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Pole vaulter didn’t foresee trip to Brazil

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FAYETTEVILLE -- Lexi Weeks isn't getting a summer vacation after her freshman year at Arkansas.

It's her own fault.

Weeks, a Cabot High School graduate who won SEC and NCAA indoor and outdoor pole vault titles this year, could have taken a lengthy break from training and competition weeks ago.

But she's been vaulting too well.

Her college season extended into June because she qualified for the West Regional and then the NCAA Championships, where she won by clearing 14 feet, 9 inches in Eugene, Ore.

Weeks also qualified for the U.S. Olympic Trials -- something she accomplished with a 14-9 vault in her first meet at Arkansas in January -- so she was back in Eugene in July.