Cornelius "Dutch" Warmerdam (June 22, 1915 - November 13, 2001) was a long time pole vault world record holder and is considered to be among the all time greatest vaulters. June 22 is the 173rd day of the year (174th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 192 days remaining. ... 1915 (MCMXV) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... November 13 is the 317th day of the year (318th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 48 days remaining. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ...

He was born in Long Beach, California. Vaulting throughout his career with a bamboo pole, Warmerdam was the first vaulter to clear 15 feet (4.57 meters), accomplishing that feat at UC Berkeley on April 13, 1940. During his career, Warmerdam vaulted 15 feet 43 times in competition, while no other vaulter cleared the mark a single time. Warmerdam increased the pole vault record seven times in a four year span. His highest outdoor vault was 15' 7-3/4" in 1942, a record which stood until 1957 when Bob Gutowski broke the mark using a metal pole. Warmerdam won the Sullivan Award in 1942 but was never able to compete in the Olympics because the 1940 and 1944 games were cancelled due to World War II, and by 1948 he was coaching professionally and therefore ineligible. Warmerdam went on to coach track and field at Fresno State University until his retirement in 1980. Fresno State named its track stadium Warmerdam Field in his honor. Dutch is a member of several Halls of Fame, including the National Track and Field Hall of Fame and the Millrose Games Hall of Fame. County Los Angeles County, California Area  - Total  - Water 170. ... Diversity Around 91 genera and 1,000 species Subtribes Arthrostylidiinae Arundinariinae Bambusinae Chusqueinae Guaduinae Melocanninae Nastinae Racemobambodinae Shibataeinae See the full Taxonomy of the Bambuseae. ... The James E. Sullivan Award is awarded annually by the Amateur Athletic Union to the top amateur athlete in the United States. ... For months before the Olympic Games, runners relay the Olympic Flame from Olympia to the opening ceremony. ... The campus on a sunny day The campus on a foggy morning California State University, Fresno, commonly referred to as Fresno State, is one of the campuses of California State University, located at the northeast edge of Fresno, California, at the foot of the majestic Sierra Nevada mountain range. ...

Personal

Cornelius Warmerdam grew up in Hanford, CA, the son of Dutch emigrants Adrianus and Gertrude Warmerdam. Because of his ancestry he was more commonly known to both friends and, later, to the media as "Dutch." Warmerdam got his start in pole vaulting in his backyard using the limb of a peach tree and landing in a pit of piled up dirt. He was discovered by the local track coach and vaulted for Hanford High School until his graduation in 1932, after which he attended and vaulted for Fresno State University. Warmerdam married Juanita Anderson on August 29, 1940, and they were married for 61 years until Dutch's death in Fresno, California, from Alzheimer's in 2001. Juanita continued to live in Fresno until her death on Valentine's Day in 2006. They left behind five children and twenty grandchildren. To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...