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2008 M60-64
This year is also off to a quick start. I had the distinct pleasure and honor to be one of 6 masters age group world record setters at the Reno Pole Vault Summit on January 4th, 2008. In February I no-heighted at a PV only competition. In March I won my first world championship competition. - John Altendorf |
| click on a link below for a results page from: | mov = Quick Time Player video |
| high school college 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2009 2010 2011 2012 | wmv = Windows Media Player video |
| Date | Meet Name and Location | Place | Height (video link) |
Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 4 | Reno Pole Vault Summit Reno, NV (my group results) |
1st M60 |
4.00m (13' 1.5") mov - wmv |
This year my competition was at a good time; 6pm. The only problem was it overlapped the elite vaulting so I didn't get to watch much of it. There were 6 world records set, including me improving mine! Here is a photo of 5 of the world record vaulters that day. |
| Mar 20 | WMA Indoor World Championships Clermont-Ferrand, France (results) |
1st M60 |
3.60m
wmv 3.80m wmv |
This was my
first international competition. Many thanks to Nordic Sport who loaned me poles.
This made travel so much easier! But created the anxiety of jumping on
new poles for the first time, and at a major competition. My warm ups
went well and so did my first two jumps, making first 3.60m and then
3.80m (video links to the left) on my first attempts. I was caught off
guard when my competition passed 3.90m and I had to make a quick
decision whether to jump at 3.90 by myself or go directly to 4.00m. At
that point I was winning the competition based on my first attempt make
at 3.80 so I decided to pass and jump at 4.00. I was concerned that I
might need to be on a bigger pole so my first two attempts I moved up a
pole, but I wasn't ready for it. For my third attempt I dropped back
down, but I still missed. There were 3671 athletes from 65 countries participating in this 3rd World Indoor Championships. More details about participation and medal counts are here. I met several European vaulters and was especially pleased to meet Hans Lagerqvist of Sweden and Wolfgang Ritte (and family) of Germany. Some photos from the championships are available here. And if anyone is interested, there is video of the medal ceremony, complete with music. (music here) (medals awarded here). |
| May 31 | VVC Jumps & Throws meet Cascade HS, Turner, OR |
12'
0" make 12' 6" miss |
It was overcast but warm enough. My run was strong and I adjusted my start point from 93' 6" to 94' 6". I started out using the Pacer FX 4.15 155 but soon moved to the 160. Unfortunately, I didn't move to the 165 to slow down my pole speed and on my 2nd and 3rd jumps at 12'6" I knocked the bar off going up on one, and with my forearm (after my body was over) on the other. | |
| Jun 8 | NW Classic Open and Masters | 12' 0" | ||
| Jun 27 | Portland
Masters Classic Gresham, Oregon |
2nd | 12' 6" | Dennis won this when he made 12' 6" on his first attempt and I took 2 attempts to make it. |
| Jul 13 | State
Games of Oregon Gresham, Oregon |
12' 6" | ||
| Jul 20 | Seattle
Classic & NW Regional Champs Seattle, WA (results) |
Since I pulled a hamstring about 1 week before, I did not attend this event. | ||
| Aug 3 | Hayward
Classic & Oregon Assoc Champs Eugene, Oregon |
1st M60 |
3.50m | After winning, I stopped to eliminate the possibility of further hamstring irritation. |
| Aug 10 | USATF
Outdoor National Champs Spokane, Washington |
3rd | 3.35m | Still struggling with a hamstring tweak that I wasn't comfortable pushing hard on. That was a big distraction and I just didn't jump well. |
| meters | feet | inches | meters | feet | inches | meters | feet | inches | |||||
| 3.00 | = | 9 | 10.00 | 3.50 | = | 11 | 5.75 | 4.00 | = | 13 | 1.50 | ||
| 3.05 | = | 10 | 0.00 | 3.55 | = | 11 | 7.75 | 4.05 | = | 13 | 3.50 | ||
| 3.10 | = | 10 | 2.00 | 3.60 | = | 11 | 9.75 | 4.10 | = | 13 | 5.50 | ||
| 3.15 | = | 10 | 4.00 | 3.65 | = | 11 | 11.75 | 4.15 | = | 13 | 7.50 | ||
| 3.20 | = | 10 | 6.00 | 3.70 | = | 12 | 1.75 | 4.20 | = | 13 | 9.25 | ||
| 3.25 | = | 10 | 8.00 | 3.75 | = | 12 | 3.75 | 4.25 | = | 13 | 11.25 | ||
| 3.30 | = | 10 | 10.00 | 3.80 | = | 12 | 5.50 | 4.30 | = | 14 | 1.25 | ||
| 3.35 | = | 11 | 0.00 | 3.85 | = | 12 | 7.50 | 4.35 | = | 14 | 3.25 | ||
| 3.40 | = | 11 | 1.75 | 3.90 | = | 12 | 9.50 | 4.40 | = | 14 | 5.25 | ||
| 3.45 | = | 11 | 3.75 | 3.95 | = | 12 | 11.50 | 4.45 | = | 14 | 7.25 |
| click on a link below for a results page from: | mov = Quick Time Player video |
| high school college 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2009 2010 2011 2012 | wmv = Windows Media Player video |
