What’s up, Doc? Rieger raises W40 indoor vault record
According to results of a Dec. 9 meet at the Vault High Athletics indoor facility in Fort Wayne, Indiana, Karen Rieger of Indy upped the American W40 record for the vault. Earlier this year, another site said of Karen: “Karen is in only her 3rd year vaulting. She is a truly inspiring athlete and person.” That’s apparently not the half of it, since she also goes by Dr. Rieger at the local med school. Karen cleared 2.98 (9-9 1/4) to top the listed AR of 2.82 (9-3) by Pam Swan last March (who also has an indoor mark of 2.92, 9-7).
Karen Rieger was the W40 national champion at Charlotte (2.95 /9-8), which is listed as the W40 national outdoor record.
The listed W40 indoor world record is a little higher: 3.60 (11-9 3/4) by Italy’s Carla Forcinelli in 2004. The listed W40 outdoor world record is 3.45 (11-3 3/4) by Australia’s Dawn Hartigan in 2001.
Way to go, Dr. Rieger! Now go get 10!
(And thanks to Becca Gillespy for informing us of the new record!)
