TOMMY SKIPPER JUMPS 5.70

[achtungpv]

5.65..18-6 1/2..Maksim Tarasov (Soviet Union)...Chelyabinsk, Russia........2/25/89

5.65.....18-6 1/2...Jacob Davis (US)....Lincoln, Nebraska..........2/21/97

****according to Track and Field News that would also be a NEW INDOOR JUNIOR WORLD RECORD (if hes still a junior).

That list is a bit out of date, a 19-year old from Russia jumped 5.66 last season indoors and 5.70 out.

[Decamouse]

Artyom Kuptsov (RUS) 5.66 (world best junior performance)
Indoors last season

[Carolina Extreme]

Unless I am mistaken, Tommy gets an all expense paid trip to the Olympic Trials now by making the A Standard. Is this correct?

Also, if they are looking for 24 vaulters at the Trials. If we look at last years USA list only about 6 made the A Standard and 20 made the B Standard or better. If that happens this year would they only take 20 or would they drop down to say 17' 10" if that is what it takes to fill the 24 spots?

[vaulter580]

that doesnt matter, last year wasnt anything special, this is an olympic year....believe me there will be plenty of vaulters comming out of the wood-work
i think the top 24 will be over the b standard

[rainbowgirl28]

I didn't realize he broke the school record as well... there have been many good Oregon pole vaulters in the past.

http://www.goducks.com/ViewArticle.dbml ... CLID=32425

Skipper Breaks Duck Pole Vault Record

Courtesy: GoDucks.com

         
Release: 02/07/2004

Courtesy: Geoff Thurner
Duck assistant coach Bill Lawson watched as Tommy Skipper broke the Duck pole vault record with his 18-8 1/4 clearance (2/7/04).


NAMPA, Idaho - In the Oregon track and field team’s second straight trip to Jacksons Track near Boise, several Duck men added NCAA qualifying marks, while the women took a weekend off from competition.

Freshman Tommy Skipper topped the field by almost seven inches Saturday (first, 18-8 1/4, 5.70m), and his NCAA automatic mark broke the school pole vault record of 18-6 1/2 set outdoors in 1985 by eventual Olympian and NCAA runner-up Kory Tarpenning. Skipper’s former indoor best of 18-0 1/2 came last Saturday in Idaho, and he also rewrote his overall best of 18-3 that came outdoors last June in the Golden West Invitational.

"I was definitely surprised how it went today," Skipper said. "Idaho is a great place to jump. It’s an awesome indoor facility with a great runway. Some things came together - things that I and coach have been working on together in practice. I was also fortunate to have my family there cheering me on."

The Sandy, Ore., native entered the meet already ranked first among collegians nationally with last week’s 18-0 1/2 indoor best from the Bodybuilding.com Invite, and went head to head with returning NCAA champion and Washington senior Brad Walker for the second time this season. The Husky senior won their first meeting in the Husky Preview on January 17, when he cleared 17-4 1/2, and Skipper debuted as a Duck at 16-10 3/4.

This time around, Skipper made his first chance at his opening height of 17-5 (5.31m), and skipped the next height of 18-0 1/2 (5.50m). He switched poles and made the next height of 18-5 on his third attempt, then converted his final clearance of the day on his second attempt at 18-8 1/4 (5.70m). He ended with two attempts at 19-0 (5.83m) but missed both and declined a third try due to fatigue.

Walker ended up second (18-1) for his highest legal qualifying mark of the year after clearing 18-4 1/2 in an exhibition in early January. LSU senior Daniel Trosclair cleared two personal bests to finish third at the same height (18-1) yet will likely fall at least one spot on the national collegiate qualifying list after he ranked second last week. UCLA grabbed fourth, fifth and sixth places courtesy of the All-America duo of Pat Luke (17-1), Yoo Kim (16-7 1/4) and fellow Bruin Mike Landers (sixth, 16-7 1/4).

"The field was great and everybody was pumped up to try and go high," Skipper said. "You have to be ready and do your best with guys that talented around, especially someone like Brad. I just tried to focus on the things we do in practice every day. Today was great, but I want to keep in improving, and not just jump high early in the season. I want to clear good marks consistently - that’s the most important thing and I have a lot to work on. I need to continue to have good practices, train smartly and stay healthy, and everything will come together on its own."

[vaultin chris]

The 5.71 does not count as a junior record. IAAF & USATF records for juniors must occur in the year previous to the year the athlete turns 20. Even if he jumped 5.71 on 1/1/04 and didn't turn 20 until 12/31/04, he is still considered 20 years old.

It ties the top college mark for a freshman though:
5.71 Lawrence Johnson Tennessee (true freshman, outdoor junior NR)
5.71 Tommy Skipper Oregon (true freshman)
5.66 Scott Huffman Kansas (redshirt freshman)
5.65 Jacob Davis Texas (true freshman, = indoor junior WR)

On a side note, this makes Tarasov's 5.80 (19' 1/4") U20 WR all the more impressive since he was a December baby. He wasn't even 19 1/2 when he cleared that mark.

Well then its a U20 INDOOR WORLD RECORD

[KYLE ELLIS]

I think the under 20 thing is really stupid and confusing, if its under 20 then anyone 19 no matter their birthday should count as under 20? Is that a hard concept?

[Carolina Extreme]

I think the under 20 thing is really stupid and confusing, if its under 20 then anyone 19 no matter their birthday should count as under 20? Is that a hard concept?

I agree 100%. Under 20 is under twenty. If you are 19 or less you should qualify. The day you turn 20 you are to old. There's no confusion in that.

Maybe we should change the legal drinking age to if you turn twenty one this year you are considered twenty one. I bet a lot of college students would go for that.

[achtungpv]

I think the under 20 thing is really stupid and confusing, if its under 20 then anyone 19 no matter their birthday should count as under 20? Is that a hard concept?

I agree 100%. Under 20 is under twenty. If you are 19 or less you should qualify. The day you turn 20 you are to old. There's no confusion in that.

Maybe we should change the legal drinking age to if you turn twenty one this year you are considered twenty one. I bet a lot of college students would go for that.

The reasoning is that for 80% of the world, no one cares about the specific day of birth. All that is recorded on birth certificates is the year.

[vaultguru6]

so january minus 9 months?????? ahh........i'll be working on makin kids around a May 15th quite some time from now in order to make sure that little sucker is coming out in january.

[Carolina Extreme]

so january minus 9 months?????? ahh........i'll be working on makin kids around a May 15th quite some time from now in order to make sure that little sucker is coming out in january.

Threaten the doctor with his life if the baby comes early. LOL C-section January 1.

[xtremevaulter]

i quit

Yep...this is where I hang up my vaulting spikes as well.