WIC Men's results - insane heights cleared!!!

[achtungpv]

Pos Bib Athlete Country Mark
1 486 Walker Brad USA 5.80 (SB)
2 413 Jeng Alhaji SWE 5.70
3 176 Lobinger Tim GER 5.60
4 216 Averbukh Aleksandr ISR 5.50
4 180 Schulze Fabian GER 5.50
4 286 Lanaro Giovanni MEX 5.50
451 Yurchenko Denys UKR NM
462 Hartwig Jeff USA NM

Athlete 5.50 5.60 5.65 5.70 5.75 5.80 5.90
Walker Brad - XO - O - XXO X-
Jeng Alhaji - O - O - XXX
Lobinger Tim - O - XX- X
Lanaro Giovanni O XXX
Schulze Fabian O - XXX
Averbukh Aleksandr O - XXX
Yurchenko Denys - XXX
Hartwig Jeff - XXX

[pelle3]

Happy for my countryman, Alhaji Jeng. Do you mean to state "Insane Heights Not Cleared?"

[Scott Go Pre]

Way to go Brad! Another World Championship!

[ashcraftpv]

with achtungpv, you need to have your sarcasm filter turned on all the time.

[Skyin' Brian]

Way to go Brad! Another World Championship!

????

This is the first for Walker

[rainbowgirl28]

http://www.iaaf.org/WIC06/news/Kind=4/newsId=33907.html

Men's Pole Vault Final
Sunday 12 March 2006

The USA’s Brad Walker had looked serious both in the qualifying and for most of this final until he was sure he had the gold in his possession. It may be partly his nature, but there was another good reason for his caution: “I had a small accident during warm-up yesterday so I wasn’t sure I would be able to compete,â€Â

[Scott Go Pre]

Way to go Brad! Another World Championship!

????

This is the first for Walker

My bad, I wrote that early in the morning.

[pelle3]

Jeng: I can clear six meters…

After sensational silver: “I came to winâ€Â

[pelle3]

Jeng grew up in the same area of Göteborg that Christian Olsson did... Jeng moved recently into a new apartment in another part of town. Did you know that Jeng first particiated in fotboll, then boxing before turining into a track & field athlete (he is a 2.00m high jumper as well). He first got into the track & field scene as a 14-year-old when watching the 1995 World Championships at Ullevi Stadium in Göteborg. He got a good look at Sergei Bubka:s acrobatics, and became fascinated with the vault right away.

[shiftydavaulter]

How high did the elite guys go in highschool, grades 9-12???????

[Mecham]

Im pretty sure Brad jumped like 16' or 16'6'' in his senior year at high school

[rainbowgirl28]

Im pretty sure Brad jumped like 16' or 16'6'' in his senior year at high school

Brad jumped 16' his senior year, 14'0 his junior year, 14'0 his sophomore year, and lower than 12'6.25 (the lowest my WA frosh boys list goes) his freshman year.


Also jumping 16'+ that year (1999) were

Tim Morse Shorewood 11 16-4
Jared Drake Mount Si 12 16-0
Rick Collins West Valley (Spokane) 12 16-0
Andy Kammenga Squalicum 11 16-0
Christian Lee Kentlake 12 16-0