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Article: Healthy Skipper vaults back to top of NCAA.(Sports)(The junior pole vaulter wins the NCAA Indoor title to lift Oregon into a tie for second place after the meet's first day)
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- The Register Guard (Eugene, OR)
- Article date:
- March 11, 2006
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Byline: From Register-Guard and news service reports
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - Tommy Skipper is back on top.
After struggling through injury problems during the outdoor track and field season last spring, the Oregon junior successfully defended his NCAA Indoor championship with a pole vault clearance of 18 feet, 6 1/2 inches Friday.
Skipper's title - combined with top-five finishes by two other Ducks - helped propel Oregon into a tie for second place after the first day of the two-day meet.
Arkansas leads the men's race with 24 points, followed by the Ducks and Florida State with 20.
`This is my third time to compete here but ...