![]() ![]() Enrolled in the College of Arts & Sciences. Helped the volleyball team to two state titles and was named to the all-star team. Also had personal-best marks in the 100 high hurdles (16.7), the 200 meters (26.4), and the triple jump (34-feet). Massachusetts State Pole Vault Champion in 2005 as well as New England Pole Vault runner-up. Placed fourth at the URI Invitational (2/3) during the indoor season with a mark of 10-feet.īefore UMass: A 2007 graduate of Frontier Regional High School where she was a four-time Western Mass Pole Vault Champion. Started the season off with a height of 9-feet, 6.25 inches to place sixth overall. Recorded her best time of the season at the Larry Ellis Invitational (4/19) with a mark of 10-feet, 6 inches to rank sixth overall. At the Atlantic 10 Championships, took ninth place in the pole vault with a height of 10-04.00.Ģ007-08 (Freshman): During the outdoor season, at the New England Championships (5/10), finished tenth overall with a height of 10-feet. Set her best height of the year at the New England Championships (2/27) with a mark of 10-06.25 and a 14th place finish. If you are wishing to visit, the visitation hours are limited by the security level of the facility please call 51 to get the latest updates on the visiting application requirements as they change without notice. Indoor Track: Competed in the pole vault throughout the season. Barney Clark is (or was recently) an inmate currently at the Jackson County MI Jail - Chanter, located in Jackson,MI. Placed ninth in the pole vault at the Atlantic 10 Championships (2/19) with a height of 10-04.00.Ģ008-09 (Sophomore): Outdoor Track: Competed in the pole vault once, finishing in fifth and setting a height of 10-00.00 at the UConn Invitational (4/4). At the New England Championships (2/26), took 15th in the event with a mark of 10-00.00. Indoor Track: Competed strictly in the pole vault. Took fourth in the pole vault with a height of 9-06.25 at the UConn Invite (4/3). Pole Vault 5th (10-6.0) 2009-10 (Junior): Outdoor Track: At the Atlantic 10 Championships (5/2), notched 10th place in the pole vault (10-08.00).Placed third in the pole vault with a mark of 10-08.75 at the UNH Pre-Conference Meet (4/24).At the Larry Ellis Invite (4/17), placed 11th in the pole vault (10-04.00). ![]() "All in all," he said, "it's been a pleasure to be able to help people.2009 Photo Gallery IN THE UMASS RECORD BOOK Clark lived through another birthday, enjoyed one more Christmas with his family and saw the beginning of a new spring. Biomedical experts are already planning smaller, more portable devices, and if experience with pacemakers and artificial hips is any indication, costs will go down as the technology improves and is more commonly used. We know that an artificial heart can work, we know what problems are likely to accompany an implant and we have some idea what the procedure costs. He hoped that whatever happened to him, others would learn from the procedure. ![]() He said last month that if he had lived only a few extra days after the operation the ordeal would have been worthwhile. He made a tremendous effort to understand and cooperate in the experiment, to bear setbacks with fortitude and to make light of his situation whenever possible. Barney Clark had all the attributes the doctors ordered. The doctors wanted to work with a patient who had a strong drive to live, a determined will to recover and a cooperative family backing him up. The world's first recipient of an artificial heart had become an underdog folk hero, a man everyone was rooting for in a cause all wanted to succeed.īarney Clark was chosen by Utah cardiologists for his role in this experiment in part because of his personal situation. When the Seattle dentist died this week after months of hovering between hope and apprehension, millions felt the loss. THE LAST 112 days of his life were not pleasant, but Barney Clark and his family knew the venture upon which they had embarked was risky, and they chose life. ![]()
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