best jump by an unattached collegiate level athlete

[Branko720]

Hey, wasn't sure what forum to put this in, but I guess it is a historical question. Does anyone know the highest vault by a an athlete that never jumped for a college?

[VaultPurple]

Probably a europeaner but it would be intreating to know how many college kids out there are jumping that went to schools without a vault team.. My teammate from highschool is giving it a try and he was like a 14,6 hit last year

[rainbowgirl28]

Probably a europeaner but it would be intreating to know how many college kids out there are jumping that went to schools without a vault team.. My teammate from highschool is giving it a try and he was like a 14,6 hit last year

He means Americans. Europeans have an entirely different club system and don't count.

[joebro391]

Mitchell Erickson

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIIVss3_yj4

not sure, but my search results yielded that he graduated in 2008, vaulted 16'10, and then went to university of Oklahoma...but he's not on the roster...{shrugs} hope this helps. -6P

[VTechVaulter]

mitch ended up transferring to Cuesta Community college in california. Never went to OU. i believe he has had some achilles problems for the last year so he wasn't really on the radar.

[rainbowgirl28]

Jason Vogt's gotta up there on the list of athletes who never joined their school team. I think he ended up jumping 17'

[drew]

Mitchell Erickson

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIIVss3_yj4

not sure, but my search results yielded that he graduated in 2008, vaulted 16'10, and then went to university of Oklahoma...but he's not on the roster...{shrugs} hope this helps. -6P

Mitch is jumping for Purdue now. He just started jumping again this summer after achilles surgery.

[joebro391]

Mitch is jumping for Purdue now. He just started jumping again this summer after achilles surgery.

Ah, well I hope he recovers. He was one of the best high school technicians I've ever seen. Tremendous potential. -6P

[vaultmd]

How about Chase Shealy?