I was officiating Missouri District Class 3-A T&F Meet 5/15/'21 @ Chillicothe, Mo. Reviewed event results this A.M.
The winner of the girls PV was Hadley Jetmore of Pembroke Hill H.S., K.C., Mo. Her winning vault was 3.86 mtrs.
The winner of the boys PV competition was 3.65 mtrs. She bested him by .19 mtr. HAS this EVER occured before?
Hadley went on to place 3rd in 400 mtr. Dash, and 1st in 200 mtr, Dash.
She's reportedly headed to Cornell Univ., New York
Goldman W. wrote:
I was officiating Missouri District Class 3-A T&F Meet 5/15/'21 @ Chillicothe, Mo. Reviewed event results this A.M.
The winner of the girls PV was Hadley Jetmore of Pembroke Hill H.S., K.C., Mo. Her winning vault was 3.86 mtrs.
The winner of the boys PV competition was 3.65 mtrs. She bested him by .19 mtr. HAS this EVER occured before?
Hadley went on to place 3rd in 400 mtr. Dash, and 1st in 200 mtr, Dash.
She's reportedly headed to Cornell Univ., New York
Wow, that's crazy.
Why is there a girls' division? Best should compete and win.
Not surprising I guess. My daughter is a pole vaulter and has her school record, and it's within 2 inches of the boys' record. She trains at a pole vault facility about an hour away from the school, where most of the good pole vaulters in the region train. A lot of schools don't have anyone who does it, anyone who can coach it, and don't even poles they can use.
try this? wrote:
Not surprising I guess. My daughter is a pole vaulter and has her school record, and it's within 2 inches of the boys' record. She trains at a pole vault facility about an hour away from the school, where most of the good pole vaulters in the region train. A lot of schools don't have anyone who does it, anyone who can coach it, and don't even poles they can use.
We are talking like 12 foot jumps. That is a good number for a guy but we are talking like 1010 3200m that the top girls can do.
PV depth as you point out is pretty weak in HS.
Happened this weekend at New Castle County Champs in Delaware. The girls winner hit 13 feet, the boys winner hit 11’ 6”.
SpeedConcept wrote:
Happened this weekend at New Castle County Champs in Delaware. The girls winner hit 13 feet, the boys winner hit 11’ 6”.
That's a small conference though, he's talking about a state level meet.
Goldman W. wrote:
The winner of the boys PV competition was 3.65 mtrs. She bested him by .19 mtr. HAS this EVER occured before?
My guess is Paige Sommers has beat her share of boys on her way to 14'9". Shes amazing. But then vaulting is really a hyper specialist sport and only so many kids have the facilities and the equipment and the coaching AND the talent necessary to really excel in it. Like being gifted at archery or lumberjacking.
This girl competing with the guys kind of defeats the argument that transvestites have an unfair advantage against normal/real girls. Can we end all the transphobia now?
Was she born female?
ddidididid wrote:
try this? wrote:
Not surprising I guess. My daughter is a pole vaulter and has her school record, and it's within 2 inches of the boys' record. She trains at a pole vault facility about an hour away from the school, where most of the good pole vaulters in the region train. A lot of schools don't have anyone who does it, anyone who can coach it, and don't even poles they can use.
We are talking like 12 foot jumps. That is a good number for a guy but we are talking like 1010 3200m that the top girls can do.
PV depth as you point out is pretty weak in HS.
12 is pretty good for a girl but nothing special for a boy. My daughter's best is 11'6" and she got D2 offers but none from D1. At 12 feet a girl might catch on to a lower D1 team. So if that's what the winning height was, it means there weren't any boys around who were really into the sport.
try this? wrote:
Not surprising I guess. My daughter is a pole vaulter and has her school record, and it's within 2 inches of the boys' record. She trains at a pole vault facility about an hour away from the school, where most of the good pole vaulters in the region train. A lot of schools don't have anyone who does it, anyone who can coach it, and don't even poles they can use.
This is a made up story and you're creepy.
It's all in the marketing:
truth here wrote:
SpeedConcept wrote:
Happened this weekend at New Castle County Champs in Delaware. The girls winner hit 13 feet, the boys winner hit 11’ 6”.
That's a small conference though, he's talking about a state level meet.
State level meet is a bit of a stretch. Districts is just the first round of the qualifying process and these are pretty small schools - most are around 400 kids total. Pembroke is a $$$ private school in a district with mostly urban and rural schools. There is very big difference in resources there and KC has some great PV coaching if you are connected with the clubs.
The Delaware girl from Padua Academy, Erin Kelleher, has the highest vault in Delaware this season at 13 feet. The best boy in the state has jumped 12-06. Next Saturday she may actually "win" the state meet regardless of gender. I have never seen this before.
Actually, Hunter holds the record for being the highest in Delaware.
Probably more likely in the smaller classifications than the bigger school classifications. Pole Vault is not offered by many smaller schools as many places do not have the facilities, insurance or the coaching (the high school I went to had none). It's worth remembering that the men's world record (20' 3.25") is over 18% higher than the women's record (16'7"), which is the largest difference in comparable events (throwing events cannot be compared due to weight / size difference in the implements). In track events, the difference is typically between 8-12%.
Also Missouri AAA WINS for reporting metric results!
Carl Rove wrote:
try this? wrote:
Not surprising I guess. My daughter is a pole vaulter and has her school record, and it's within 2 inches of the boys' record. She trains at a pole vault facility about an hour away from the school, where most of the good pole vaulters in the region train. A lot of schools don't have anyone who does it, anyone who can coach it, and don't even poles they can use.
This is a made up story and you're creepy.
You're 0-for-2 on that. Here's a photo of the facility.
http://www.kentuckyeliteathletics.com/facilityBad Wigins wrote:
Also Missouri AAA WINS for reporting metric results!
Missouri changed to metric only in field events this year. It was actually supposed to start last year but the season ended before we had meets.