DES MOINES, Iowa – Two-time Olympic pole vaulter Sandi Morris, who captured a silver medal in the 2016 Summer Games, will be inducted into the Drake Relays Athletes Hall of Fame during an April 23 luncheon at the Schickler Club in the Knapp Center on the Drake University campus.
Morris' induction will increase membership in the Drake Relays Athletes Hall of Fame to 229. The Athletes Hall of Fame was established in 1959 during the Golden Anniversary of the Drake Relays with 72 charter members, including Jesse Owens, who was named the outstanding performer during the first half-century of the Drake Relays.
"We are honored to welcome Sandi Morris into the Drake Relays Athletes Hall of Fame," Franklin P. Johnson Director of the Drake Relays Blake Boldon said. "She is not only a four-time Drake Relays champion and Olympic silver medalist, but Sandi has also made her mark as the greatest American woman in the discipline. She has set a standard of excellence that embodies the very spirit of the Relays. Her achievements on the runway and on the world stage have inspired countless athletes, and it is a privilege to recognize her lasting impact on the proud tradition of the Drake Relays."
Morris, the American record holder, won the women's invitational pole vault at the Drake Relays in 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2021 and captured the Capital Square pole vault crown in 2016.
The Greenville, South Carolina native, won the silver medal in the pole vault at the 2016 Summer Olympics and earned silver medals in the 2017, 2019, 2022 and 2025 World Championships
Morris won the gold medal at the 2018 and 2022 World Indoor Championships, setting a championship record in 2018 with a 16-3 vault. She cleared 16-5 at the 2016 IAAF Diamond League Memorial Van Damme in Brussels to set the current U.S. women's outdoor record, which ranks No. 3 on the all-time world list.
Morris won USA outdoor titles in 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022 and 2025 as well as earning titles in the 2016, 2017, 2020 and 2022 USA Indoor Championships. She was Olympic Trials runner-up in 2016 and USA runner-up in 2014, 2015 and 2023 and finished third at the 2021 Olympic Trials.
She enjoyed a distinguished career at the University of Arkansas, where she was the SEC outdoor champion in 2014 and 2015 and the 2015 SEC indoor champ, capping her collegiate career by winning the NCAA indoor crown in 2015 with a then-meet record of 15-1. Morris set a collegiate outdoor record as a senior of 15-5 3/4 en route to winning the SEC championship.
