NEW ORLEANS, La. — Arkansas’ Lexi Jacobus was named a U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association National Athlete of the Week following a spectacular weekend at the SEC Indoor Championships at Randal Tyson Indoor Track this past weekend.
Lexi Jacobus put herself in rarefied air this past weekend at the SEC Championships. Jacobus, competing in front of her home crowd at the Randal Tyson Track Center, became the second-best performer with the No. 2 performance in collegiate history with her title-winning clearance of 4.68m (15-4.25) in the pole vault.
Gritty doesn’t even begin to describe Jacobus’ effort on Saturday. She needed three attempts at both 4.52m (14-10) and 4.60m (15-1) before setting a PR on her first try at the height.
Her clearance also clinches the program record outright for her breaking her tie with Sandi Morris’ mark of 4.66m (15-3).
This is the second time in her career that Jacobus has been named National Athlete of the Week during the indoor season. Her first honor came back on February 21, 2017.
Jacobus and the sprint crew will head to the NCAA Indoor Championships at Birmingham Crossplex Friday-Saturday, March 8-9, in Birmingham, Ala.
