Ole Miss’ Sam Kendricks is the 2013 World University Games pole vault champion.
Kendricks ranks eighth in the world this year with a school-record mark of 19-0.75 that he set at the Texas Relays on March 29. It was the best vault in the NCAA since 1998 and placed Kendricks fifth-best in collegiate history.
He is the first Ole Miss All-American pole vaulter since Baker Vinci in 1985 .
