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how about lawrence johnson? what ever happened to him? seems like he fell off the planet after 2001 world indoors.

So the post about Jim Davis got me thinking...what does life hold for former world class vaulters once they are done vaulting? I thought it would be cool to see what everyone is up to. Here are some people I'm curious about, and feel free to add any other names to the list. If you have any info, ple...

Davis never jumped on anything longer than 5m. His largest was 9.8. He did weigh around 215 lbs. Chmara was on gigantic poles as referenced above. Another 5.81 Pole pole vaulter (ha ha) was Marion Kolasa. I believe he was on poles around 11.0...but he was another ~6'6" 200+ lbs vaulter. i held...

this has been a great thread to read. there is a lot of value in having peers review your work. it reminds me of a sign an experienced professor had outside his door: "In God we trust...all others bring data." there will always be these kinds of debates in the pole vault until we get more ...

looking to buy or trade for a used 15' 150 and 14' 165 (preferably Spirit). must be in arizona as i don't want to bother with shipping costs. let me know asap if you are interested.

whatever happened to the old accelerator poles? i've jumped on every pole out there, and i still think those babies were the smoothest. i don't know if i could have jumped incredibly high on them, but for some reason they just felt sooooo much smoother than anything else. maybe some of the fossils i...

At the time of his first 5.80, Hartwig was the slowest to ever clear that high. so the realist in me is wondering how Jeff Hartwig goes from being the slowest ever to clear 5.80 (if that is indeed the case) to being the fastest american vaulter (study shown at reno by mcginnis et al) running at 9.3...