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Post indoor watch list finds Jacobus back on award pace

Three-time pole vault national champion Lexi Jacobus has been named to The Bowerman Watch List for the second time this season.

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NEW ORLEANS — Three-time pole vault national champion Lexi Jacobus has been named to The Bowerman Watch List for the second time this season, following her spectacular performance at the 2018 NCAA Indoor Championships, which saw her help Arkansas to a national runner-up team finish.

Jacobus was last featured on prestigious list prior to the start of the indoor season, selected as one of the athletes to watch in early January.

Program Record, No. 2 in NCAA History

Jacobus entered the indoor national meet as the Southeastern Conference pole vault runner-up and as one of only two women to clear a 15-foot bar through out the duration of the season.

The Cabot native vaulted to her third NCAA gold medal in College Station, Texas, setting both a meet and program record with her clearance of 4.66m/15-3½.

Her performance matched the collegiate indoor best of former Razorback and fellow Olympian Sandi Morris, whom Jacobus now shares the honor of Arkansas record-holder and No. 2 in NCAA history with.

In addition to winning the pole vault at the national meet, Jacobus was also awarded the NCAA Elite 90 award in recognition of her academic efforts.

The award is presented to a student-athlete who has excelled in their sport te with highest cumulative grade point average participating in an NCAA championships.

Through five semesters of coursework Jacobus continues to hold a 4.00 gpa in biochemistry. It is the second NCAA Elite90 award of her career.

With indoor season behind her, Jacobus will set her sights on replicating that magic during the outdoor season, with the hunt for her fourth NCAA gold beginning with regular season competition at the Arkansas Spring Invitational March 23-24.

The Razorbacks first meet of the outdoor season will be held in Fayetteville at John McDonnell Field.

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