Say it ain’t so! M39 and counting, Jeff Hartwig has been quoted as saying, “I guess this will be my last indoor season, so I am just enjoying it.” At least he’s winning. Jeff was listed as 39 years 136 days on Tuesday when he won the vault at a meet in Düsseldorf. He tied his season best of 5.70 meters (18-8 1.4). On her unsurpassed polevaultpower message board, Becca Gillespy writes: “I think this is as close as I have seen to an official announcement from Hartwig on when he would retire, though he has hinted at this in the past. I think his plan is to compete into September or whenever he turns 40 and break the M40 record. Speaking of almost-40 vaulters, Pat Manson told me in Reno that his goal is to make it to the Olympic Trials in 2008.” Pat would be 40 at the Eugene Trials.
