Nationality American | Name Sam Kendricks Sport track and field | |
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Born September 7, 1992 (age 32) ( 1992-09-07 ) Personal best(s) pole vault: 5.86 m (19 ft 2⁄2 in) indoor, Reno, Nevada5.82 m (19 ft 1 in) outdoor, Des Moines, Iowa | ||
Sam kendricks pole vault senior season
Sam Kendricks (born September 7, 1992) is an American track and field athlete, known primarily for the pole vault. He is the 2014, 2015 US Indoor National Champion, 2015 US National Champion, 2016 US Indoor National Champion, 2016 US National Champion while setting the US Olympic Trials pole vault record. and the 2017 World Champion. Kendricks is also a second lieutenant in the United States Army Reserve.
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- Sam kendricks pole vault senior season
- Pole vault summit 19 3 sam kendricks
- Prep
- NCAA
- 2015
- 2016
- 2017
- References
Pole vault summit 19 3 sam kendricks
Prep
Before "Ole Miss" he jumped for Oxford High School in Oxford, Mississippi leading his team to the 2009 MHSAA 5A State Championship. He jumped 17 ft 0 in (5.18 m) to set the state record. He won the state meet outdoors in 2010 and 2011, and indoors in 2011. He also lettered in cross country and soccer. In 2011, he was named the Gatorade boys' high school track and field athlete of the year for Mississippi.
NCAA
While jumping for the University of Mississippi, Kendricks won the 2013 and 2014 NCAA Championships. Sam announced his professional ambitions in 2014. Sam broke both Ole Miss Rebels pole vault records as a freshman.
2015
He set his personal best of 5.86 m (19 ft 2 1⁄2 in) at the indoor 2015 Reno Pole Vault Summit. Kendrick uses a hand hold at 15 ft 5 in (4.69 m) and from his performance in Reno claims the "Push-off" World Record at 4 ft 6 in (1.37 m). He won the men's pole vault at 2015 US Outdoor Championships in 5.75 m (18 ft 10 1⁄4 in). He won the prelims of the 2015 World Championships in Athletics – Men's pole vault and finished 9th in 5.65 m (18 ft 6 1⁄4 in).
2016
After setting a personal best outdoors at the IAAF World Challenge in Beijing, at 5.92 m (19 ft 5 in) Kendricks won the US Olympic Trials at 5.91. At the 2016 Summer Olympics, he won a bronze medal in Men's Pole Vault. Kendricks also garnered attention during the Olympics when he stopped mid run during a pole vault attempt to stand at attention while "The Star Spangled Banner" was played.
2017
On June 24, 2017, Kendricks became the 22nd person to join the six meters club by jumping exactly 6.00 m (19 ft 8 in) while winning the 2017 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Sacramento, California.
