Spencer McCorkel Jumped 17 feet 04/28/05

AVC Coach · Unread postby **AVC Coach** » Thu Apr 28, 2005 11:43 pm

This happened at about 5:30 this afternoon at the Magnet Cove Panther Relays just outside of Hot Springs, Arkansas. There were about 10 teams there. We had the week off getting rested for our conference meets, but wanted to take some vaulters to this meet since it was centrally located and because they had a good pv facility. There was a huge head wind, but none of us made a big deal about it, and neither did the vaulters. We have emailed John Dye with all of the info, so now it's a waiting game to see when it's posted.

AVC Coach · Unread postby **AVC Coach** » Thu Apr 28, 2005 11:47 pm

Spencer weighs 128lbs. and was gripping 14'3" on a 14'9" 165lb. ALTiUS. That's a 41 inch push-off! He moved up to a 170 on his 2nd attempt at 17'02" and had at least 6 inches on the bar but brushed it on the way down. He was gassed on his last attempt and bailed.

wakesurfvault · Unread postby **wakesurfvault** » Thu Apr 28, 2005 11:56 pm

WOW!, He's gotta be FAST then (and have GREAT technique) to get on that big of poles over his weight and have that huge of a push off, especially just for a soph in HS.

USMC Vaulter · Unread postby **USMC Vaulter** » Fri Apr 29, 2005 12:25 am

Does that mean he's the nation leader so far this year? Isnt Allison Stokke also the outdoor leader - making 2 SOPHOMORES the top ranked vaulters in the nation??? If so, thats pretty amazing. Congrats to him.

Mecham · Unread postby **Mecham** » Fri Apr 29, 2005 1:15 pm

Wow....... that is incredible. I just wish i could have that ability

Vault&Flip · Unread postby **Vault&Flip** » Fri Apr 29, 2005 1:35 pm

17 ft is an incredible mark. But even more incredible is his pushoff of 41 inches. How many other 17' high school vaulters in the last couple of years could claim that? :idea:

achtungpv · Unread postby **achtungpv** » Fri Apr 29, 2005 1:38 pm

Vault&Flip wrote:17 ft is an incredible mark. But even more incredible is his pushoff of 41 inches. How many other 17' high school vaulters in the last couple of years could claim that?

Eshbach had a 44 1/2" push...15'1" grip, 18'2 1/2" bar. Any high schooler pushing more than 30" is really impressive.

Tommy_pv · Unread postby **Tommy_pv** » Fri Apr 29, 2005 1:57 pm

does any one have a video clip or pictures of his jump? id like to see it, congrats spencer

izzystikchik · Unread postby **izzystikchik** » Fri Apr 29, 2005 2:20 pm

AVC Coach wrote:Spencer weighs 128lbs. and was gripping 14'3" on a 14'9" 165lb. ALTiUS. That's a 41 inch push-off! He moved up to a 170 on his 2nd attempt at 17'02" and had at least 6 inches on the bar but brushed it on the way down. He was gassed on his last attempt and bailed.

wow!!! I"m bigger than him and i'm a chica!!!! 41 inches of push off??!!! Wow-wee!!! and he's only a sophmore!!! :dazed:

OAKPV2004 · Unread postby **OAKPV2004** » Fri Apr 29, 2005 7:42 pm

that is amazing. :yes:

StanVaultCoach · Unread postby **StanVaultCoach** » Sat Apr 30, 2005 2:31 am

Sweet Jumpin! I hope someone will post the video.

How long is his run? He must be blazin fast. I am sure we can all look forward to more great jumps.

AVC Coach · Unread postby **AVC Coach** » Sat Apr 30, 2005 10:57 pm

We're working on getting some digital video so we can post it on our website. Spencer's running from 82 feet. That's 14 strides (7 lefts) for him. We toyed with a longer run, but the only significant result we got was a larger margin of error in step consistancy. Shorter run = less energy per vault = more quality vaults per session/meet = higher vaults. This might not work for everyone, but Spencer is pretty quick and excelerates over the take-off. Most of our practice time is spent working on different phases of the vault from a short run.

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Spencer McCorkel Jumped 17 feet 04/28/05

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