The next 18' vaulter...

[pole bender]

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?

[vault3rb0y]

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.

[TheBigMastodon]

Pat O'Sullivan. 'Nuff said.

[CrossBarHOpper]

AVC has spencer grown any more lately

[pole bender]

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"

[Biggie1110]

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.

[pole bender]

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)

[KYLE ELLIS]

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.

[pole bender]

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?).

[AVC Coach]

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.

[Lax PV]

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

[KYLE ELLIS]

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.