Kendricks, Lightfoot headline elite field at UCS Spirit National Pole Vault Summit in Reno

RENO, Nev. — Two-time world champion Sam Kendricks and American record holder KC Lightfoot headline an elite international field set to compete at the 2026 UCS Spirit National Pole Vault Summit, a World Athletics Indoor Silver Tour event, Friday and Saturday at Reno-Sparks Livestock Events Center.

Kendricks, who captured consecutive world titles in 2017 and 2019, tops the men’s entry list with a season-best mark of 5.95 meters. The 29-athlete men’s field includes Lightfoot, who holds the American record at 6.07m, along with France’s Thibaut Collet (5.91m) and Americans Zachery Bradford (5.90m), Matt Ludwig (5.83m), Hunter Garretson (5.76m) and Cole Walsh (5.75m).

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The women’s competition features Americans Chloe Timberg, Molly Haywood and Sydney Horn leading a 16-athlete field. Timberg enters as the top seed at 4.63m, followed by Haywood at 4.61m and Horn at 4.59m.

UCS Spirit National Pole Vault Summit

Men’s Pole Vault Entry List

1. Sam Kendricks, USA — 5.95m
2. Thibaut Collet, FRA — 5.91m
3. Zachery Bradford, USA — 5.90m
4. Matt Ludwig, USA — 5.83m
5. Hunter Garretson, USA — 5.76m
6. Cole Walsh, USA — 5.75m
7. KC Lightfoot, USA — 5.75m
8. Scott Toney, USA — 5.73m
9. Nate Richartz, USA — 5.72m
10. Keaton Daniels, USA — 5.72m
11. Olen Oates, USA — 5.72m
12. Logan Hammer, USA — 5.70m
13. Kobe Babin, USA — 5.66m
14. Carson Waters, USA — 5.65m
15. Trevor Stephenson, USA — 5.65m
16. Alioune Sene, FRA — 5.64m
17. Bradley Jelmert, USA — 5.63m
18. Clayton Simms, USA — 5.61m
19. Colby Wilson, USA — 5.61m
20. Will Stags, USA — 5.56m
21. Randon Gray, USA — 5.50m
22. Max Manson, USA — 5.45m
23. Jaxon Jerabek, USA — 5.41m
24. Will Player, USA — 5.23m
25. Ryan Talbot, USA — 5.20m
26. Harrison Williams, USA — 5.20m
27. Noah Mumme, USA — 5.20m
28. Hakin McMorris, USA — 5.10m
29. Lee Walburn, USA — 4.60m

Women’s Pole Vault Entry List

1. Chloe Timberg, USA — 4.63m
2. Molly Haywood, USA — 4.61m
3. Sydney Horn, USA — 4.59m
4. Tori Thomas, USA — 4.57m
5. Natassja Campbell, USA — 4.57m
6. Natalie Lark, USA — 4.47m
7. Tatum Moku, USA — 4.46m
8. Jill Marois, USA — 4.45m
9. Anicka Newell, CAN — 4.44m
10. Payton Phillips, USA — 4.42m
11. Virginia Scardanzan, ITA — 4.42m
12. Heather Abadie, CAN — 4.41m
13. Lexie Evans, USA — 4.32m
14. Kaitlyn Dermen, USA — 4.30m
15. Eva Lowder, USA — 4.25m
16. Erika Fiedler, CAN — 4.15m