Sam Kendricks Winner Men's Pole Vault U.S. Olympic Trials

Sam Kendricks is the Olympic Trials champion for the pole vault in 2016. In 2012, he was fourth in the Olympic Trials. Up until July 18, Sam Kendricks was the WL over the pole vault, with a 5.92m clearance, his then PB. This interview was done at the US Olympic Trials presser, and I thank Sam for his thoughtfulness and his love and respect for his event.

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Larry Eder
Larry Eder has had a 52-year involvement in the sport of athletics. Larry has experienced the sport as an athlete, coach, magazine publisher, and now, journalist and blogger. His first article, on Don Bowden, America's first sub-4 minute miler, was published in RW in 1983. Larry has published several magazines on athletics, from American Athletics to the U.S. version of Spikes magazine. He currently manages the content and marketing development of the RunningNetwork, The Shoe Addicts, and RunBlogRun. Of RunBlogRun, his daily pilgrimage with the sport, Larry says: "I have to admit, I love traveling to far away meets, writing about the sport I love, and the athletes I respect, for my readers at runblogrun.com, the most of anything I have ever done, except, maybe running itself." Also does some updates for BBC Sports at key events, which he truly enjoys. Theme song: Greg Allman, " I'm no Angel."
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