Jeff Hartwig improves M40 vault record to 18-4 1/2

Becca Gillespy of PoleVaultPower.com shares this news: “DORMAGEN (GER, Jan 25): Former World Indoor Champion Tim Lobinger who is known for high number of competitions started his another year in great style. At the begin of his jubilee 15th year on world level he won the Pole Vault meet in Dormagen with clearing respectable 5.76 on first try. And it happened only hours after his return from training camp in South Africa, writes (this article) on www.leichtathletik.de. Home favourite Bjorn Otto was second with 5.70 and tried to win at 5.81. Some 400 spectators saw a tie for third. European U22 fifth placer Tobias Scherbarth (indoor PB) and US vet Jeff Hartwig went over 5.60. With this mark Hartwig again improved his own World Indoor Masters Record.” The previous M40 best was Jeff’s own 5.51.