The End is Near

Well our time here in Arkansas is coming to an end. Tomorrow we are packing for the move to Yukon. I will try to jump in the Arkansas Twilight tomorrow, then we are hitting the road Saturday morning. Oklahoma has great things in store for us, such as great Friends like Joel and Wes, I will be going back to school, a good church In Life Church and closer to family. Arkansas was a learning experience and was good for us. But Arkansas wasn't for us. Well wish us luck and hope to see some of you around.

Meet Today

Well I had a solid week of training and jumping and I am looking forward to jumping tonight. I must say I do need some more poles but I will just have to wait. I feel as good as I ever have jumping and think some big things are going to happen when I get these new sticks. My push off is in the 40" range every jump and if I maintain that and get on these new poles that puts me over 18' which will make me happy for this year.
I want to thank some of the people helping me out this year.
Joel
Wes
Tim
Tom
Naps
Joe
Greg
Thanks Guys you helped me tons.

Weekend Off

Well decided to take the weekend off, to do a little training and a little packing. I will jump next weekend here in Arkansas my last meet before we move. I am looking forward to getting my new poles and jumping even higher. I recently jumped over 17' gripping 14'8" in practice. If I had a couple more poles I think i could easily be over 17' in a meet, dang adrenalin. So far I have made 9 attempts at 17' or higher Outdoors . My outdoor average is 5.o3 meters not bad for such a crappy indoor season. Joel and I have plans for a big summer and if we can get Wes rollin we are going to have a ton of fun this summer.

Another Seasons Best 5.09

Well I went back to Coffeyville this weekend to defend my title and try to beat my meet record. I didn't have great warm ups but, I had a great meet I made everything on the first attempt clearing a seasonal best of 5.09m 16'8.75" on first attempt to win my second meet in a row and had 2 really solid attempts at 5.25 17'2.5" but was running out of poles. I have been jumping on my biggest 4.75 Spirit and have some more 4.90 Spirits on order. Also my good buddy and soon to be training partner Joel cleared 17' at OCU this weekend. Good job Joel.

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Name Year School Finals Points==================================

1 Hull, Jeremy Jeremy Hull 5.09m
2 Bowen, Justin Johnson Coun 4.69m
3 Pote, Jordan Cowley Colle 4.39m
4 Starnes, David Cowley Colle J4.39m
5 Leutzinger, Billy Johnson Coun 4.24m
6 Shiota, Hitoshi Johnson Coun 4.09m
7 Butler, Mark Cowley Colle 3.94m
8 Lucero, Willy Cowley Colle J3.94m
9 Golay, Steven Bacone Colle 3.79m
9 Cooper, Andrew Allen 3.79m

Another Fairly Successful Weekend

I traveled to OKC this weekend and found a job and maybe a place to live. Then I competed at OBU and won with a huge clearance of 4.95 then had 3 really good attempts at 5.25 but blew through my biggest pole on all three. But i got the confidence now to get back over 17' and make some attempts eventually at 18'. I need about 3 more poles so if anyone is inerested in sponsoring me give me a holler.

Season best and nearly 17'

Great Weekend, Well Wes brought me my new poles and they rocked. I felt great on them and timed up really well. I jumped 5.05m and nearly made 5.20. My old buddy Tyson Smith jumped a PR of 5.20 to beat me. Overall a great weekend looking forward to the rest of outdoor now.

Getting Ready

Well I took a week of just hardcore training, I did plyos, sprints and gymnastics. I am waiting on my new poles to get here so I can get ready for the outdoor seasons. I have a great schedule planned and looking forward to jumping against and with some people. I plan to open outdoors next week at Tulsa, the family and I are going to meet Joel and his family for a fun day of jumping and play. Its always good to hang out with Joel. He is going to bring the new poles I ordered from Wes and hopefully I can pull together a 16 stride run. Overall indoor was sub par but what do you expect from short the whole season. I'll get back to jumpin next week after I will sit down with Joe this weekend and talk over my plans. He always knows how to make me jump high. Can't wait to get this started. hope to see you there.