World Youth Games Results - Scott Roth 2nd w/ 5.25!

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Official Results - Pole Vault - Boys - Final

Last Updated: 22:01:13 CET 17/07/2005

Sunday, July 17, 2005 - 17:00

Pos Bib Athlete Country Mark
1 155 Yang Yansheng CHN 5.25 (CR)
2 758 Roth Scott USA 5.25 (CR)
3 236 Vélez Albert ESP 5.20
4 569 Michalski Lukasz POL 5.15
5 760 Scott Jordan USA 5.05
6 181 Kudlicka Jan CZE 5.05 (PB)
7 287 Reitze Marvin GER 4.90
8 386 Sasase Hiroki JPN 4.85
9 68 Fryer Matthew AUS 4.85 (PB)
10 662 Pintar Svit SLO 4.75
11 316 Szabó Dezsö HUN 4.75
12 468 El Mafhoum Karim MAR 4.65

Athlete 4.50 4.65 4.75 4.85 4.90 4.95 5.00 5.05 5.10 5.15 5.20 5.25 5.30


Yang Yansheng - - - O - - O - - O - O XXX

Roth Scott - - - O - - - O - XO O XO XXX

Vélez Albert - - XO - O - XO - XO - O X- XX

Michalski Lukasz - XO - O - O - O - O X- XX

Scott Jordan - - O - O - O O XXX

Kudlicka Jan - O - XXO - XO XO XXO XXX

Reitze Marvin - O O O XO XXX

Sasase Hiroki - O - O - XXX

Fryer Matthew - - XXO XO - XXX

Pintar Svit XO O XO XXX

Szabó Dezsö O XXO XXO XXX

El Mafhoum Karim - O - XXX

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Oconee's Scott fifth at world meet


Marrakech, Morocco - Oconee County state champion pole vaulter Jordan Scott placed fifth at the IAAF World Youth Championships on Sunday.

Scott, who earned a spot on the 15-man Team USA roster with a top-eight finish at last summer's USATF National Junior Olympics, cleared 5.05 meters (16.57 feet), but failed on all three of his attempts at 5.10 (16.73).

Yansheng Yang from China and Scott Roth of Granite Bay, Calif., cleared a new meet-record height of 5.25 meters (17.22 feet) to take the gold and silver medals in the boys' Pole Vault. Both athletes failed at 5.30 (17.39), but Yang won the gold because he cleared 5.25 on his first try.

Albert Velez of Spain cleared 5.20 (17.06) to place third.

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Scott Roth of Granite Bay, Calif., went head to head in the boys' pole vault final against Yansheng Yang of China who won the gold medal. Both Roth and Yang cleared 5.25m/17-2.75 to set a World Youth championship record in the boys' pole vault with Scott grabbing the silver medal because he had more misses than Yang. Jordan Scott of Watkinsville, Ga., finished in fifth-place with a clearance of 5.05m/ 16-6.75 in the boys' pole vault final.

TEAM USA MEDALISTS

GOLD: Bianca Knight (100m); Cordera Jenkins (110m hurdles); Ebony Collins (400m hurdles); April Williams (100m hurdles), Girls medley relay; Boys medley relay.

SILVER: Ebony Collins (100m); Bianca Knight (200m), Scott Roth (pole vault).

BRONZE: Kamorean Hayes (discus throw); Bryshon Nellum (400m); David Klech (400m hurdles); Theresa Lewis (100m hurdles).

MEDAL COUNT (Top 3 nations): #1, USA 13; #2 PR of China 8; #3, Kenya 10.

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Photos at the Final. Sorry, there was no photo of Roth

Jan Kudlicka - CZE


Yansheng Yang - CHN


Yangsheng Yang won a first-ever pole vault title for China in a thriller ahead of the USA's Scott Roth both men breaking the 5.20m championship record set six years ago in Bydgoszcz by Sebastien Homo of France.

Yang who kept a clean sheet until the winning height of 5.25m won on countback, Roth having brought the bar down on two occasions. Albert Velez also matched the previous record to win the bronze medal for Spain.

Source: http://www.iaaf.org/WYC05/news/Kind=2/newsId=30489.html

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Granite Bay High School's Scott Roth, the nation's top pole vaulter last season, set a personal best of 17 feet, 2 3/4 inches in winning a silver medal Sunday at the International Association of Athletics Federations World Youth Championships in Marrakech, Morocco.
Roth and Yansheng Yang of China both cleared 17-2 3/4, but Yang won the gold on fewer misses. Both missed three attempts at 17-4 1/2.

The World Youth Championships are for athletes younger than 18.

Roth, a two-time state pole vault champion, will be a senior at Granite Bay this fall.

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Here's a picture of Scott Roth

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