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Kendricks Breaks American Indoor Pole Vault Record
2/9/2020 | Track and Field
Rebel Olympian Now Owns Both Indoor and Outdoor U.S. Pole Vault Records
ROUEN, France – Rebel Olympian and NCAA Champion Sam Kendricks solidified his case as one of the best men's pole vaulters in U.S. history after toppling the American indoor record at the Perche Elite Tour on Saturday.
Kendricks, the reigning world champion and U.S. outdoor record holder, eclipsed 6.01m (19-08.50) to reset the U.S. and North American indoor records. Jeff Hartwig set the previous U.S. record in 2002 at 6.00m (19-08.25), while Canadian Shawn Barber hit that same height to share the North American record with Hartwig in 2016.
The Oxford native is coming off the best season of his career in 2019 that saw him become just the second person in world history to repeat as the world outdoor men's champion in the pole vault. Earlier in 2019, Kendricks broke the American outdoor record at 6.06m (19-10.50) to become the second-best outdoor vaulter in world history, winning a record sixth straight U.S. outdoor title in the process.
Kendricks' gold medal at the World Championships featured a head-to-head showdown with 20-year-old phenom Mondo Duplantis, who just last night (Feb. 8) set the overall world record in the pole vault at 6.17m (20-02.75) – setting up a potentially electric faceoff at the 2020 Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo this summer.
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Kendricks, the reigning world champion and U.S. outdoor record holder, eclipsed 6.01m (19-08.50) to reset the U.S. and North American indoor records. Jeff Hartwig set the previous U.S. record in 2002 at 6.00m (19-08.25), while Canadian Shawn Barber hit that same height to share the North American record with Hartwig in 2016.
The Oxford native is coming off the best season of his career in 2019 that saw him become just the second person in world history to repeat as the world outdoor men's champion in the pole vault. Earlier in 2019, Kendricks broke the American outdoor record at 6.06m (19-10.50) to become the second-best outdoor vaulter in world history, winning a record sixth straight U.S. outdoor title in the process.
Kendricks' gold medal at the World Championships featured a head-to-head showdown with 20-year-old phenom Mondo Duplantis, who just last night (Feb. 8) set the overall world record in the pole vault at 6.17m (20-02.75) – setting up a potentially electric faceoff at the 2020 Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo this summer.
For more information on Ole Miss Track & Field and Cross Country, follow the Rebels on Twitter (@OleMissTrack), Facebook and Instagram.
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