Thoirs goes over 18 feet in Albuquerque...

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico--University of Washington pole vaulter Jax Thoirs (left/photo by Paul Merca) won the pole vault Friday night at the New Mexico Collegiate Classic at the Albuquerque Convention Center, the site of this year's NCAA indoor championship meet.



Thoirs cleared 18-0 1/2 (5.50m) on his first attempt to defeat Air Force alum Nick Frawley, who also cleared the same height, but