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Kylie Hutson, right, of Terre Haute, Indiana, congratulates Becky Holliday, of San Diego, on earning the title of Factory Vault Champion during the Elite Competition of the sixth annual Gill Factory Vault! pole vault competition at Gill Athletics Factory Vault & Symposium in Champaign, Ill on Saturday, July 2, 2011. Holliday set a new lifetime best of clearing 15 feet, two inches.

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Jeremy Scott, of Arkansas, has some trouble clearing the bar in the Elite Competition at the sixth annual Gill Factory Vault! pole vault competition at Gill Athletics Factory Vault & Symposium in Champaign, Ill on Saturday, July 2, 2011

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Jordan Scott, of Kansas, clears the bar in the Elite Competition at the
sixth annual Gill Factory Vault! pole vault competition at Gill Athletics Factory Vault & Symposium in Champaign, Ill on Saturday, July 2, 2011.

Photographer: Heather Coit

Mark Hollis, of Elkhart, IL, celebrates clearing 18 feet, four inches at the sixth annual Gill Factory Vault! pole vault competition at Gill Athletics Factory Vault & Symposium in Champaign, Ill on Saturday, July 2, 2011. Hollis was competing in the Elite Competition.

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Steve Hollis, of Sullivan, Ind., watches his son, Jude, 2, cool off in the sprinkler as the two watch Steve's brother, Mark Hollis, of Elkhart, IL, compete in the Elite Competition at the sixth annual Gill Factory Vault! pole vault competition at Gill Athletics Factory Vault & Symposium in Champaign, Ill on Saturday, July 2, 2011.

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Kylie Hutson, of Terre Haute, Ind., clears the bar in the Elite Competition at the sixth annual Gill Factory Vault! pole vault competition at Gill Athletics Factory Vault & Symposium in Champaign, Ill on Saturday, July 2, 2011.

Photographer: Heather Coit

Becky Holliday, of San Diego, warms up before making her lifetime best of clearing the bar at 15 feet, two inches in the Elite Competition at the sixth annual Gill Factory Vault! pole vault competition at Gill Athletics Factory Vault & Symposium in Champaign, Ill on Saturday, July 2, 2011. Holliday was named Factory Vault Champion in women's competition.

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Paul Litchfield, of Minnesota, competes in the Elite Competition at the sixth annual Gill Factory Vault! pole vault competition at Gill Athletics Factory Vault & Symposium in Champaign, Ill on Saturday, July 2, 2011. E

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Derek Miles, of South Dakota, gains speed as he competes in the Elite Competition at the sixth annual Gill Factory Vault! pole vault competition at Gill Athletics Factory Vault & Symposium in Champaign, Ill on Saturday, July 2, 2011.

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Vera Neuenswander, of Bloomington, Ind., clears the ball in the Elite Competition of the sixth annual Gill Factory Vault! pole vault competition at Gill Athletics Factory Vault & Symposium in Champaign, Ill on Saturday, July 2, 2011.

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Brad Holtz, of Tennessee, flexes his muscles as he celebrates clearing the bar in the Elite Competition of the sixth annual Gill Factory Vault! pole vault competition at Gill Athletics Factory Vault & Symposium in Champaign, Ill on Saturday, July 2, 2011.