Britain's Irie Hill
A masters mole Down Under reports: “
Irie Hill took a major step forward in her preparation for the UK summer with another (pole vault) world record at the Australian national (open) championships (April 17 at Challenge Stadium in Perth). Irie entered the competition at 3.60 (11-9 3/4) and cleared comfortably first time before then having a first attempt try at 3.80 (12-5 1/2). (
See results here.) She sailed clear, adding another 5 cm to the record she set only a few weeks ago. ‘I am still competing on my short approach 12-step poles,’ she said, ‘and have used the biggest pole I have ever used off 12 to jump 3.80m so I am feeling very comfortable that things are moving in the right direction. It’s been a great winter training with two 6-metre-plus pole vaulters and not having any injuries for the first time in a few years. I am ready to move back to a longer run now and be jumping back over 4m. (13-1 1/2).’ “
(corrected height) My mole concluded that Irie eventually passed to 4 meters and “came very close to clearing it . . . It is certainly a height which is very achievable in the next months.”
Earlier, Irie won the Aussie masters nationals title at 3.50. See complete results here.
The results also note other great marks, including an apparent W100 world record in the throws pentathlon by 101-year-old Ruth Frith, who scored an impossible 11,169 points with the help of off-the-charts age-graded marks like 10 meters (32-9 3/4) in the hammer (164% age-graded) and 4.72 (15-5 3/4) in the weight throw (205% age-graded).
Ruth is obviously on the sauce.
Drug-test her before she again makes a mockery of the Age-Graded Tables!
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In a few days the new gradings come into action and then Ruth gets 5426 points. Still overrated I think.
Congratulations Irie.
Ken, was your intent with the entry “(13-5 1/4)” in the story to indicate that was the Imperial equivalent of 4.0m? If that was your intent, the actual conversion of 4.0m is 13′ 1 1/4″.
– John
(redface) I meant 13′ 1 1/2″.
– John
John and Ken, I don’t mean to be niggly about this, but the precise conversion depends on which way the bar is officially measured. You must round DOWN from that! So 4.00 m is 13-1.48. Rounding that down, it’s 13-1.25 – to the nearest quarter inch (which is how imperial records are kept). Conversely, if her jump was officially measured at 13-1.50, then that would convert to 4.00 m. John, you shouldn’t be red-faced about that … it’s not common knowledge!
Liebe Irie,
herzliche Glückwünsche zu Deinem phantastischen Weltrekord senden Dir
Ute und Wolfgang Ritte
Fantastic Irie!!
Keep up the good work, and hope you can make it to Sacramento next year.
In Sydney 2009 WMG, W100 Ruth Frith , with ht 10.53, sp 3.99, dt 9.01, jt 6.10 and wt 4.32 arrived to 11422 points and in a few days this will give 5611 points.
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