Eugene, OR
18th: Robert Rasnick - 5m
NH: Brad Holtz
The NCAA championship pole vault was marred with several unfortunate circumstances. The warm-ups and first few bars were run into a headwind with light rain coming and going at times. Then the officials forgot to actually raise the bar to 5.15m but allowed all the vaulters to have their attempts at what was still actually 5m. Then they decided to erase all of those jumps and start over, re-introducing several vaulters who were out and eliminating several vaulters who had "cleared". All and all, it was an embarassment for the sport and the NCAA. I feel terrible for the athletes who had to finish their career in such an idiotic fashion. The Tennessee vaulters did not bring their "A" game to this meet but gained valuable experience and learned lessons that should serve us in the future.
NH: Brad Holtz
The NCAA championship pole vault was marred with several unfortunate circumstances. The warm-ups and first few bars were run into a headwind with light rain coming and going at times. Then the officials forgot to actually raise the bar to 5.15m but allowed all the vaulters to have their attempts at what was still actually 5m. Then they decided to erase all of those jumps and start over, re-introducing several vaulters who were out and eliminating several vaulters who had "cleared". All and all, it was an embarassment for the sport and the NCAA. I feel terrible for the athletes who had to finish their career in such an idiotic fashion. The Tennessee vaulters did not bring their "A" game to this meet but gained valuable experience and learned lessons that should serve us in the future.
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