Pole vaulter wins third in championships

Monday, March 23, 2009

For his spring break vacation, junior Jordan Scott did what he loved: pole vaulting.

“I’d compete in the pole vault on any spring break,” Scott said.

While the Kansas Track and Field team was preparing for the upcoming outdoor track season, Scott traveled to College Station, Texas, to compete at the NCAA Indoor National Championships on March 13.

Scott was Kansas’ sole representative. He competed against 13 of the best collegiate pole vaulters in the country and placed third overall with a best jump of 5.45 meters.

Scott said his performance that day wasn’t an ideal one.

“I’m not upset about it, but I could’ve done better,” he said.

Scott cleared the 5.45-meter mark several times this season, but said that the main thing was using the right pole at the right time. Scott said he had difficulty matching the right pole with the bar in order to have a successful jump.

He also said his strategy of which jumps to attempt was a factor in his performance. In the pole vault, the athlete has the option of passing on different jumps.

If they do choose to attempt to clear a mark, they have three consecutive chances to clear it before being eliminated.

Scott cleared 5.45 meters on his second attempt while the second place finisher, junior Yavgeniy Olhovsky of Virginia Tech, cleared it on his first attempt. Had Scott cleared on his first attempt, he would have tied for second place.

Junior Jason Colwick of Rice University won first place with a jump of 5.60 meters.

“He jumped really well,” Scott said of Colwick. “He will definitely be a threat at outdoors.”

Scott may not have been happy with his performance, but he said he was glad his performance was beneficial to the team.

Scott’s performance earned the team six points and 33rd overall place in the men’s overall standings.

Scott earned his second All-American Honors. Scott said he felt as though he earned it this time around. The top eight places received All-American Honors,

Last year, Scott placed ninth but received the title on a technicality because one of the top eight weren’t American.

With the indoor season now over, Scott and the rest of the Jayhawks will focus on competing in the outdoor season, which will begin this weekend as the team travels to Columbia, Mo., to compete in the Missouri Relays from March 27 to 28.

— — Edited by Liz Schubauer

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