OFFICIAL RESULTS
1 308 Raphael HOLZDEPPE GER 5.50 89
2 603 Pawel WOJCIECHOWSKI POL 89 5.40
3 291 Karsten DILLA GER 89 5.30
4 358 Dezsö SZABÓ HUN 89 5.30 PB
5 273 Andrew MARSH GBR 90 5.20
6 146 Rasmus Wejnold JØRGENSE DEN 89 5.20 NJ
7 806 Joe BERRY USA 89 5.10 - O XO XXX
7 436 Hiroki SASASE JPN 89 5.10 -
9 651 Anatoliy BEDNYUK RUS 89 5.10 -
10 843 Maston WALLACE USA 89 5.00 - O - XXX
11 644 Cheyne RAHME RSA 91 5.00
12 420 Yuya ARIAKE JPN 89 4.85
WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Qualifying
BYDGOSZCZ, POLAND
Joe Berry has traveled to Poland for the World Championships for Juniors (Under 20 years of age). Joe and Maston Wallace (ncaa champion from Texas) both failed to receive poles for the qualifying round. USATF delayed logistical plans for pole shipping in spite of repeated efforts to make early and complete arrangements. International shipping of poles has become very, very difficult.
In spite of challenges with poles and swirling winds, both guys managed to make the finals, which take place on Saturday. Joe made a gutsy 3rd attempt clearance on his opening bar to get in the meet.
FROM USATF WEBSITE.......
Despite having to borrow poles for the qualifying round, both Tennessee's Joe Berry and Maston Wallace of Texas cleared a height of 5.10m/16-8.75 to reach the finals of the men's pole vault. Both vaulters have experienced shipping problems with the poles they normally use in competition. Berry expects his to be in Poland in time for the finals, but Wallace's set of poles never got farther than Houston, Texas. U.S. Junior champion Berry avoided quick elimination by getting over 4.90m/16-0.75 on his third try. After taking two attempts to clear 5.00m/16-4.75, Berry eased over 5.10m/16-8.75 on one attempt.
"The beginning was a little rough, since it took me a little while to get into my groove. The wind was swirling quite a bit and we're not even jumping on our own poles. We had to borrow some poles, so it's a makeshift Lincoln log type deal going on right now.
"As the bar got higher things started to come around on the poles we're using here. When I cleared 5.10 that's when I felt my best. Going in I wasn't penetrating at all, I was coming down on the bar almost every time. On the 5.10 jump I finally started to penetrate and it started to come around.
"It was a relief to know that we could jump on these poles that we borrowed. Now, going into the finals we have more confidence."
Joe Berry, Pole Vault
"It took me three jumps to actually clear a bar. So I was pretty nervous. Standing back on the runway for my third attempt I was thinking 'I did not travel 3,000 miles to no height.' Luckily, I made it. That certainly got my adrenaline going. Then I started hitting my steps in the right place.
"The wind was really swirling, one jump would be a headwind and then next would be a tailwind. Then another jump would have a crosswind. As the meet progressed we just got used to it and started making bars. I even moved up poles on my first attempt at 5.10 and almost hit it on my way up, which is a good sign.
"In most field events, like the throws, a shot put is a shot put, but every pole is kind of individualized. It takes a while to get used to it. That's why you always want to jump on your own poles, because you know exactly how they're going to uncork, how they're going to bend and toss you. So jumping on new poles is just a transition period in the beginning.
"We only had three warm-up jumps each, so it was a bit difficult getting use to the new poles. Hopefully my poles are getting here today so that I'll have them for the final.">>>
Joe Berry has traveled to Poland for the World Championships for Juniors (Under 20 years of age). Joe and Maston Wallace (ncaa champion from Texas) both failed to receive poles for the qualifying round. USATF delayed logistical plans for pole shipping in spite of repeated efforts to make early and complete arrangements. International shipping of poles has become very, very difficult.
In spite of challenges with poles and swirling winds, both guys managed to make the finals, which take place on Saturday. Joe made a gutsy 3rd attempt clearance on his opening bar to get in the meet.
FROM USATF WEBSITE.......
Despite having to borrow poles for the qualifying round, both Tennessee's Joe Berry and Maston Wallace of Texas cleared a height of 5.10m/16-8.75 to reach the finals of the men's pole vault. Both vaulters have experienced shipping problems with the poles they normally use in competition. Berry expects his to be in Poland in time for the finals, but Wallace's set of poles never got farther than Houston, Texas. U.S. Junior champion Berry avoided quick elimination by getting over 4.90m/16-0.75 on his third try. After taking two attempts to clear 5.00m/16-4.75, Berry eased over 5.10m/16-8.75 on one attempt.
"The beginning was a little rough, since it took me a little while to get into my groove. The wind was swirling quite a bit and we're not even jumping on our own poles. We had to borrow some poles, so it's a makeshift Lincoln log type deal going on right now.
"As the bar got higher things started to come around on the poles we're using here. When I cleared 5.10 that's when I felt my best. Going in I wasn't penetrating at all, I was coming down on the bar almost every time. On the 5.10 jump I finally started to penetrate and it started to come around.
"It was a relief to know that we could jump on these poles that we borrowed. Now, going into the finals we have more confidence."
Joe Berry, Pole Vault
"It took me three jumps to actually clear a bar. So I was pretty nervous. Standing back on the runway for my third attempt I was thinking 'I did not travel 3,000 miles to no height.' Luckily, I made it. That certainly got my adrenaline going. Then I started hitting my steps in the right place.
"The wind was really swirling, one jump would be a headwind and then next would be a tailwind. Then another jump would have a crosswind. As the meet progressed we just got used to it and started making bars. I even moved up poles on my first attempt at 5.10 and almost hit it on my way up, which is a good sign.
"In most field events, like the throws, a shot put is a shot put, but every pole is kind of individualized. It takes a while to get used to it. That's why you always want to jump on your own poles, because you know exactly how they're going to uncork, how they're going to bend and toss you. So jumping on new poles is just a transition period in the beginning.
"We only had three warm-up jumps each, so it was a bit difficult getting use to the new poles. Hopefully my poles are getting here today so that I'll have them for the final.">>>
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