This Day in Track & Field, March 31, John Uelses clears 4.89m /16 feet (1962), edited by Walt Murphy

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This Day in Track & Field—March 31

1906–The Intercollegiate Athletic Association of the United States (later the National Collegiate Athletic Association) is established to set rules for college sports in the United States.

1962–He had already become the first man to vault 16’ (4.89m) indoors earlier in the year, so it was only fitting that John Uelses would also become the first to do it outdoors, clearing 16-3/4 (4.90m) in Santa Barbara, CA.

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,829050,00.html  (For Subscribers)

Video: http://www.britishpathe.com/video/world-record-pole-vault-by-uelses

WR Progression: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Men’s_pole_vault_world_record_progression

Sports Illustrated Vault: https://vault.si.com/vault/1962/02/26/he-could-do-it-on-bamboo

Wiki Bio: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Uelses

2018—In one of the greatest Pole Vault competitions in history, France’s Renaud Lavillenie, the World Record holder in the event (at the time), beat Canada’s Shawn Barber and H.S. senior Mondo Duplantis at the Texas Relays, with all three clearing 19-5 (5.92). All three missed their three attempts at 19-9 (6.02).

Lavillenie had no misses through the winning height, while Barber missed once at 19-1 (5.82) and Duplantis cleared 19-5 on his 3^rd attempt to raise his U.S. and World Junior (and H.S.) Record from 19-4  ¼ (5.90), his winning height at the 2017 Texas Relays.

2023—Texas won the Sprint Medley on their home track at the Texas Relays in 3:36.10 to destroy the previous Collegiate Record of 3:38.93 that was set by Texas A&M at the 2022 Relays.

The event isn’t contested much (if at all) outside the U.S., but only 3 National teams from Jamaica have ever run faster! (3:34.56/2009, 3:34.64/2011, 3:35.37/2011—all at the Penn Relays).

The Longhorns got strong efforts from all 4 runners, with Julien Alfred, the 2023 NCAA Indoor Champion (and Collegiate Record holder) in the 60-meters and Rhasidat Adeleke, who briefly held the CR in the 400 earlier this year, handling the 200 legs. Kennedy Simon split close to 50-seconds flat on the 400 leg, and Valery Tobias finished things off by running 2:01.3 on the anchor 800 leg!

Arkansas, running without its #1 runner, Britton Wilson, finished a distant 2^nd in 3:41.51, but still became the 4^th-fastest squad in NCAA history (now 8^th)!

Sprint Medley All-Time Top-10 College (From T&F News)

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