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}} Brandon Richards (born February 6, 1967) is an American Track and Field athlete. He was the national high school record holder in the pole vault and a son of double Olympic Gold Medalist in the pole vault, Bob Richards.〔 〕〔http://www.usatf.org/halloffame/TF/showBio.asp?HOFIDs=134〕 He is the third of four of Richards' sons who all excelled at the pole vault—Bob Jr. finished second in 1968 and Tom won the CIF California State Meet in the pole vault. Richards began vaulting at age five〔http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1985-06-17/sports/8502080638_1_brandon-richards-pole-vault-meet/2 Chicago Tribune June 17, 1985〕 and by age 18, he vaulted , which stood as the highest pole vault for a high schooler for 14 years.〔http://www.dyestat.com/9out/states/tx/index.htm〕〔http://lubbockonline.com/stories/051599/spo_0515990045.shtml〕 The record still stands as third best jump for a high schooler〔http://www.trackandfieldnews.com/lists/all_time/prepout_at_m.html Track and Field News〕 and the best ever by a Californian.〔http://espn.go.com/high-school/track-and-xc/california/story/_/id/7810657/all-time-california-track-field-records〕 Richards also set the Indoor record in the pole vault at ,〔http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1320&dat=19850318&id=2aMRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=lekDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5360,1012616 Gainesville Sun, March 18, 1985, P.33〕 which only lasted a year before Pat Manson marginally improved upon it, but it still ranks as the second best ever.〔http://www.polevaultpower.com/records/hsrecords.php Pole Vault Power〕 Richards' high school record jump was set at an All-comers track meet in Eugene, Oregon, not in high school competition.〔http://articles.latimes.com/1985-07-12/sports/sp-8974_1_pole-vault LA Times July 12, 1985〕 He chose not to compete for his San Marcos High School〔http://www.independent.com/news/2012/mar/07/john-uelses/〕 team during his senior year.〔〔http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20091444,00.html〕 As a junior, Richards was the Texas state champion at Midway High School.〔http://articles.latimes.com/1985-05-17/sports/sp-8962_1_brandon-richards LA Times May 17, 1985〕〔http://uil100.org/archives/athletics/track-field-event-height.php?event==Pole+Vault&boys_girls=Boys〕 Richards' set his personal record five years later at . That mark is the Richards family record, but not in contention with the 19-foot vaulters in the Olympics. He ranks number 260 on the all-time list.〔http://hem.bredband.net/athletics/atb-m26.htm Al Time List〕 Richards attended the University of California, Los Angeles,〔http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/brandon-richards-of-ucla-in-action-in-a-pole-vault-event-news-photo/240058〕 where he is ranked as the #10 vaulter in school history.〔http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/ucla/sports/m-track/auto_pdf/m-alltime-top10.pdf〕 ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Brandon Richards」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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