.

To certify a record setting course, extreme care is taken to measure distances for the speed traps, usually one mile and one kilometer in length, so that each run taken will time the vehicle at each distance. To establish a record it is required that a competitor make two passes - up and down the course - within a one hour period. The record is an average of the two directions.

so, perhaps for someone to be able to consider themself a 591 vaulter or 6m vaulter or whatever height vaulter wants to identify himself as the height must be the average of their two highest jumps. so tim mack is not a 601 vaulter, but a 598 vaulter.

[bjvando]

An ex-soccer coach had once told me.

"Hard Work brings luck"

any takers?

[Carolina Extreme]

Yep.... The harder and smarter I work, the luckier I get!

[wacky274]

also heard

luck: when preperation meets oppurtunity

[pvkellie]

can i get an amen!

[Carolina Extreme]

can i get an amen!

Speaking of making your own luck. At the trials when you broke your pole... awesome recovery! Your training has prepared you mentally to make the adjustments and go to the next pole. "When preparation meets opportunity." You could have given up, but you chose to be a survivor. You dug down deep and got the job done. You lived the American Dream at the trials. You made your own luck. Great job Kellie!

[pvkellie]

thank you! it's still good to hear. I guess that was one of my more shinning and character definning moments. Although, I am way stoked that I broke my first pole a month prior. I encountered the same situation.