NEW REGIONS ASSIGNED...

[TreyDECA]

what region is going to be the hardest to qualify in??


i say the midwest... and the east looks to me, the easiest... unless there are some northeastern vaulters i've yet to hear about.

[vaultguru6]

i'm gonna have to say the West will be the hardest region to qualify. First off you got all the Pac 10 guys, Walker 5.80, Woods 5.50, Grijalva 5.37, Mortensen 5.36, Opalkla 5.33, Kim 5.30 not to mention about 10 more 17+ footers. Then throw Litchfield 5.50 and the BYU vaulters, Powell 5.36, Kemp 5.36, Rassmunson 5.30, and throw in Giovanni Lanaro 5.41 at Cal State Fullerton. Although i'm sure i left out a few names, thats a damn lot of people over 5.30 fighting for not many spots at NC's. gonna be a dog fight.

[vaultin chris]

Dont forget about the Mid-East. These are all jumps made so far this indoor season (not all personal bests):

17'09.00" Pooh Williams Purdue
17'08.50" Rocky Danners Tennessee
17'06.50" Daniel Trosclair LSU
17'06.50" John Russell Akron
17'04.50" Brad Tyler Arkansas State
17'04.50" Ray Scotten Southern Illinois-Carbondale
17'02.75" Paul Panning Ball State
17'01.50" Chris Smith Cincinnati
17'00.75" Blake Burnett Eastern Michigan
17'00.75" Marty Keifer Illinois
17'00.00" Gustavo Rehder Arkansas State

[smokinvaulter1]

Central
Fairbanks 18'2"
Westlund 18'
Eshbach 18'4"
Gvozdetskiy 18'
Walters 17'10"
Most 17'8"
Landreth 17'7"
Teeple 17'5"
Hull 17'4.5"
Frame 17'4.5"
Schmidt 17'2.5"
Wilson 17'
Hanna 17'
Thornhill 17'
Mathews 17'
a ton more over 5.00 m and have ability to jump higher

[Cpvault]

The West is almost always the toughest Region. The other Regions tend to have a couple of guys pop good heights through the year, but when it comes down to the nitty-gritty (NCAA's) the West is always the strongest.
--CPvault