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2006 M60-64
(as of March 12th)
This was a very good year for my vaulting. I moved into a new age group. Two weeks later I won the USATF indoor national championships. During the year I set a new American outdoor record and then a new World outdoor record. The world record I broke was set in 1971 by Herbert Schmidt of Germany. In a subsequent meet I broke my own record and then in another meet, jumped higher yet. Unfortunately this last height will not count as a WR because there were not the requisite three certified officials there to observe the jump and measure the cross bar. In August I competed and won the USATF outdoor national championships. (All references to winning and records are for my Masters age group of 60 through 64 years old.) - John Altendorf |
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| Date | Meet Name and Location | Place | Height (video link) |
Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 29 | Reno Pole Vault Summit Reno, NV |
3.70m 12'-1.5" |
I was disappointed with the height I cleared. They didn't have us grouped by ages, but I believe I "won" the M55-59 age group. | |
| Mar 12 | My birthday, which moved me into the M60-64 age group. | |||
| Mar 24 | USATF
Masters Indoor Nat Champs Boston, MA |
1st | 3.75m 12'-3.5" |
After winning the competition I attempted an American and World indoor record of 3.92m, but failed. It was 9pm and virtually everyone except vaulters had gone home. |
| Apr 28 | Western Oregon Univ (WOU) Twilight Monmouth, OR |
3.65m 12' |
I pulled my hamstring slightly on first jump (but still cleared the bar), so I withdrew. During warmups I had one of my strongest ever jumps. | |
| Jun 10 | Portland Masters Classic & Oregon Assoc Champs Gresham, OR |
1st | 3.91m 12'-10" |
I broke the American and World records (old Am=3.83, old World=3.90). Obviously these are PMC and Ore Assoc meet records. (I first jumped 3.84, then 3.91 and failed at 4.00m) (note: video is truncated) |
| Jun 25 | Hayward Classic & NW Regional Champs Eugene, OR (results) |
1st | 3.65m 12' |
Not a strong performance, but new Hayward Classic and NW Regional Champs records. |
| Jun 29 | Hayward All-Comers Eugene, OR |
1st | 13'
0" 3.96m |
improved American record and World record (bar was set to 13' 0" so metric conversion will round down to 3.96m). I am the first person in the world, 60 or over, to clear 13'. |
| Jul 6 | Hayward All-Comers Eugene, OR |
12' or 12'6" |
I don't remember much about this meet. | |
| Jul 9 | State Games of Oregon Gresham, OR |
2nd | 12'-6" 3.81m |
I tied with Dennis on height, but I had 1 more miss so he won. (We agreed to try 4.00m after the 12'6" jump but neither of us made it.) |
| Jul 20 | Hayward All-Comers Eugene, OR |
4.00m 13'-1.5" |
This was done at a "pre-meet" meet with Dan West, Dan Umenhofer and a few others. Unfortunately this didn't count as a new world record. | |
| Aug 5 | USATF
Masters Outdoor Nat Champs Charlotte, NC |
1st | 3.80m 12'-5.5" |
After winning the competition, I had the bar moved to 4.00m to attempt a new WR but didn't make it. A USATF photographer must have taken the photo of me linked from this page. (Go there and click on Pole Vault). At a practice the week before, I had this jump at a 13'-6" (4.11m) bungee.. |
| Aug 12 | Bend Open/Masters meet Bend, OR |
1st | 12' 6" 3.81m |
During a run through before the competition I felt a slight pull in my right ham. I worked it out as best I could, took only one jump and made it, then withdrew. The muscle pull was very much like the WOU meet except not as bad. |
| meters | feet | inches | meters | feet | inches | meters | feet | inches | |||||
| 3.00 | = | 9 | 10.00 | 3.50 | = | 11 | 5.75 | 4.00 | = | 13 | 1.50 | ||
| 3.05 | = | 10 | 0.00 | 3.55 | = | 11 | 7.75 | 4.05 | = | 13 | 3.50 | ||
| 3.10 | = | 10 | 2.00 | 3.60 | = | 11 | 9.75 | 4.10 | = | 13 | 5.50 | ||
| 3.15 | = | 10 | 4.00 | 3.65 | = | 11 | 11.75 | 4.15 | = | 13 | 7.50 | ||
| 3.20 | = | 10 | 6.00 | 3.70 | = | 12 | 1.75 | 4.20 | = | 13 | 9.25 | ||
| 3.25 | = | 10 | 8.00 | 3.75 | = | 12 | 3.75 | 4.25 | = | 13 | 11.25 | ||
| 3.30 | = | 10 | 10.00 | 3.80 | = | 12 | 5.50 | 4.30 | = | 14 | 1.25 | ||
| 3.35 | = | 11 | 0.00 | 3.85 | = | 12 | 7.50 | 4.35 | = | 14 | 3.25 | ||
| 3.40 | = | 11 | 1.75 | 3.90 | = | 12 | 9.50 | 4.40 | = | 14 | 5.25 | ||
| 3.45 | = | 11 | 3.75 | 3.95 | = | 12 | 11.50 | 4.45 | = | 14 | 7.25 |
| click on a link below for a results page from: | mov = Quick Time Player video |
| high school college 2003 2004 2005 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 | wmv = Windows Media Player video |