![]() ![]() They just don't have the upper body strength. He just looked at me and said: 'Women can't do that. Reminiscing on the eve of the Olympics, she recalled asking a male vaulter if she could give it a go: ''I asked him if I could try it one day at practice. But it was such a new event for women that encouragement was hard to find. When she started junior college in 1992, though, she ran track and showed promise in the heptathlon, and was intrigued by the pole vault. Stacy Dragila wins the 1997 world indoor pole vault title (© Gladys Chai von der Laage) It’s hard to imagine that falling onto the soft crash matt under the vault ever held much fear for her. When she had to stop that due to childhood asthma, she unleashed her daredevil side on competitive rodeo – breakaway roping, goat-tying and team roping – all while still in high school. Hurling herself over barriers, both literal and metaphorical, is clearly something of a lifetime hobby for Dragila. Three years later – a mere 104 years after the first men’s event was held – she also won the inaugural Olympic women’s pole vault. 24 years ago today, on 9 March 1997, Stacy Dragila soared over 4.60m to win the world indoor pole vault title in Paris, the first time the event had appeared on the women’s programme. Leslie Smalygo, $158,342.To have any gold medal in your trophy cabinet is rare enough, but to have the very first global one in your sport is rarer still. World Standings Following Round 10: 1.Junior Nogueira, $340,708.23, Presidente Prudente, SP, 2. Dees/Levi Lord 50.20/8 6 Dustin Egusquiza/Travis Graves 56.20/8 7 Clay Tryan/Jade Corkill 38.40/7 8 Coleman Proctor/Logan Medlin 39.10/7 9 Jake Orman/Brye Crites 45.50/7 10 Tyler Wade/Trey Yates 30.30/6 11 Cody Snow/Wesley Thorp 32.20/6 12 Lightning Aguilera/Jonathan Torres 40.80/6 13 Chad Masters/Joseph Harrison 44.90/6 14 Rhen Richard/Jeremy Buhler 21.70/4 15 Clay Smith/Jake Long 50.60/4 Average: 1 Tanner Tomlinson/Patrick Smith 53.00/10 2 Kaleb Driggers/Junior Nogueira 71.40/9 3 Riley Minor/Brady Minor 73.60/9 4 Andrew Ward/Buddy Hawkins 43.20/8 5 Jr.ROUND 10 WINNERS: Rhen Richard / Jeremy Buhler Rocker Steiner, $185,366.74, Weatherford, TXĢ022 WORLD CHAMPION HEADER: Kaleb DriggersĢ022 WORLD CHAMPION HEELER: Junior Nogueira Tristen Hutchings $183,482.33, Bull Riding Lefty Holman $191,410.28, Saddle Bronc Riding 9. Tanner Tomlinson $199,726.99, Team Roping (Headers) 8. Patrick Smith $199,726.99, Team Roping (Heelers) 7. Zeke Thurston, $256,077.6, Saddle Bronc Riding 2 Stetson Wright $237,812.24, Bull Riding 3. Paul David Tierney $118,791.57, Oklahoma City, OK ![]()
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