<p>Saw this in the news just now. </p>
<p>[Pole</a> vaulter dies during jump at UC San Diego](<a href=“http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/09/06/sports/s132645D67.DTL]Pole”>http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/09/06/sports/s132645D67.DTL)</p>
<p>"A college pole vaulter has died after missing the landing pad during practice at the University of California, San Diego’s La Jolla campus.</p>
<p>The San Diego County Medical Examiner’s Office says 19-year-old Leon Roach landed head first on concrete during a training jump Saturday.</p>
<p>Roach immediately became unresponsive, according to the coroner’s report.</p>
<p>He was pronounced brain dead at a hospital. An autopsy is pending.</p>
<p>A memorial service will be held this week in Huntington Beach, where Roach graduated from Marina High School."</p>