Discus.
i assume she won’t remain a d2 coach for long then
hyperlinks screwed up my post.
She jumped 4.41 last week, then jumped 4.42 yesterday to break her record.
Huangdi wrote:
i assume she won’t remain a d2 coach for long then
She's from the area so she very could be just enjoying life coaching where she likes to live. Olympic Gold Medalist Mac Wilkins did this for years coaching for Concordia in Portland and made them an NAIA powerhouse.
Love to see this!
Derek Miles, at D2 Uni of South Dakota, was world class himself and has coached a bunch of global championship team making pole vaulters. He seems happy at USD and has been there in some capacity since the mid 90’s if I’m not mistaken.
*Roberts Wesleyan
Alslama wrote:
Derek Miles, at D2 Uni of South Dakota, was world class himself and has coached a bunch of global championship team making pole vaulters. He seems happy at USD and has been there in some capacity since the mid 90’s if I’m not mistaken.
Interesting. Maybe that’s what she’d like to do here at Roberts Wesleyan.
i have to say it’s impressive to get an athlete to transfer from a school like Duke to what seems like a pretty huge step down of a school on all levels except coaching. The draw factor there has to be massive. And, now that King has gone from 4.25 to 4.42 in a matter of months, who knows might also come in.
it still wouldn’t surprise me is Suhr ends up at some P5 school next year. You’ve got to wonder if a school like Roberts Wesleyan can handle the caliber of athletes that suhr might attract.
If Suhr wanted to be at a P5 school, she would already be there. Even with no prior coaching experience, dozens of Power 5 schools would have offered her a job based solely on her own athletic resume.
Clearly she is at Roberts Wesleyan because that's where she wants to be.
Brynn King has now jumped 4.51 to tie the current world lead on world athletics’ website. Though early in the season, she is currently the highest jumping American and above all marks across the NCAA this season. Obviously a huge improvement for her.
She jumps for a d2 school that has never had a national title in any d2 sport, ever.
Brynn King, having now jumped 4.61, is entered into USATF indoor nationals and on the start list.
LetsVault2 wrote:
Brynn King, having now jumped 4.61, is entered into USATF indoor nationals and on the start list.
Keep in mind King transferred from Duke with a 4.25 tfrrs PR and now is jumping 4.61 after just a few months with Suhr.
Why do you keep saying jump? Are we still talking about the pole vault?
Vaulters still referring to pole vaulting as "jumping". How is this confusing?
Vertical *Jumps* wrote:
Vaulters still referring to pole vaulting as "jumping". How is this confusing?
*refer
It’s like saying you’re running when you’re riding a bicycle.
Brynn King, a decent vaulter at Duke university, hardly a standout in her own conference, decides to transfer down to a no-name d2 school in pursuit of her dreams.
Jen Suhr, the greatest American woman to vault, decides to return to her Alma Mater, a place where she only started vaulting after enrolling to play basketball, in a risky career decision to begin her coaching career.
under Suhr’s guidance, King skills three heights for a long shot attempt at making the Olympic team. King would have to beat out a rock-solid squad of three vaulters, PR, and hit the Olympic standard just to squeeze in.
and, tonight she does it.
not to brag too much, but this thread is a testament to my foresight on her progression. Honestly I can’t say I expected her to go this far. Let’s go brynn!
LetsVault2 wrote:
King skills three heights
skips three heights*
Alslama wrote:
Derek Miles, at D2 Uni of South Dakota, was world class himself and has coached a bunch of global championship team making pole vaulters. He seems happy at USD and has been there in some capacity since the mid 90’s if I’m not mistaken.
Correct. Except the University of South Dakota is division 1.
