FAYETTEVILLE — Former University of Arkansas NCAA champion pole vaulter Andrew Irwin, competing at a professional meet for the first time in a year, cleared 18 feet, 8 1/2 inches to win the American League Track event held Sunday at the Randal Tyson Center.
“I was just happy to have a meet, to be honest,” said Irwin, who lives in Mount Ida. “It’s been over a year since I had a real meet. We had a couple little meets down at our place [the Arkansas Vault Club in Black Springs] back home, but nothing crazy.”
American record-holder Sam Kendricks, a nine-time U.