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Hollis Misses Out On Olympics 6/28/12

By: Scott Leber
Updated: June 28, 2012
Rockford, Illinois-Freeport native Mark Hollis won't be headed to London for the Olympics. He came up just short Thursday evening in the pole vault at the Olympic Track & Field Trials in Oregon.

Hollis cleared18 feet 4.5 inches which was the second best height of the night, but he lost out on tiebreakers to two other vaulters who also cleared that height Jeremy Scott and Derrick Miles.

American record holder Brad Walker had the best vault of the night 18 feet 7 1/4 inches.

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