Grandpa Bell on the news!

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Grandpa Bell on the news!

Unread postby rainbowgirl28 » Tue Mar 27, 2007 2:04 am

My mom said she saw Grandpa Bell on the local news tonight. Something related to him winning nationals.

They must have picked up the story from a national service, so if any of you watch your local news anymore, maybe you'll catch it.

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Unread postby master » Tue Mar 27, 2007 9:16 pm

Grandpa Bell put on quite a show. He was in my group, M60+. He jumped almost by himself for about an hour. I think he set a new WR about 10 times. I have most of them on video.

He turned 85 about a week ago so he was the "young kid on the block" in the 85-89 age group. Of course Earl was there to provide some guidance. :yes:

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Unread postby stormvault » Tue Mar 27, 2007 11:22 pm

"Pole Vaulting, bringing families closer." New add campaign. I just hope at the age of 85 I can still walk with 2 legs.

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Unread postby SKOT » Tue Mar 27, 2007 11:39 pm

They also had a story on ESPN 2's "Cold Pizza" morning program as well!

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Unread postby Bubba PV » Thu Mar 29, 2007 8:12 pm

Now Earl knows how his dad felt watching him all of those years!

Here's a link to his videos courtesy of John Altendorf. Bubba

http://polevaulting.johnaltendorf.com/m ... ndpa_Bell/
Bubba Sparks - www.bubbapv.com

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