Crossbars can be a real pain in the a**

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Crossbars can be a real pain in the a**

Unread postby lonestar » Tue Jan 13, 2004 3:03 am

Any scientist who can't explain to an eight-year-old what he is doing is a charlatan. K Vonnegut

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Unread postby zack » Tue Jan 13, 2004 3:16 am

ha. yikes did this guy make it in the pit? http://www.texaspolevault.com/galleries ... PV054.html looks like U of Nebraska maybe.

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Unread postby lonestar » Tue Jan 13, 2004 3:25 am

zack wrote:ha. yikes did this guy make it in the pit? http://www.texaspolevault.com/galleries ... PV054.html looks like U of Nebraska maybe.


That's definitely Rick Attig's hair in the foreground! Didn't see the jump and from the looks of it, I'm glad I didn't! There was some scary jumping going on all day - I "heard" at least 5 guys land on the box and 3 or 4 hit the standards.
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Unread postby rainbowgirl28 » Tue Jan 13, 2004 10:23 am

That's my pigtail! http://www.texaspolevault.com/galleries ... PV059.html

Lots of PVP members in those pics :heart:

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Unread postby RoySloppy » Tue Jan 13, 2004 5:09 pm

yeah becca i didnt realize it but i was in an elevator with you and chelo one morning. man was she sick. i should of introduced myself but oh well it was early.
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Unread postby rainbowgirl28 » Tue Jan 13, 2004 5:11 pm

RoySloppy wrote:yeah becca i didnt realize it but i was in an elevator with you and chelo one morning. man was she sick. i should of introduced myself but oh well it was early.


Aww you should have.

I was rooming with Chelo and she made me sleep on the floor because she didn't want to get me sick :(

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Unread postby dbulick » Thu Jan 15, 2004 5:57 pm

Ha that is me in the first Picture.............I did break a cross bar at that meet, it shouldn't have landed under my feet, it was it's fault.

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Unread postby vaultin chris » Thu Jan 15, 2004 8:34 pm

i broke one on the infamous PIT 3. I kicked it off but i didnt go very far it just fell staight down and i broke it with my back, it didnt feel good at all.
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Unread postby dbulick » Thu Jan 15, 2004 10:27 pm

I am actually a decathalete and you think it hurts when you land on the bar polevault, for some strange reason it hurts like 10 times worse High Jumping.

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Unread postby vaultin chris » Thu Jan 15, 2004 10:31 pm

no simple physics and my brain tells me landing on a crossbar from 16 feet hurts more than falling on one from 6 feet
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Unread postby das_1971 » Thu Jan 15, 2004 10:41 pm

you gotta remember chris aint a real big guy, and those bars are a lot meaner to him...

they still make those old blazer crossbars... I love those things.
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Unread postby vaultin chris » Thu Jan 15, 2004 10:43 pm

thats why i try to stay away from them as much as possible
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