CO Coach wrote:
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
And there we have it. According to LR, there was a strong tailwind and no wind measurement.
And no, not all 5.9 guys are better than 10.6
Sprintgeezer wrote:
CO Coach wrote:
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#.Wrg5QiJMGEcAnd there we have it. According to LR, there was a strong tailwind and no wind measurement.
And no, not all 5.9 guys are better than 10.6
Tailwind? In the video it looks like a headwind but I may be seeing it wrong. It might be a cross wind
SalmonRice wrote:
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.
Renaud Lavillenie's best 100 is listed at 11.04 , and he ran an 11.38 in 2013 when he broke the world record in the PV:
https://www.iaaf.org/athletes/france/renaud-lavillenie-238646There have been many 19+ foot vaulters that never broke 11 in the 100 and there have been a few that barely had sub 12 speed. Steve Hooker, a 6.06 vaulter and Olympic Gold medalist is probably one of the fastest vaulters we've had in recent time and his 100 best is 10.79. 10.69 speed would be pretty surprising speed for a pole vaulter, especially one still in high school. The guys in second and third place that Mondo beat have a couple of other sub 11 second 100s to their names so he beat a couple of pretty respectable sprinters. Does Louisiana not have wind gauges at any of their high school meets? None of these meets I've looked at down there have wind readings in the results.
I'd suspect Mondo will be a decathlete at some point.
Mondo's father has the fastest last six steps in a pole vault I have ever seen. It almost does not look real. His mom was a heptahlete and volleyball player for LSU and Sweden. He is from a super athletic family (look up his older brothers and younger sister) and he holds the World Junior Record in the pole vault; What is surprising?!
By the way, Bubka's 100m was around 10.3-4 sec (10.2 hand-timed), a 26 ft long jump, and a 6'7" high jump. To be an elite pole vaulter you need to be an athlete.
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