by Alfonz JuckLast night, Chris Nilsen cleared 19 feet, 6 and 1/4 inches.
NCAA D1 Pole Vault National Champion
– Best in the United States
– 2nd in the WORLD
– Improved personal best by 3+ inches
– 3rd highest in NCAA history
– Took down Mondo Duplantispic.twitter.com/oU67J4QI7Y— Cross Country Probs (@CrossProb) June 6, 2019
Stuff happens.
When the results do not come out as all the media says it should, please do the following: 1. Blow into a paper bag, slowly. Repeat five times. 2. Think fun thoughts and go to your happy place. 3. Perhaps you should remember that Track & Field is not the WWF.
Nilsen 595, Roberts 13.06 WL
Duplantis, the 19-year-old phenom ranked as the world’s top vaulter, told reporters after suffering the first loss of his college career in the NCAA championships Wednesday night that he’ll sit down and talk with his family about his future. https://t.co/2NetAgQpGR
— The Advocate (@theadvocatebr) June 6, 2019
AUSTIN (USA, Jun 5): NCAA Division 1 Championships started with first men´s day. Sensational improvement for Chris Nilsen in pole vault 595 beating Mondo Duplantis 580 and Clayton Fritsch 575 PB. Four other vaulters cleared 570 (Lightfoot, Carr, Bradford, Bray). In long jump versatile JuVaughn Harrison 820 PB (+0.7) beating Trumaine Jefferson 816 PB (+1.6) and French Yann Randrianasolo windy 812 (+2.3, legal 808 +1.4). Another top mark was the national record for Grenada´s Anderson Peters 86.62 in javelin. Daniel Haugh won the hammer 74.63 and Adrian Piperi shot 21.11 PB over Dutch Denzel Comenentia 20.77. Daniel Roberts clocked World leading 13.06 (+0.9) in the 110 m hurdles heats, Grant Holloway won the other heat in 13.16 (+1.8). In the 100 m heats Mario Burke from Barbados got his first sub 10 in 9.98 (+1.3) and behind him Devin Quinn 10.01, Ghana´s Joseph Amoah 10.01 also and Davon DeMoss 10.05, for all also personal bests. The other two heats were wind-aided. Cravon Gillespie 10.01 (+2.6) and Divine Oduduru 9.96 (+2.4) over Hakim Sani Brown 9.96. In the 200 m heats Oduduru 19.97 (+2.0) and Amoah 20.08 national record for Ghana, in third Burke 20.08 PB ahead of Micaiah Harris 20.09 PB and Andrew Hudson also 20.09. Sub 45 in heats of 400 m by Kahmari Montgomery 44.80 and Trevor Stewart 44.84, in the 400 m hurdles heats best time 49.01 by Quincy Hall and in the 800 m Bryce Hoppel 1:45.26 PB. In 4×100 m top winners of three heats, Florida 38.35, Florida State 38.43 and LSU 38.37. In the 4×400 m best time for Texas AM 3:01.26 with Iowa getting 3:01.99.
