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Skipper Opens Indoor Season in Pole Vault
01/14/06 | Track and Field
The returning NCAA indoor champion took fourth with a clearance of 17-4 1/2 (5.30m), while World Championships silver medalist Brad Walker of Nike (first, 18-0 1/2) won the event over Olympic silver medalist Toby Stevenson of Nike (second, 17-8 1/2).
Skipper passed the first three heights, and then opened with a second attempt conversion at 17-4 1/2. The
Skipper easily met the NCAA provisional standard (17-0 3/4, 5.20m), and will continue to set his sights on the NCAA automatic qualifying mark of 18-0 1/2 (5.50m) which will earn an instant invitation to the NCAA Indoor Championships, March 10-11 in
In his two previous collegiate indoor seasons, Skipper has cleared marks of 18-0 1/2 or better in 10 meets, including his top-two NCAA finishes as a sophomore (first, 18-4 1/2) and freshman (second, 18-4 1/2). He is also the Oregon indoor pole vault record holder, thanks to his freshman season clearance of 18-10 1/4 (5.71m) in the United Heritage Invitational in Nampa, Idaho in February 2004.
Saturday's meet in Seattle served as a tune-up for the Pole Vault Summit, scheduled for Reno, Nevada, Fri.-Sat., Jan. 27-28. An elite exhibition section comprised mostly of world-caliber post-collegians is usually held on Friday evening, and collegiate sections follow during the day Saturday. More meet info is located at the www.PoleVaultSummit.com website.
The Duck men's and women's squads will send contingents the same weekend to the UW Invitational, Fri.-Sat., Jan. 27-28 in the Dempsey Indoor in
FINAL RESULTS
* courtesy of www.GoHuskies.com
Men Pole Vault
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Fac. Record: ! 5.81m 1/31/2004 Toby Stevenson, Unattached
NCAA Auto: A 5.50m
NCAA Prov: P 5.20m
Name Year School Finals
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1 70 Walker, Brad Nike 5.50mA 18-00.50
4.90 5.05 5.20 5.30 5.35 5.40 5.50 5.65
PPP PPP PPP PPP PPP XO O XXX
2 69 Stevenson, Toby Nike 5.40mP 17-08.50
4.90 5.05 5.20 5.30 5.35 5.40 5.50
PPP PPP PPP XO PPP O XXX
3 394 Lee, McKane Washington 5.30mP 17-04.50
4.90 5.05 5.20 5.30 5.35
O O XXO O XXX
4 340 Skipper, Tommy Oregon J5.30mP 17-04.50
4.90 5.05 5.20 5.30 5.35 5.40
PPP PPP PPP XO PPP XXX
5 286 Roth, Scott Unattached 5.05m 16-06.75
4.90 5.05 5.20
PPP XO XXX
6 409 Miller, Andy Valley Royals 4.90m 16-00.75
4.90 5.05
XO XXX
7 451 Morse, Tim Williamette STC 4.60m 15-01.00
4.30 4.45 4.60 4.75
PPP PPP XO XXX
8 288 Tanenbaum, Eric Unattached 4.45m 14-07.25
4.30 4.45 4.60
O XO XXX
9 343 Gause, Greg Puget Sound J4.45m 14-07.25
4.30 4.45 4.60
PPP XO XXX
-- 388 Finley, Scott Washington NH
4.30 4.45 4.60
PPP PPP XXX
-- 401 Roberts, Sam Washington NH
4.90
XXX
-- 252 Sayres, Conor U-Washington NH
4.30
XXX
-- 265 Carlson, Jon Unattached NH
4.30 4.45
PPP XXX
-- 450 Cogdill, Ben Willamette STC NH
4.30 4.45
PPP XXX
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