t-and-f: Re: Young Vaulters

[Roger Ruth]

When I sent this yesterday, I asked, "Interesting question: Even if 
5.00 is a very difficult challenge for 16-year-old vaulters, why would 
four athletes clear that height in 2001 and none since?"

A (mercifully) off-list reply today provides a very good answer: sloppy 
research. Michel Saint-Raymond found these 15- and 16-year-old 
five-meter vaulters that I somehow missed:

5.32  Germán Chiaraviglio ARG		16 04 1987   Mar del Plata	02 11 2003
5.30  Denis Fedas UKR			12 12 1985 1 Kiev 		21 05 2002   (5.15 - 
01-06-2002?)
5.22  Konstadínos Filippídis GRE    26 11 1986 2 Trikala		14 06 2003
5.20  Denis Fedas UKR 			12 12 1985 2 Belaya Tserkov	29 06 2001
5.20  Yansheng Yang CHN			05 01 1989 5 Shijiazhuang	21 05 2004 (IAAF 
lists)
5.11  Albert Vélez ESP			26 10 1988 5 Almería		01 08 2004
5.10  Yoshihiro Asano JPN		21 12 1985 1 Nara			10 03 2002   
(29-06-2002?)
5.00  Mihaíl Pástos GRE			05 10 1986   Kastoriá		29 06 2003
5.00  Yevgeniy Ageyev RUS		12 02 1988   Krasnodar		24 05 2004

Sorry about that. Maybe my best course it to stick with female vaulters 
and use the center section of my tri-focals.