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Pole vault intelligence from one phone.

One jump gives you measurements. Your archive reveals what repeats, what changed and which successful attempts contain the better answer.

One phone · Source frames + confidence · One measured jump free

Approach speed27.4 FT/S
Takeoff angle20°
Rock-back169°
Push above grip+8′3″
8OF19Session finding
Consistency is the leak
#1 ranked fixFinish the rock-back
One phone.Real feet.Real degrees.
Real IMG_1326 footage measured at 27.4 feet per second approach speed, a 20 degree takeoff, 169 degree inversion, and an 8 foot 3 inch push above grip. Eight of nineteen jumps in the session completed the rock-back.
Dallin Thornton
Real D1 athlete case study
19Valid jumps
From 21 clips
8Full inversions
46% variation
30Adaptive archive
Matched success + next test

The athlete behind the data

Dallin Thornton

Utah State pole vaulter

17′4.5″Outdoor personal best

Measured session

19 / 21Valid jumps / clips
Verified athlete profile

One jump. Two ways to see it.

What you felt.
What the camera found.

The same attempt, preserved as sport and resolved as evidence.

01 The jump you see
Approach27.4 FT/S
Takeoff20°
Inversion169°
02 The jump VaultLab measures
5.8

The jump lasted seconds.
The pattern lasted 19 attempts.

The anatomy of the attempt

Five phases.
One connected jump.

Every number belongs to IMG_1326: 27.4 ft/s approach, 155° top-arm extension at plant, 20° takeoff, 169° inversion and an 8′3″ push.

  1. Dallin Thornton during the approach phase01

    Approach

    27.4FT/SSpeed carried into the box.
  2. Dallin Thornton during the plant phase02

    Plant

    155°TOP ARMThe top hand rises before the pole accepts the run.
  3. Dallin Thornton during the takeoff phase03

    Takeoff

    20°ANGLEThe instant the jump leaves the ground.
  4. Dallin Thornton during the inversion phase04

    Inversion

    169°ROCK-BACKHips rise toward the top hand.
  5. Dallin Thornton during the push phase05

    Push

    +8′3″ABOVE GRIPThe height created after inversion.

The session fingerprint

His best jump wasn't the mystery.
Repeating it was.

Grip height and top-arm extension stayed remarkably steady. The rock-back did not.

2%Grip variation
3%Top-arm variation
46%Inversion variation
Dallin Thornton inverted above the pole

VaultLab ranked finding 01

Finish the
rock-back.

01 Hips over the top hand.

02 Toes to the ceiling.

03 Protect the stable approach and takeoff.

The problem was repeatability, not capability. VaultLab protects what is working and ranks the leak most directly connected to height.

Explore all 19 attempts

The numbers belong to a real pursuit

College bars leave very little room for guessing.

Dallin is a Utah State pole vaulter, a two-time high-school All-American and Utah 6A record holder. At this level, the difference is rarely knowing how to vault. It is repeating the right positions under speed.

Dallin's Utah State transfer status is athlete-confirmed. Career marks and historical credentials remain traceable to official collegiate and UHSAA results. Original Instagram competition photography will replace selected training frames when licensed masters are supplied.

Dallin completing the push phase
Dallin on the runway approach
Dallin planting the pole at takeoff
16′9″Utah 6A record · 2022

The capture ritual

Film the vault.
We'll do the tracing.

  1. 01

    Stand runway-side

    One phone, roughly level with the box. No rig and no markers.

  2. 02

    Upload one clip

    Enter athlete height and bar height once. That sets real-world scale.

  3. 01:00APPROX. ANALYSIS TIME#1 FINISH THE ROCK-BACK
    03

    Act on the finding

    Real feet, real degrees and the one change ranked highest.

Proof without pretending

One camera has limits.
We publish them.

ANGLESPose geometryMeasured from visible body landmarks
DISTANCESAthlete + bar calibratedUseful real-world scale, not tape-measure truth
VALIDATIONPublished methodologyKnown limitations stay visible
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