Gio calls out Toby - Mt. Sac Relays commercial

[Rhino]

I'm with Decanuck. I remember the days when boxers and other athletes dressed in suits for publicity interviews and treated their opponents respectfully. I miss those days. I don't take much interest in sports anymore.

[rainbowgirl28]

I'm with Decanuck. I remember the days when boxers and other athletes dressed in suits for publicity interviews and treated their opponents respectfully. I miss those days. I don't take much interest in sports anymore.

I really respect this opinion and Decanuck's as well.

I do think it is important to remember that Gio and Toby are friends, and that this was all made in good humor. There was no disrespect.

It is also important to remember that track and field is a dying sport in America. Like it or not, for the health of the sport, we need ways to draw in the younger crowd. Video clips such as this are a great way of doing that.

One nice thing about the pole vault, is almost all of the elite athletes are pretty classy people. If the occasion arose where these athletes needed to wear suits and act like gentlemen, I am confident they could rise to the occasion.

[bjvando]

I'm with Gio on this one. It's his home court and he's been jumping real well as of late...



I suggest anyone in the so-cal area to come to the Mt. Sac Relays to watch, its going to be a great event!

[skyshark177]

I just hope someone is there video taping this event to see the winner show off who's best.....or just show that he beat the other guy. All in good fun though.

That would be funny if the meet turned into a Toby vs. Gio competition. I'd get a kick out of that.

[Spencer Chang, MD]

I just had dinner with Brian Yokoyama. He says that both Giovani Lanaro and Daichi Sawano have been vaulting very well in practice at Mt. Sac. In fact, he said that he would be very disappointed if we don't see both a Japanese and Mexican National Record broken at Mt. Sac this weekend.

It's going to be an awesome competition featuring 3 premier vaulters. Don't miss it!!!

[CowtownPV]

Nobody wants to see the PV become the NBA but a little fun trash talk between friends never hurt anyone. Lets face it we have to do something to promote the sport. You have at least three elite vaulters that could be setting 3 different national records and how many people will buy tickets to see it. I am an old redneck who doesn't like alot of things in sports now but at least they were trying something new, which of corse always brings out the critics.

[rainbowgirl28]

Gio won! Check out the results http://www.polevaultpower.com/forum/vie ... hp?t=11613