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Twin sisters top pole vault

FAYETTEVILLE — University of Arkansas seniors Lexi Jacobus and Tori Hoggard finished first and second in the pole vault Friday at the Razorback Invitational held in the Randal Tyson Center.

Both of the twin sisters from Cabot cleared a best height of 14 feet, 9½ inches for the No. 1-ranked Razorbacks, but Jacobus was awarded the victory because she cleared the winning height on her second attempt and Hoggard cleared it on her third attempt. Both missed three attempts at 15-1½.

Arkansas senior Desiree Freier cleared 14-5½ to take fourth in the the pole vault, and freshman Bailey McCorkle was fifth at 13-1¾.