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Underestimations not with standing, superman Stiles leaped 17-ft 3-in. in a single bound to become the national collegiate pole vault champion last weekend in Detroit...
...only did Stiles' vault distinguish him as All-American, it also established new Ivy League, New England, and Harvard records--while topping his IC4A record-setting vault and personal best by three inches...
Working out almost every day of his freshman year, Stiles captured the pole vault at the outdoor GBCs, registering a 13-inch improvement in less than a year...
...addition, Blaine Heckle, an ex-Harvard vaulter, an assistant coach for the women's track team and a physics tutor, helped boost Stiles's mental attitude by explaining the vault in scientific terms...
Another mind boggler was that at the same time Stiles was clearing the bar on his winning jump in the pole vault, the two-mile relay team was tearing up the track. This same coincidence occurred the previous week at the IC4As...