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oh and Phil Hansen, Northern Iowa's new 5.20+ freshman

Mike Beese is jumping around 5.20 for them now too I hear.

Tim Johnson runs a club (they jump every Sunday) at Bloom High School in Chicago Heights.
www.vaultchicago.com

I'm a little late with this, but for next year ... University of Chicago hosts a meet I forget what it is called and the site right now.

Also, Tim Johnson runs a pv club year round. www.vaultchicago .com

We had a 15' 170 that got ran over by a truck. So we cut it down to a 12' and stuck the tip in a corner and held the rest up with rope. We jump on and swing and use it to practice getting inverted while the pole is uncoiling.

Well if you are jumping 12' gripping 13' then you do not need to go up in poles yet (lenghtwise). As APKpolevaulter said you want to get back into your rockback so you can push off the top of the pole and jump at least 14' gripping 13'

If the bottom arm is not what is causing the problem you might want to try to get her to reach her heels (heels to the sky) over the top of the pole. This will help her get inverted. Now for holding it. In my experience you never want to be doing nothing in a vault, so holding it is not exactly what...

izzystikchik wrote:Illinois HS..i think, someone correct me if i'm wrong please...

Guys- 16'7'' Tim Johnson

Record for IL is actually:
17-0 1/2, Daren McDonough, Edwardsville (Sr.), 1992 (finals)

"We get high on fiber glass."

I saw this shirt at a meet once, the funny part is that my coach and I were talking about the toxicity of fiberglass fumes on the way there (We were discussing boats).

The guys from Bloom HS he is coaching right now are jumping around 13'. There are a few other guys who come around and who are all jumping 14+.

http://www.vaultchicago.com/Videos/TOPT ... BOYS19.wmv
it's the second jump

Wow. NCAA rules are quite difficult to decipher. So here's the details: I enrolled with the NCAA clearinghouse last year, when I planned on vaulting at a college this year. I am currently enrolled in a Junior College. They do not have a T&F team. I joined a vaulting club. I plan on transferring ...

gah .... stay away from junior colleges. I am currently enrolled in one in Illinois and it has no track, no field, an not a single intelligent mind (except for mine of course). I guess I'm a little biased with the junior college deal. But as for vaulting if you go to a junior college, I would recomm...