FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – The No. 1 Arkansas women’s track and field team started the day strong at their home opener with a top-three sweep in the women’s high jump. The Razorbacks continued their dominance in the vertical jumps placing four vaulters in the top five of the pole vault.
Freshman Lexi Weeks posted an SEC and NCAA leading performance in the pole vault clearing a height of 4.50m/14-9 to win the event by almost a foot. Weeks and her sister Tori, who cleared 4.20m/13-9.25 to finish second, are sitting at the top of the leader-board among conference and national competitors.
2016 Arkansas Invitational
Randal Tyson Track Center
Fayetteville, Ark.
Pole Vault
Lexi Weeks (1) – 4.50m/14-9
Tori Weeks (2) – 4.20m/13-9.25
Ariel Voskamp (3) – 4.10m/13-5.25
Megan Zimlich (4) – 3.85m/12-7.50
Ariel Lachance (8) – 3.70m/12-1.50
Emily Bates (9) – 3.55m/11-7.75
Rylee Robinson (10) – 3.55m/11-7.75
Stephanie Diettinger (13)
From: http://www.arkansasrazorbacks.com/l-weeks-vault-highlights-home-opener/
