U.S. Olympic pole vaulter Sam Kendricks “Silver Medal Celebration” at Refuge Training Center in Oxford, Miss. on Thursday, August 15, 2024. (©Bruce Newman)

U.S. Olympic pole vaulter Sam Kendricks “Silver Medal Celebration” at Refuge Training Center in Oxford, Miss. on Thursday, August 15, 2024. (©Bruce Newman)

U.S. Olympic pole vaulter Sam Kendricks “Silver Medal Celebration” at Refuge Training Center in Oxford, Miss. on Thursday, August 15, 2024. (©Bruce Newman)

U.S. Olympic pole vaulter Sam Kendricks “Silver Medal Celebration” at Refuge Training Center in Oxford, Miss. on Thursday, August 15, 2024. (©Bruce Newman)

U.S. Olympic pole vaulter Sam Kendricks “Silver Medal Celebration” at Refuge Training Center in Oxford, Miss. on Thursday, August 15, 2024. (©Bruce Newman)

U.S. Olympic pole vaulter Sam Kendricks, right, poses with his silver medal with, from left, Wright Thompson, Thomas Tatum, and Jennie Tatum at a “Silver Medal Celebration” at Refuge Training Center in Oxford, Miss. on Thursday, August 15, 2024. (©Bruce Newman)

U.S. Olympic pole vaulter Sam Kendricks, right, poses with Kipling Loprinzi during a “Silver Medal Celebration” at Refuge Training Center in Oxford, Miss. on Thursday, August 15, 2024. (©Bruce Newman)