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.