Dragila Got It Wrong

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What she said after vaulting in Modesto:

“This is always a great place to vault. The runway is good and there always is a tailwind.”

What she meant to say:

“This is always a great place to vault. The runway is good and there always is a tailwind, except when Phil Shinnick is long jumping.”

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Re: Dragila Got It Wrong

... was Shinnick really a 'vitual unknown' at the time, as most internet articles are describing. Seems like his 'other' marks were decent and prominant on the US scene ... wind issue and recent sparring aside

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Re: Dragila Got It Wrong

He was a 23-2 jumper as the year began and in the weeks before Modesto jumped 25-2 and 25-5 in collegiate meets. I think that pretty much makes him "unknown" to all but the hard core.