MEMPHIS, Tenn — Former Ole Miss Rebel Sam Kendricks is bringing home more hardware after securing silver in the men's pole vault at Paris Olympics on Monday.
Kendricks leaped to great heights for Team USA after clearing a season best 5.95m.
He fell short to 24-year-old two-time Olympic champion Armand "Mondo" Duplantis of Sweden, who broke his own world record to clinch the gold.
The Oxford, MS native is the third U.S. athlete to quality for the event three times. He took home bronze after jumping 5.85m in 2016, but Kendricks was not able to compete in 2021 after testing positive for COVID-19 while in the Olympic Village.
Success isn't new for Kendricks as his accolades across the last decade. The two-time NCAA outdoor champion broke the Ole Miss pole vault record in 2014 after clearing the bar at 5.75m.
