{"id":140476,"date":"2024-06-24T11:38:53","date_gmt":"2024-06-24T16:38:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/?p=140476"},"modified":"2024-06-24T11:38:56","modified_gmt":"2024-06-24T16:38:56","slug":"sam-kendricks-wins-us-title-makes-third-straight-olympic-team-in-the-pole-vault","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/sam-kendricks-wins-us-title-makes-third-straight-olympic-team-in-the-pole-vault\/","title":{"rendered":"Sam Kendricks Wins US Title, Makes Third Straight Olympic Team in the Pole Vault"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Ole Miss Track & Field<\/strong> alum\u00a0Sam Kendricks<\/strong>\u00a0has secured his third career Olympic qualifying berth, winning his 11th career national title in the pole vault to book passage to Paris<\/strong> at the third day of the 2024 US Olympic Trials <\/strong>on Sunday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kendricks breezed through an arduous qualifying round on Friday, and was equally as efficient in Sunday\u2019s final, maintaining a clean sheet all the way up to his eventual winning height of 5.92m\/19-5 \u2013 which he hit on his second attempt for the victory. That mark breaks his own US Olympic Trials record of 5.91m\/19-04.75 set in 2016, and he was the lone competitor in the field to clear that height today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is the third career Olympic bid for Kendricks, who was the bronze medalist in the pole vault in 2016. He is only the third athlete in US history to qualify three times in the men\u2019s pole vault alongside Bob Richards<\/strong> (1948, 1952, 1956) and Earl Bell<\/strong> (1976, 1984, 1988), and in Ole Miss history, he now only ranks behind men\u2019s tennis star Mahesh Bhupathi<\/strong>\u2019s five Olympiads for India (1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012), and fellow track star Brittney Reese<\/strong>\u2019s four trips for Team USA (2008, 2012, 2016, 2021).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kendricks enters the Paris Summer Games in medal contention once again, currently ranked third on the World Athletics list at his season-best 5.95m\/19-06.25 from the US Indoor Championships this past February. Overall in his professional career, Kendricks is a two-time World Champion, five-time World medalist and 11-time US Champion. In his brief but brilliant Ole Miss career, Kendricks was a two-time NCAA Champion, five-time All-American, and two-time SEC Champion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ole Miss was also represented in the women\u2019s hammer final on Sunday evening via All-American Rebel greats\u00a0Janeah Stewart\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0Jasmine Mitchell<\/strong>. The early rounds of the final saw mass carnage, with 14 total fouls in the first three rounds alone and a foul-out by the current world leader, Brooke Andersen<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stewart\u2014the 2018 NCAA champion in the hammer\u2014was able to hold on to the eighth qualifying spot for the final at 66.92m\/219-7, and then improved both in the fifth (68.02m\/223-2) and sixth (70.34m\/230-9) rounds. Originally that moved her up to fourth, but Erin Reese\u2019s final attempt of 71.21m\/233-7 leapfrogged both Stewart and Rachel Tanczos for the third and final spot on Team USA (pending World Athletics ranking evaluations).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This marks the third career top-8 US finish for Stewart in the hammer, who ended her Rebel career with a school-record 10 All-America awards, 25 NCAA points, three SEC titles, 10 SEC medals and 80 SEC points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mitchell took 11th overall in the final, topping out on her third attempt of 59.74m\/196-0.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ole Miss athletes will be in competition on Monday as well, with recent Rebel senior\u00a0Ahmad Young Jr.<\/strong>\u00a0in the first round of the men\u2019s 110-meter hurdles at 7:05 pm CT, as well as All-American\u00a0Craig Engels<\/strong>\u00a0in his seventh career US 1500-meter final at 7:47 pm CT.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

DAY THREE RESULTS<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Men\u2019s Pole Vault \u2013 Final<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. Sam Kendricks \u2013 5.92m\/19-5 \u2013 Team USA<\/em><\/strong> \u2013 Meet Record<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Women\u2019s Hammer \u2013 Final<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

5. Janeah Stewart \u2013 70.34m\/230-9<\/p>\n\n\n\n

11. Jasmine Mitchell \u2013 59.74m\/196-0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

—–<\/p>\n\n\n\n

DAY TWO RESULTS<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Women\u2019s 100-Meter Dash \u2013 Semifinals<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

12. McKenzie Long \u2013 11.15 (+0.0)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

24. Shannon Ray \u2013 11.37 (+0.4)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Men\u2019s 1500-Meter \u2013 Semifinals<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

7. Craig Engels \u2013 3:35.08q<\/strong> \u2013 SB<\/p>\n\n\n\n

8. Waleed Suliman \u2013 3:35.72 \u2013 PR<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Men\u2019s Shot Put \u2013 Final<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

8. Tarik Robinson-O\u2019Hagan \u2013 20.98m\/68-10 \u2013 Outdoor PR, Ole Miss Outdoor Record<\/p>\n\n\n\n

—–<\/p>\n\n\n\n

DAY ONE RESULTS<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Women\u2019s 100-Meter Dash \u2013 First Round<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

3. McKenzie Long \u2013 10.94 (+0.4) AQ<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

27. Shannon Ray \u2013 11.31 (+0.9)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

30. Jahniya Bowers \u2013 11.44 (+0.3)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Men\u2019s 1500-Meter \u2013 First Round<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

22. Craig Engels \u2013 3:38.69 AQ<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

28. Waleed Suliman \u2013 3:39.12<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Men\u2019s Pole Vault \u2013 Qualifying<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

T6. Sam Kendricks \u2013 5.65m\/18-06.50 AQ<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Men\u2019s Shot Put \u2013 Qualifying<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

8. Tarik Robinson-O\u2019Hagan \u2013 20.49m\/67-02.75 AQ<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Women\u2019s Hammer \u2013 Qualifying<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

9. Janeah Stewart \u2013 69.03m\/226-5 AQ<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

12. Jasmine Mitchell \u2013 65.49m\/214-10\u00a0AQ<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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