Reebok Boston Indoor Games: pole-vault photos by George Ross

The outstanding pole vault performances were made possible in part by the elevated Mondo runway meet organizers arranged to have shipped in from last week’s Millrose Games in New York. Jenn Stuczynski wasted little time in starting the evening off by breaking Stacy Dragila’s American record with a clearance of 15-9.75 (4.82m) and taking home a $25,000 bonus. Using the elevated runway to her advantage she cleared her first three heights on her opening attempts, but just missed the world record height of 16-3.25. Stuczynski now sits at No. 3 on the all-time list.

The men’s pole vault was just as exciting as Australian Olympic gold medalist, Steve Hooker, closed out the meet by making three attempts at 20-2.25 (6.16m), one centimeter higher than Ukrainian Sergey Bubka’s nearly sixteen-year old world record. He narrowly missed clearing the bar on his final try and came away with a winning mark of 19-10.5 (6.06m). His performance earned him the Australian national record and put him a No. 2 on the all-time list.

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Women Pole Vault Nutrilite
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Name Year Team Finals
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1 Jenn Stuczynski USA 4.82m 15-09.75 New AR
4.02 4.22 4.42 4.52 4.62 4.82 4.96
P P P O O O XXX
2 Stacy Dragila USA 4.42m 14-06.00
4.02 4.22 4.42 4.52
P O XO XXX
3 Cathrine Larsaasen NOR 4.02m 13-02.25
4.02 4.22
O XXX
-- Victoria Parnov AUS NH
4.02
XXX
-- Erica Bartolina USA NH
4.02
XXX

Men Pole Vault Reebok
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Name Year Team Finals
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1 Steven Hooker AUS 6.06m 19-10.50
5.37 5.52 5.62 5.72 5.87 6.06 6.16
P P O P O XXO XXX
2 Derek Miles USA 5.72m 18-09.25
5.37 5.52 5.62 5.72 5.87
P O P O XXX
3 Darren Niedermeyer USA 5.52m 18-01.25
5.37 5.52 5.62 5.72
XO O P XXX
4 Giovanni Lannaro MEX 5.37m 17-07.25
5.37 5.52
O XXX
5 Paul Burgess AUS 5.37m 17-07.25
5.37 5.52
XO XXX
-- Tim Mack USA NH
5.37 5.52
P XXX
-- Jacob Pauli USA DNS