Mondo Duplantis 10.69

I don’t know why people are surprised. The best junior pole vaulter runs a great 100m time.... It’s like taking a good 3k SC and having them run the mile. Both events rely mostly on the same energy systems.

RejectRunner wrote:

I don’t know why people are surprised. The best junior pole vaulter runs a great 100m time.... It’s like taking a good 3k SC and having them run the mile. Both events rely mostly on the same energy systems.

Is there a lot of surprise being expressed somewhere that I don’t know about? Or are you referring to this singular post.

Anyways, great performance. Cool to see him running the event.

I expect to see a Long Jump PR (High 23 feet probably) this spring as well, but I doubt he does anything but pole vault once he graduates.

Ex decathlon WR holder Roman Sebrle only has a 10.64 best. He was a pretty decent pole vaulter in his own right (5m20) and he actually trained for the 100m. Dvorak, who held the decathlon WR before Sebrle had a 10.54 best

10.69 for a high schooler (non 100m guy) is very fast.

GBohannon wrote:

RejectRunner wrote:

I don’t know why people are surprised. The best junior pole vaulter runs a great 100m time.... It’s like taking a good 3k SC and having them run the mile. Both events rely mostly on the same energy systems.

Is there a lot of surprise being expressed somewhere that I don’t know about? Or are you referring to this singular post.

Anyways, great performance. Cool to see him running the event.

The comments on the IG post

RejectRunner wrote:

The comments on the IG post

Inspector General?

In the video it looks like they’re going into a headwind based on the flags on the infield

IG? wrote:

RejectRunner wrote:

The comments on the IG post

Inspector General?

Inspector Gadget?

RejectRunner wrote:

I don’t know why people are surprised. The best junior pole vaulter runs a great 100m time.... It’s like taking a good 3k SC and having them run the mile. Both events rely mostly on the same energy systems.

The surprise lies in that he's a pole vaulter and not a sprinter. In other words, he trains for the pole vault and not sprint mechanics. 10.69 is actually a pretty good time regardless.

PV is HIGHLY technical, although obviously physical talent matters.

Bubka was pretty fast back in the day, too.

It's not at all surprising that he is fast, but it is slightly surprising that he is 10.69 fast. Wind?

To understand why it is mildly surprising, 10.69 with PV training means easily 10.4-10.5 with sprint training--and 10.4 at his age and stage of development would be very fast. And mind, that is 10.4-10.5, easily. It could just as reasonably be 10.35

Yes, that is mildly surprising.

Specificity wrote:

RejectRunner wrote:

I don’t know why people are surprised. The best junior pole vaulter runs a great 100m time.... It’s like taking a good 3k SC and having them run the mile. Both events rely mostly on the same energy systems.

The surprise lies in that he's a pole vaulter and not a sprinter. In other words, he trains for the pole vault and not sprint mechanics. 10.69 is actually a pretty good time regardless.

Ummm, many PV'ers sprint in training... and that includes 'sprint mechanic' work.

It looks like the ran the other way on the track, which would indicate to me that there was wind that day. Probably a gauge too, so at some point we'll see what the wind was. Still, a great run.

Very big headwind

Remember this guy is also a pretty solid long jumper which requires speed. If I’m not mistaken he’s LJ’d mid 23s already

Very interesting. If he has any strength (for things like shot put, discus, & javelin) he could demolish the decathlon WR if concentrated on the event.

lol @ "sprint mechanics". You mean running fast? That's what it really boils down to. Nobody moves up much at all by working on " mechanics".

A 10.69 isn't all that shocking for a kid who can jump 5.90m. It has been known for a while, practically and mathematically, that the biggest factor in how high someone can vault is their run up speed. The challenge of the event is transferring the energy from run up to vertical height, but no mastering of technique will get a person over 5m if they don't have a great top end speed. I'm sure all 5.9 vaulters are able to run 10.6 or better.

yoyomama wrote:

I expect to see a Long Jump PR (High 23 feet probably) this spring as well, but I doubt he does anything but pole vault once he graduates.

Should be way further than that. He is a star vaulter, and runs a 10.69 - which is necessary on the run way.

I jumped 7:31 off an 11.2 hand time 100 when I was 16.

With his athleticism he should be over 25' if he wants to be. He pays attention, so I suspect his only issue will be making sure he doesn't hurt himself doing circus tricks.

No wind reading for any events in the official results. Kind of odd to have FAT timing with no wind gauge even for a high school meet:

http://la.milesplit.com/meets/309995/results/573593/formatted#.Wrg5QiJMGEc