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The Year of the Vault is Upon UsBy Scott Bush While some events take a while to get going each year, whether that's because their biggest stars don't compete indoors or the event simply isn't contested, others hit their stride mid-February, as the biggest and best national and international meets loom over the horizon. Arguably the best event indoors is the pole vault. You have numerous men and women making their way on-to or up-in the all-time top ten world rankings, Jenn Suhr (USA) breaking the world record, Shawn Barber (CAN) clearing the 6.00m barrier and enough depth to where there are upwards of eight different individuals who'll be competing for gold, silver and bronze at the World Indoor Championships and Olympic Games. Needless to say, it's worth deeming the first few months of 2016 as the Year of the Vault. Top Five Performances from the NYRR Millrose GamesThe NYRR Millrose Games were, yet again, amazing. So much so that it's pretty impossible to sum up all of the exciting things in this column, so here are the top five performances instead.
Air Lavillenie Clears 6.02m (19-9)After a slow start to his season, France's Renaud Lavillenie is back on top of the world rankings after clearing 6.02m (19-9) on Sunday at the Clermont-Ferrand meeting in his home country. No only did Lavillenie jump to the world lead, he beat a host of his top competitors along the way, edging out Shawn Barber (CAN), Sam Kendricks (USA) and Konstadinos Filippidis (GRE). The men's pole vault is going to be talented up top and extremely deep at the IAAF World Indoor Championships and it's good for the event to have it's most dominant athlete soaring over heights he should be challenging. Watch Lavillenie's winning vault this past weekend. Three Athletes to Watch Three Weeks Out From USATF IndoorsThe previews are coming as the USATF Indoor and World Indoor Championships near, but we'd like to kick off this week with three American track and field stars that we highly suggest keeping an eye on over the next few weeks.
Partying in PortlandGoing to be in Portland for the IAAF World Indoor Championships? Well, Vin Lananna has an idea of something you can do outside of catching the amazing track and field action. U.S. Olympic Team Continues to GrowYou might have missed it, but Team USA continued to grow over the weekend, as the John Nunn earned his third trip to the Olympics after besting the field and getting under the Olympic A standard at the 50k race walk U.S. Olympic Team Trials. Nunn easily beat the field, while Nick Christie and Michael Mannozzi finished second and third and will have until May 8 to hit the standard. Vote for This Week's DyeStatPRO Performance of the WeekVote!
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