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Cleared for runway

FAYETTEVILLE -- With the University of Arkansas closing its athletic facilities in late March because of the coronavirus pandemic, Sandi Morris needed a new place to train.

So Morris -- who won a silver medal in the pole vault at the 2016 Olympics and gold medal at the 2018 Indoor World Championships -- is going the do-it-yourself route.

Or to be more precise, with assistance from Dad.

Morris -- who as an Arkansas senior won the 2015 NCAA Indoor pole vault title -- and her father, Harry, are building a pole vault pit and 120-foot runway in her hometown of Greenville, S.