As vaulter, I’m wondering why any one with such great clearances would waste the energy. It is common knowledge that even the best vaulter have perhaps eight good vaults in any one day. Bupka knew this and often passed to 6.0 meters. Deplantis does the same. Saving his best efforts for world record heights.

can someone tell me. the natural sway in the pole? do the sway go up or down?

Uhle, Blankenship, Barber...all Ohio vaulterss

Ahh I remember my brother was at this meet he is right in the back

Thanks for uploading, incredibly invaluable video for people studying his form. You can see how quickly he gets his center of mass to the pole to get the most out of the unbend.

So many now training on the #swinguprack

That last jump looked like me!

Fine footage with appropriate slow-mo - and, thank God, no music.

LOOK OUT MONDO THEY'RE COMMIN TO GET YOU!

I'd love to see him take off 6" further out.

What pole brand does Shawn Barber use in this?

Nice !

Love his potential !

Sheesh, if he could get his take-off out by a foot he'd jump 6m. Love Jake !

He looks quite fast on the runup, hard to tell on a screen, but it looks quick !

What camera do you use to film this?

Why didnt he get second place?

the camera focus is annoying.

does everyone have a frigan white iphone? LMAO.

nice Jake !!

Hello Mr. Albright! Question for you - this is Rob Kaufman from the Cricket Wireless video production team. Would it be okay with you if we used a snippet of this video in one of our corporate events? This is great footage, and would be very helpful if you would be so kind as to grant us permission. Thanks!! Rob

"I'm a moron in slomo" haha

that awkward moment when you see yourself in the background of a video

Definitely needed this I can take a lot away from this video and put it into my own vaults thanks for the upload and congrats

holy shit

+Bob great video. Congrats on the win and excellent techinque. This video has definitely given me some pointers

Thanks for this, great footage !!

Amazing! I used to vault in high school.. a long long time ago... and i though i was great at 12 ft! Lol! These guys are superheros in my book! Thanks for sharing!

3:05 "Holy Sh*t!!! Get out of here pole, I have a box i need to fall into"

0:07 "Come on Laurrrrreeeennnn!!!!"

1:16 World's ugliest girl

I think we posted his current meet PR of 15' 4" done at the pole vault summit in Reno a couple of weeks ago. More of his vault progression can be seen at n296rvba on you tube. right now we are working on making sure he's on his mid mark and gathering properly over his last six strides so his take off is at the right place (11' 8") and he is jumping on to the pole.

I also noticed you were about 1 ft under at takeoff.

I coach pole vault and if your clearing 12'6 on a 14'7 and what looks to be holding at the top and accounting for the 8' inch drop in the box it seems your clearing your bottom hand. I noticed you get the legs up but you don't relax the shoulders and drive the hips to the pole. Try working in that and you should start getting closer to vaulting your top hand.