Manson clears 17-7 at Air Force Academy all-comers meet
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Pat Manson, my fellow Jayhawk, turned 42 in late November and could be on the verge of becoming the oldest 18-foot vaulter in history. Of course, Jeff Hartwig holds that distinction now, having gone 18-8 1/4 at age 40 — at an obscure 2008 meet in Eugene, Oregon. On Friday, Pat cleared 17-7 (5.36 meters) at an Air Force Academy all-comers meet in Colorado Springs. (See results here.) This puts Pat close to 18 again. His streak of topping 18 feet for 22 straight years ended in 2007. But he might just start another. On the current WMA Age-Graded Tables, a 5.36 jump is equivalent to an open mark (age 20-30) of 6.07 meters (19-11). His all-time best is 19-2 1/4, so he’s exceeding himself. Many thanks to Becca Gillespy Peter for bringing Pat’s latest mark to our attention.
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Good for Pat. Fantastic guy! It will probably happen at Reno next week. Bubba
This is great! Trying to get my son’s PV coach to get back in a competition…Baylor All-American, Bill Payne.
But what’s 17-7? This is the only site of this sort of the world but sometimes it seems to be a US-site ðŸ™
By the way, all imperial results are non-IAAF.
Thanks Becca and Ken for sharing the news. Pat and I go waaaaay back (oh, those KU days…) but we lost contact a couple years ago. I’m so glad to hear he’s still vaulting and very high.
Colorado in the house!!! Coloradoan, Pat Manson is an awesome athlete. The fact that he continues to vault at this level since he was in High School is amazing. A couple of weeks after his Senior year at Aurora Central High school in 1986, Pat recorded an 18’0″ (5.48m.) vault at Lakewood, Colorado in 1986. Good luck on that 18 footer this season!
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