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Walker wins Olympic Trials pole vault

Brad Walker clears the bar in men's pole vault at the U.S. Olympics Trials. (Associated Press)
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Brad Walker clears the bar in men's pole vault at the U.S. Olympics Trials. (Associated Press)
EUGENE, Ore. — Brad Walker won his fourth U.S. pole vault title, clearing 18 feet, 7 1/4 inches at the Olympic track trials Thursday night for a spot on the U.S. team for the London Games. Jeremy Scott was second at 18-4 1/.4, and Scott Roth third at the same height, but Roth does not have the Olympic “A standard this season of 18-9 1/4 required to compete in the Olympics. The third spot on the team went to fourth-place finisher Derek Miles, who finished fourth at the Beijing Games. Walker (University of Washington/University High) set the American record of 19-9 3/4 at the Prefontaine Classic at Hayward Field in 2008. He finished third in the Olympic trials that year before no-heighting in Beijing.