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Morris makes Olympic team again

Sandi Morris is an Olympian again.

Morris, a former University of Arkansas NCAA champion and 2016 Olympic silver medalist in the pole vault, on Saturday night made her second consecutive U.S. Olympic team.

Morris cleared 15 feet, 1 inch to take third in the pole vault at the U.S. Olympic Trials at Hayward Field in Eugene, Ore. That was good enough to claim the last spot to compete at the Tokyo Olympics behind winner Katie Nageote (16-23/4) and Morgan LeLeux (15-5).

Olivia Gruver and Jenn Suhr also each cleared 15-1, but Morris finished third because she cleared 14-9 and 15-1 on her first attempts while Gruver and Suhr had misses at lower heights.