Jack Whitt 17"10.75" First Outdoor Meet

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Jack Whitt 17"10.75" First Outdoor Meet

Unread postby smokinvaulter1 » Sat Mar 07, 2009 4:39 pm

Jack just broke Joe Dials state record as he jumped 17'10.75" at his first outdoor meet of the season. He made 3 good attempts at 18'4" also. Congrats Jack. :yes:

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Re: Jack Whitt 17"10.75" First Outdoor Meet

Unread postby rainbowgirl28 » Sat Mar 07, 2009 4:43 pm

Nice job Jack!!!

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Re: Jack Whitt 17"10.75" First Outdoor Meet

Unread postby nitro » Sat Mar 07, 2009 5:35 pm

nice job jack but did Dial jump 18 1.25 after the season was over because hes listed at that height on the leaderboard?
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Re: Jack Whitt 17"10.75" First Outdoor Meet

Unread postby smokinvaulter1 » Sat Mar 07, 2009 5:40 pm

Thats was after he graduated.

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Re: Jack Whitt 17"10.75" First Outdoor Meet

Unread postby VaultPurple » Sat Mar 07, 2009 6:35 pm

so no chance of a sudden change in plans to go after one of the big indoor meets and break the indoor record?

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Re: Jack Whitt 17"10.75" First Outdoor Meet

Unread postby kev44000 » Sat Mar 07, 2009 7:46 pm

Oklahoma has a lot of dumb rules concerning this I do not want to go into detail about. No we will not go we are done indoors. His goal is to break skippers record now 18.03 outdoors. He was over 18.03 1/2 two times hitting it coming down.

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Re: Jack Whitt 17"10.75" First Outdoor Meet

Unread postby Tim McMichael » Sat Mar 07, 2009 9:44 pm

His progression was 15'6", 16', 17', 17'4", 17'10.75".
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Re: Jack Whitt 17"10.75" First Outdoor Meet

Unread postby kev44000 » Sat Mar 07, 2009 10:33 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFUXVIMMLFE

The bar is at 17'10 3/4
Run 8 lefts
Griping 15'7ish
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Re: Jack Whitt 17"10.75" First Outdoor Meet

Unread postby polevaulter08nw » Sat Mar 07, 2009 10:44 pm

Congrats Jack! that one hell of a jump!
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Re: Jack Whitt 17"10.75" First Outdoor Meet

Unread postby pvdad81 » Sun Mar 08, 2009 11:03 am

It was a good day to jump in OKC, 72 degrees, overcast and about 20 mph tailwind! Jonathan Pr'ed at this meet as well. Thanks Jack for loaning us one of your poles. I'm sure you'll get the record before the seasons over.

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Re: Jack Whitt 17"10.75" First Outdoor Meet

Unread postby fchipr » Fri Mar 13, 2009 2:21 pm

Great job Jack. Keep the focus and don't let the lil day-to-day stuff bug ya.
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Re: Jack Whitt 17"10.75" First Outdoor Meet

Unread postby KirkB » Sat Mar 14, 2009 1:22 am

Tim McMichael wrote:His progression was 15'6", 16', 17', 17'4", 17'10.75".

Tim, congratualations on turning Jack into the top HS vaulter in the nation.

I'm as proud of you as you are of him! :yes:

He must have cleared those first couple of bars by a mile, eh?

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