Vaulters to look out for from NY in nationals

[rainbowgirl28]

now, the usatf junior national meet outdoors is probalby the meet that is in fact a legit national championship rather than just a high calibur high school meet.

Yeah except there are more college freshmen than high schoolers at Jr Nationals. Outdoors Golden West and Adidas Outdoor Championships are great. This year they are on separate weekends which is great. Then you can win the USATF or AAU National Championships and be a national champion

[Skyin' Brian]

now, the usatf junior national meet outdoors is probalby the meet that is in fact a legit national championship rather than just a high calibur high school meet.

Yeah except there are more college freshmen than high schoolers at Jr Nationals. Outdoors Golden West and Adidas Outdoor Championships are great. This year they are on separate weekends which is great. Then you can win the USATF or AAU National Championships and be a national champion

oh yeah, forgot about that one

usatf junior olympics is probably a better choice then

[SpankyVaults]

just to let you know, Dan uses a 16' foot pole and grips at the band. Jumping 16' off a 16' grip isn't thaqt amazing, but he should really be jumping 17'. I jumped 15'4'' off a 15' gripping 2 hands from the band. That is how its suppose to be done.
Another example, Adam Sarafian from NJ jumped 17'4'' off a 15' pole. Now there is a real jump my friends.

[MillerTime]

just to let you know, Dan uses a 16' foot pole and grips at the band. Jumping 16' off a 16' grip isn't thaqt amazing, but he should really be jumping 17'. I jumped 15'4'' off a 15' gripping 2 hands from the band. That is how its suppose to be done.
Another example, Adam Sarafian from NJ jumped 17'4'' off a 15' pole. Now there is a real jump my friends.

my p.r. is 13 feet with my 13' 1" pole (before it broke), then i got 12'6 with my 12 foot pole. i barely made it to leagues, that guy should be jumpin way higher than his pole height if he made it to nationals.

[RoySloppy]

just to let you know, Dan uses a 16' foot pole and grips at the band. Jumping 16' off a 16' grip isn't thaqt amazing, but he should really be jumping 17'. I jumped 15'4'' off a 15' gripping 2 hands from the band. That is how its suppose to be done.
Another example, Adam Sarafian from NJ jumped 17'4'' off a 15' pole. Now there is a real jump my friends.

my p.r. is 13 feet with my 13' 1" pole (before it broke), then i got 12'6 with my 12 foot pole. i barely made it to leagues, that guy should be jumpin way higher than his pole height if he made it to nationals.

why is there such jealousy on the board? cant we be happy for anyone who jumps higher than us? so what if he jumps at his grip. cant we not tell someone what they should do and just say good job?

[mcminkz05]

ok then, you all try gripping at 16' and see how well you do

[HurlingHokie]

Just to give you some information about Dan. A year ago Dan was a 10' vaulter, at which point he went to a mini camp with a guy named Rick Suhr located out of Rochester NY, you may have read about him on this forum before. Seeing potential in Dan, Rick brought him in to train 3x a week with Tiffany Maskulinksi, the 13'5" Junior which was mentioned earlier in this post, Jenn O'neil, who was an 8' vaulter less than a year ago and just took second behind Tiffany at nationals with a jump of 13'1" and a few other select high school athletes from the Buffalo and Rochester areas. Dan worked very very hard and set goals for himself working day in and day out. Dan is one of the athletes who put in the hard time to make himself better. You can get more information on him and the other vaulters that train in the same facility at www.suhrsports.com

[Skyin' Brian]

just to let you know, Dan uses a 16' foot pole and grips at the band. Jumping 16' off a 16' grip isn't thaqt amazing, but he should really be jumping 17'. I jumped 15'4'' off a 15' gripping 2 hands from the band. That is how its suppose to be done.
Another example, Adam Sarafian from NJ jumped 17'4'' off a 15' pole. Now there is a real jump my friends.

you may not see this as having good technique, but it takes a certain technique to run fast and efficiently and takeoff well. it takes technique to get on big poles and just part of a vault is on the pole. lots of people can jump >15 on a 15 foot pole. now i could talk crap about how high i would jump if i gripped 16' but first i should probably worry about working my run, plant, and takeoff so that i dont keep getting spanked on by inferior athletes even though on the pole i may be much better than the average vaulter.
personally i see a 16'jump on a 16' pole for a high schooler almost more impressive than on a 15' pole. it shows more room for improvement

[skyin' pimp]

just to let you know, Dan uses a 16' foot pole and grips at the band. Jumping 16' off a 16' grip isn't thaqt amazing, but he should really be jumping 17'. I jumped 15'4'' off a 15' gripping 2 hands from the band. That is how its suppose to be done.
Another example, Adam Sarafian from NJ jumped 17'4'' off a 15' pole. Now there is a real jump my friends.

hey, if someone can grip 16', they're probably runnin' well and takin' off well... hopefully he's not on a 16' 160 or something stupid like that.. but, if he's on a real 16'er, than i'd take that over a 15' grip 17'4" anyday.... lot easier to teach a kid to swing correctly than it is to change someone's runway and take-off to get more grip.. granted, i haven't seen either's jumps.. so, i don't have enough info.. but, if you can effectively plant a big grip.. that's just as impressive as jumpin' 3' over grip

i've jumped 16'2" on a 14' pole and all i can think is that i'm a big wussy for not being on a real pole

[skyin' pimp]

i didn't write wussy.. but, when i read it, i thought it looked like i was a bigger wussy than what i was intending.. i mean, wussy sounds REALLY wussy

[rainbowgirl28]

i didn't write wussy.. but, when i read it, i thought it looked like i was a bigger wussy than what i was intending.. i mean, wussy sounds REALLY wussy

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