USATF Women - Live updates beginning at noon eastern

[rainbowgirl28]

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Event 52  Women Pole Vault
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Sunday 6/24/2007 - 12:00 PM
 Bar Progression: 4.20/4.35/4.45/4.50/4.55/4.60/4.65
 NO FIVE-ALIVE
       World:  5.01m  8/12/2005   Yelena Isinbayeva, RUS
    American:  4.88m  6/2/2007    Jenn Stuczynski, adidas
        Meet:  4.75m  7/18/2004   Stacy Dragila, Nike
           Name                        Year Team              Seed Mark
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Flight 1  Finals
  1    667 Tracy O'Hara                     adidas                4.45m
  2    880 April Steiner                    adidas                4.60m
  3    811 Jillian Schwartz                 Nike                  4.47m
  4    826 Jennie Sewell                    unattached            4.26m
  5    710 Andree Pickens                   unattached            4.50m
  6    940 Jodi Unger                       Arkansas              4.25m
  7    233 Stacy Dragila                    Nike                  4.50m
  8    451 Chelsea Johnson                  Nike                  4.55m
  9    792 Elouise Rudy                     unattached            4.33m
 10    432 Lacy Janson                      Nike                  4.60m
 11    878 Brysun Stately                   Nebraska              4.35m
 12    740 Katelin Rains                    Minn-Mankato          4.27m
 13     33 Erin Asay                        unattached            4.36m
 14    589 Nikole McEwen                    unattached            4.54m
 15    896 Jennifer Stuczynski              adidas                4.88m
 16    220 Tamara Diles                     unattached            4.27m
 17    949 Mary Vincent                     Asics                 4.44m
 18     28 Tori Anthony                     unattached            4.33m
 19    398 Becky Holliday                   New Balance           4.53m
 20     54 Erica Bartolina                  unattached            4.40m
 21    866 Kate Soma                        Club Northwe          4.25m
 22    505 April Kubishta                   Arizona State         4.30m



[rainbowgirl28]

Rain, rain go away...

they are warming up now but it's wet out there. Chances of rain delays today are high.

[rainbowgirl28]

Stacy is out. She is having more achilles problems and it sounds serious.

[rainbowgirl28]

I am going to do my best on the live updates, but if it keeps raining off and on like this (which it will), I don't have any way to keep my laptop dry.

It is in the media tent which is close to the pit, so I will run back and forth as needed.

[rainbowgirl28]

The girls are trying to keep warming up, it's raining pretty darn hard though.

Oh yeah and it's a straight headwind.

What I heard was that they told the girls they could turn the pit around if they unanimously voted to turn it around. One person voted to keep it the way it was, so there it stays.

[rainbowgirl28]

Still pouring and they have not covered the pit or anything. There's no lightning, therefore no danger to the athletes

The girls are just huddled under the tent trying to keep their poles dry.

[rainbowgirl28]

I feel bad for whoever it takes that next jump. The pit is SOAKED.

[rainbowgirl28]

They are getting started on the races. They have not officially delayed the pole vault, but the announcer said it is undetermined when it will start.

Still no covering of the pit. Someone is gonna get soaked. The officials are trying to squeegee the runway, a rather futile effort.

OK now it has eased up a bit, the girls are coming out of the tent.

[rainbowgirl28]

The rain has eased off, just a sprinkle now. I still can't take the laptop out, but I will run back and forth.

They are warming up again, not sure when it is going to start.

[Russ]

ONE PERSON'S vote is making everybody run into a headwind?! That's just crazy! How about a simple majority or even 2/3? But requiring a unanimous vote to turn the pit around is just plain insane.

Where's the justice in that?

[VTechVaulter]

ONE PERSON'S vote is making everybody run into a headwind?! That's just crazy! How about a simple majority or even 2/3? But requiring a unanimous vote to turn the pit around is just plain insane.

Where's the justice in that?

yeah im with you. thats just ridiculous. you have 20+ girls out there all wanting the same thing, and one that says no... not cool

[Skyin' Brian]

Yes, but how brave is that to be the one dissenter! She must jump really well in headwinds