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Louisiana-Lafayette pole vaulter Morgann Leleux ready to take shot at Olympic team

Morgann Leleux was fresh off an All-American performance, having cleared 14-feet, 5¼-inches to finish as the NCAA outdoor runner-up in her freshman season at Georgia.

Next stop: the U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials, where the New Iberia native was riding the wave of a momentum in her first season in college, fueling her hopes of making the U.S. Olympic team.

Adding to her level of confidence was a second-place finish during the college season at the Drake Relays where Leleux went head to head with some of the United States’ top professional vaulters.

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