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Can Tommy get the college record?

Unread postby pole bender » Sat Jun 10, 2006 7:55 pm

So hes comming back next year. Can he get 19'8"?

5.98 19-7 1/2 ...........Lawrence Johnson (Tn) 96
5.90 19-4 1/4 ................Jacob Davis (Tx) 98
5.86 19-2 3/4 ................Bill Payne (Bay) 91
5.85 19-2 1/4 .................Joe Dial (OkSt) 85
5.82i 19-1.................Istv‡n Bagyula' (GM) 92
5.80 19-1/4..................Russ Buller (LSU) 99
.........................Jim Davis (Fres) 00
i ........................Brad Walker (Wa) 03
5.77 18-11..................Doug Fraley (Fres) 86
5.75 18-10 1/4 .............Brad Pursley (ACU) 83

Hes number 9 all time now. Came close to being number four. No doubt he can get it , but will he? I say yes.

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Unread postby SweetPVJumps » Sat Jun 10, 2006 8:05 pm

i say yes too and i hope so but you never know whats gonna happen. lets just hope he stays healthy and strong, cuz we know hes got all the tools and skills to do it

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Unread postby achtungpv » Sat Jun 10, 2006 8:53 pm

He's only improved 4 cm in 3 years so we'll see...he definitely has the physical tools to do it...but so have a dozen other guys.
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Unread postby VTechVaulter » Sat Jun 10, 2006 9:23 pm

anyone who saw his jumps at NCAA will answer with

YES

he was booming bars. hes just got a couple things to figure out, and he will be ridiculous. he was using a 12.0 with the standards around 75-80

tried an 11.6, but got amped and his step came under. i think if he stays healthy he will take some serious looks at it
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Unread postby pole bender » Sat Jun 10, 2006 10:30 pm

achtungpv wrote:He's only improved 4 cm in 3 years so we'll see...he definitely has the physical tools to do it...but so have a dozen other guys.

"but so have a dozen other guys"...to go 19'6" in college?

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Unread postby rainbowgirl28 » Sat Jun 10, 2006 11:36 pm

If he stays healthy and continues to improve technically, he is capable of jumping 6 meters in college. Will it happen is an entirely different story.

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Unread postby pole bender » Sun Jun 11, 2006 12:20 am

rainbowgirl28 wrote:If he stays healthy and continues to improve technically, he is capable of jumping 6 meters in college. Will it happen is an entirely different story.

yes rainbow, you are right. he CAN, BUT will it happen...might not. is he going to any BIG meets this year (not ncaa but international)?

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Unread postby rainbowgirl28 » Sun Jun 11, 2006 12:22 am

He told me he was going to Europe right after USAs.

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Unread postby pole bender » Sun Jun 11, 2006 12:48 am

rainbowgirl28 wrote:He told me he was going to Europe right after USAs.


bam! 6m soon. he will be there with the top guys. get all hyped. 6m is there for him. POW! we have an american bubka...

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Unread postby vault3rb0y » Sun Jun 11, 2006 8:19 pm

VTechVaulter wrote:anyone who saw his jumps at NCAA will answer with

YES

he was booming bars. hes just got a couple things to figure out, and he will be ridiculous. he was using a 12.0 with the standards around 75-80

tried an 11.6, but got amped and his step came under. i think if he stays healthy he will take some serious looks at it
I wish, i watched the entire show on CBS and they never showed anything related to pole vault. The closest they got was teasing us with the picture of a vaulter piking over a bar in the BACKGROUND of switching to a field event like shot put or triple jump. Its dissapointing, where did you all see it, assuming you werent watching it in person?
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Unread postby vault3rb0y » Sun Jun 11, 2006 8:20 pm

pole bender wrote:bam! 6m soon. he will be there with the top guys. get all hyped. 6m is there for him. POW! we have an american bubka...
Haha, you are the biggest vault fan i know of, its awesome :-).
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Unread postby pole bender » Sun Jun 11, 2006 8:49 pm

vault3rb0y wrote:
pole bender wrote:bam! 6m soon. he will be there with the top guys. get all hyped. 6m is there for him. POW! we have an american bubka...
Haha, you are the biggest vault fan i know of, its awesome :-).

your the only one im sure, but thanks. TS 6m in 2006!


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