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americans over 18' 8"

Unread postby VaultBrad » Mon Nov 28, 2005 12:27 am

alright...one day i was just sitting around thinking about pole vaulting, like any other day, and was wondering how many americans have jumped over 18'8". i sat down and made a list with the help of my good friend vaultngus. anyway, here it is in no particular order. can anyone think of any more or make any corrections to the list? oh yeah, sorry about spelling on the names, probably alot of incorrect spellings.

tim mack
toby stevenson
jeff hartwig
derek myles
russ buller
pat manson
jeremy scott
tommy skipper
bubba mcclean
daniel ryland
justin norberg
tye harvey
lawrence johnson
scott slover
brad walker
nick hysong
paul litchfield
jacob pauli
britt persley
bill deering
dan ripley
dug lytle
scott huffman
dean starkey
tim bright
greg duplantis
dave volz
earl bell
scott davis
joe dial
billy olson
jacob davis
jim davis
brad persley
mike tully
kory tarpening
chad hartig
billy pain
doug fraley
jeff buckingham
larry jesse
mike holloway
dave watson
greg west
dave roberts
dale jenkins
lane lohr
daren mcdonough
adam keul
eric eschbac
paul terek
brian hunter
kurt hanna
scott hennig
david cox
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    Unread postby VaultBrad » Mon Dec 05, 2005 7:00 pm

    oh yeah, did Jason hinkin also jump 18' 8"? if so then i missed him when making the list
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    Unread postby achtungpv » Mon Dec 05, 2005 7:17 pm

    VaultBrad wrote:oh yeah, did Jason hinkin also jump 18' 8"? if so then i missed him when making the list


    Hinkin and Sean Brown both jumped 5.70 at a beach vault.
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    Unread postby achtungpv » Mon Dec 05, 2005 7:18 pm

    Todd Cooper 5.72
    Steve Stubblefield either 5.69 or 5.70
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    Unread postby ashcraftpv » Mon Dec 05, 2005 8:32 pm

    I want to say Mark Buse jumped 18' 8", but I'm not sure.....

    I know he put up a 5.65m jump in college and I think he jumped a little higher after he got out.
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    Unread postby rainbowgirl28 » Mon Dec 05, 2005 10:53 pm

    As of 2001...

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    http://web.telia.com/~u19603668/atb-i26.htm
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    Unread postby VaultBrad » Mon Dec 05, 2005 11:48 pm

    achtungpv wrote:
    VaultBrad wrote:oh yeah, did Jason hinkin also jump 18' 8"? if so then i missed him when making the list


    Hinkin and Sean Brown both jumped 5.70 at a beach vault.


    dang i missed sean brown too. i thought i got him.

    this is a pretty long list...makes me proud ot be an american :yes:
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    Unread postby Scott Go Pre » Tue Dec 06, 2005 7:10 pm

    Anthony Curran also jumped 18'8".
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    Unread postby SlickVT » Mon Dec 12, 2005 2:29 pm

    Didn't Burns jump 5.70 also?
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    Unread postby Bubba PV » Tue Dec 13, 2005 9:45 pm

    Brent Burns jumped 5.80m a couple of times I think. Bubba
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    Unread postby AVC Coach » Fri Dec 23, 2005 8:50 am

    Scott Schaffer jumped 5.72 in 1991.
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