Gary Hunter vaults 15-8 at age 53 — but new WR is unlikely

Doug “Bubba” Sparks reports on the PVP message board that M50 Gary Hunter cleared 15-8 (metrically about 4.77) at a special beach vault Saturday in Texas. “It was a beautiful day with a fast runway and nice tailwind,” Bubba writes. “I don’t know that it will count as a WR, but he sure made it nicely in front of a crowd of about 150.” The listed M50 world record is Gary’s own 4.75 (15-7) at 2007 Orono nationals. Here’s the official Quintana Beach Vault site. Gary also has an unratified M50 vault of 4.90 (16-0 3/4) as noted on mastersathletics.net.