The next 18' vaulter...

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The next 18' vaulter...

Unread postby pole bender » Sun Jun 11, 2006 8:45 pm

When do you think it will come? Mr.Spencer by FAR has the best chance. If he dosent get it i really dont see any current guys doing it. What do you think?

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Unread postby vault3rb0y » Sun Jun 11, 2006 9:50 pm

Spencer is gonna get on 16 foot poles eventually and jump 18'6.
Corey Shank will get a better inversion and get to 16'6, minimum.
Scott Roth will swing with his trial leg straight and get to 18, minimum. Hehe, prove me wrong and go higher boys :-).

and as for me, i only jumped 14 officially in the outdoor season :-(. Although in practice WITH the bar i cleared 14'9. Im optimistic, but with new coaching, new atmosphere, and new people to learn from, id like to see myself in the 15 ranges at least next year.
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Unread postby TheBigMastodon » Sun Jun 11, 2006 10:08 pm

Pat O'Sullivan. 'Nuff said.
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Unread postby CrossBarHOpper » Sun Jun 11, 2006 10:23 pm

AVC has spencer grown any more lately
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Unread postby pole bender » Sun Jun 11, 2006 11:01 pm

vault3rb0y wrote:Spencer is gonna get on 16 foot poles eventually and jump 18'6.
Corey Shank will get a better inversion and get to 16'6, minimum.
Scott Roth will swing with his trial leg straight and get to 18, minimum. Hehe, prove me wrong and go higher boys :-).

and as for me, i only jumped 14 officially in the outdoor season :-(. Although in practice WITH the bar i cleared 14'9. Im optimistic, but with new coaching, new atmosphere, and new people to learn from, id like to see myself in the 15 ranges at least next year.


vault3rb0y , i hope you get 15' and more. spencer at 18'6"? i dont see it ,BUT like you said..."Hehe, prove me wrong and go higher boys"

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Unread postby Biggie1110 » Sun Jun 11, 2006 11:59 pm

I dont see Spencer getting on any bigger sticks any time soon. I think that he is just to short to get over the sailpeice on 490 poles. Maybe he could be like Ray Scotten though and go to a free takeoff. That is if Spencer is not already using a free take off. I doubt it though. I see Mike Morrison with the best chance at 18' this year. I also predict him to win Junior Nationals.
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Unread postby pole bender » Mon Jun 12, 2006 12:05 am

Biggie1110 wrote:I dont see Spencer getting on any bigger sticks any time soon. I think that he is just to short to get over the sailpeice on 490 poles. Maybe he could be like Ray Scotten though and go to a free takeoff. That is if Spencer is not already using a free take off. I doubt it though. I see Mike Morrison with the best chance at 18' this year. I also predict him to win Junior Nationals.


most likely you are right , but i dont think anyone will get 18' in 2006. (sorry) :(

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Unread postby KYLE ELLIS » Mon Jun 12, 2006 12:23 am

from seeing spencer jump he doesnt have to be on 16ft poles to jump 18, to jump 19 probably. I think spencer can jump 18ft on one of his 15'3 altius poles gripping around 15ft. i watched him make 16ft and 16'6 by a good foot on i think a 15'3 pole, then he tried to get on a longer pole and couldnt get enough pole speed.
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Unread postby pole bender » Mon Jun 12, 2006 12:32 am

KYLE ELLIS wrote:from seeing spencer jump he doesnt have to be on 16ft poles to jump 18, to jump 19 probably. I think spencer can jump 18ft on one of his 15'3 altius poles gripping around 15ft. i watched him make 16ft and 16'6 by a good foot on i think a 15'3 pole, then he tried to get on a longer pole and couldnt get enough pole speed.

i wish i could see him in person. from the vid. clips i dont see 18' in 2006. 2007? another story! i know he isnt all that tall , but how fast is he (joe dial type?).

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Unread postby AVC Coach » Mon Jun 12, 2006 7:52 am

He's pretty fast. The only other event he did this year was the 200m and he ran it in the 22's. During the indoor season he averaged 9.47 m/sec. on his last six strides of his run.

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Unread postby Lax PV » Mon Jun 12, 2006 10:00 am

AVC Coach wrote:He's pretty fast. The only other event he did this year was the 200m and he ran it in the 22's. During the indoor season he averaged 9.47 m/sec. on his last six strides of his run.



Thats just insane. How tall is he anyways? Remember Joe Dial was only about 5'7" 5'8" he went 5.90 or so right? I KNOW he went 5.50+ in high school

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Unread postby KYLE ELLIS » Mon Jun 12, 2006 2:04 pm

well if you watched spencers videos from indoors he was dang close to making 17'7, nicked it off so i wouldnt put 18ft past him. as far as speed yeah hes blazing, we were at a meet with several college guys, yoo kim, tye harvey etc.. and he looked faster than anyone there. joe dial in hs was 5'8, but in college he was about 5'9. I couldnt tell how tall spencer was because every time i looked over he was standing next to jeremy scott, which made him look 5ft tall. lol. i would say if you wanna compare him to someone use greg duplantis, really short and really fast! kinda runs and takes off like duplantis. i would give spencer about 5'7 but im not sure.
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