Irie Hill climbs higher still — tops 12 feet in latest W45 vault WR
Irie Hill submitted a qualifying mark of 3.62 meters (11-10 1/2) for Lyon worlds. Sigh. It’s already out of date — a second time. Less than a month after raising her own W45 world record to 3.65 (just under 12), Irie did it again Tuesday. Back in her lucky country, Switzerland, she jumped 3.70 (12-1 1/2) in the “Abendmeeting” in Olten. (See results here.) Irie, 46, topped a field of five, mostly in their twenties. I wrote Irie for details, and she graciously responded: “The stadium is nestled between green hills, and under a full moon it offered the perfect setting for an international evening meeting. At 35 degrees Celsius (95 degrees American) none of us athletes needed a long warmup and so the competition began.”
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Irie continued:
After an hour’s wait, it was my turn. … Clearing my opening height of 3.50 (11-5
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