LAST CHANCE INDOOR MEET

Virginia Tech University:

Joe Berry: 17 feet, (5.18m)

Ayers: 15' 1"

Hogue: NH

Holtz: NH

Making our 3rd trip down to Tech for a last chance meet. Michael Hogue thought he might need a few more cm to secure his NCAA berth. The other guys just wanted to jump for various reasons. True freshman Joe Berry was the story of the meet for us. He PR'd for the second week in a row clearing 17 feet for the first time in his life. He cleared it quite easily which is a good sign for the rest of the season. I think he even surprised himself a little bit. Then the bar went to 17'5" and Joe had one really nice attempt on his 2nd try. If the standards had been at 50cm, it would have stayed up there. That would have gotten him to the NCAA meet as a freshman. Michael and Brad had off days although

both are running really well and look as strong as ever. Holtz tried

16 foot poles for the first time and looked pretty good on them. Michael Ayers had a tall task with the bar going from 15 to 16 feet right away. He is making a few major technical changes which should lead to consistency at 5m and higher.