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Natalie Willer 4.30 Shade Weygandt 4.25 Just like Nationals these two battled jump for jump

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Pan American Junior Championships 2009 - 7/31/2009 to 8/2/2009
Results at www.cfpitiming.com
Hasely Crawford Stadium in Port of Spain Trin

Event 116 Women Pole Vault
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World: W 5.05m 8/18/2008 Yelena Isinbayeva, RUS
World Jr: J 4.48m 8/25/2005 Silke Spiegelburg, GER
Pan Am Champ: P 4.20m 7/8/2007 Alicia Rue, USA @ Sao Paulo,
2009 Best: * 4.45m Maria Zaharaadi, GRE, Pescara
Name Year Team Finals
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Finals
1 Willer, Natalie 90 USA 4.30mP
3.60 3.70 3.80 3.90 4.00 4.05 4.10 4.15 4.20 4.25 4.30 4.40
P O P O O O P XO O O XXO XXX
2 Weygandt, Shade 91 USA 4.25mP
3.60 3.70 3.80 3.90 4.00 4.05 4.10 4.15 4.20 4.25 4.30
P O P O O O P O XXO O XXX
3 Beaumont-Courteau, Arian 90 Canada 4.00m
3.60 3.70 3.80 3.90 4.00 4.05
O O O XXO XO XXX
4 Santos Silva, Sara 90 Brazil 4.00m
3.60 3.70 3.80 3.90 4.00 4.05
O O O XXO XXO XXX
-- Blouin, Melanie 90 Canada NH
3.60
XXX

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Port of Spain, Trinidad – Natalie Willer continued to break records on Friday afternoon, as the Husker sophomore won the women’s pole vault at the Pan Am Junior Championships with a meet-record vault of 14-1 1/4. In 2009 alone, Willer has broke seven pole vault records, starting during the indoor season with the NU school record (14-0) and Big 12 meet record (13-10). Outdoors, the Elkhorn, Neb., native broke the Ed Weir Stadium record (14-0 1/2), Drake Relays record (14-3 1/2), American Junior and NU school record (14-4 1/2) and now the Pan Am Junior record.

Willer led a 1-2 finish for Team USA as she was followed by Mansfield, Texas, native Shade Weygant. The Team USA teammates will have plenty of chances to battle at the collegiate level next season as Weygant will be starting her collegiate career at Texas Tech.

Adding to the impressive feat, Willer and the other competitors had to arrive at Hasley Crawford Stadium much earlier than previously scheduled. Originally the pole vault was set for 5 p.m., but at 6 a.m. today, athletes were made aware that the event was being moved to 10 a.m.

Overall, this year’s Team USA squad looks to best the 48 medals won by Team USA at the 2007 Pan Am Games. Current Husker Scott Wims brought back two of those medals in ’07, as he won the 200 meters and finished third in the 100 meters.