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This year the men’s vertical jumps were in disarray. No one could achieve any measure of consistency.
To rank the HJ here are the meets that brought the best together in order of their importance to ranking (IMO):
1. WC
2. GPF
3. Stockholm
4. Rome
5. Eberstadt
6. Gateshead
Rankings
1. Freitag – 1st at WC, Rome and Eberstadt
2. Holm – 2nd at WC and GPF
3. Rybakov – 1st at GPF, 3rd at Gateshead
4. Mason – 1st at Stockholm, 4th and 5th at GPF and WC
5. Boswell – 3rd at WC, 2nd at Rome
6. Nieto – 3rd at GPF, 2nd at Gateshead
Hemingway, Sokolovskiy, Strand, and Tsvetkov round out the rest of the top 10.
As for the Pole Vault, there is equal murkiness. The meets in order were:
1. WC
2. GPF
3. Zurich
4. Brussels
5. Berlin
6. Rome
7. Paris
Rankings
1. Brits – 2nd at WC and GPF, 1st Zurich, 2nd Brussels and Berlin
2. Lobinger – 1st GPF, 5th WC, 3rd Zurich, 2nd Paris
3. Gibilisco – 1st WC, 2nd Rome
4. Markov – 3rd and 4th at GPF and WC, 1st Berlin, 4th Zurich and Brussels
5. Hartwig – 4th GPF, 2nd Zurich
6. Hysong – 3rd Berlin, Rome and Paris
the rest – Mesnil, Yurchenko, Miles, and Kristiansson had little depth beyond their best results.
To rank the HJ here are the meets that brought the best together in order of their importance to ranking (IMO):
1. WC
2. GPF
3. Stockholm
4. Rome
5. Eberstadt
6. Gateshead
Rankings
1. Freitag – 1st at WC, Rome and Eberstadt
2. Holm – 2nd at WC and GPF
3. Rybakov – 1st at GPF, 3rd at Gateshead
4. Mason – 1st at Stockholm, 4th and 5th at GPF and WC
5. Boswell – 3rd at WC, 2nd at Rome
6. Nieto – 3rd at GPF, 2nd at Gateshead
Hemingway, Sokolovskiy, Strand, and Tsvetkov round out the rest of the top 10.
As for the Pole Vault, there is equal murkiness. The meets in order were:
1. WC
2. GPF
3. Zurich
4. Brussels
5. Berlin
6. Rome
7. Paris
Rankings
1. Brits – 2nd at WC and GPF, 1st Zurich, 2nd Brussels and Berlin
2. Lobinger – 1st GPF, 5th WC, 3rd Zurich, 2nd Paris
3. Gibilisco – 1st WC, 2nd Rome
4. Markov – 3rd and 4th at GPF and WC, 1st Berlin, 4th Zurich and Brussels
5. Hartwig – 4th GPF, 2nd Zurich
6. Hysong – 3rd Berlin, Rome and Paris
the rest – Mesnil, Yurchenko, Miles, and Kristiansson had little depth beyond their best results.
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