Thirteen Teenage Girls Who Could Make The Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games



Athlete: Lexi Weeks
School: Cabot, AR/Arkansas
Graduation Year: 2015
Event: pole vault

The national high school record holder improved from 14-7.5 to 15-5 in one year, as she won the NCAA Indoor and Outdoor titles, plus nabbed third place at the U.S. Olympic Trials to qualify for the Olympic Games. Weeks cleared a best mark of 14-7.25 to place 10th in the preliminary round in Rio; she did not advance to the final. Weeks' rate of improvement indicates that she is nowhere near hitting her ceiling just yet. For reference, U.S. Olympic Trials champion Jenn Suhr is 34 years old. 

Olympic Games silver medalist Sandi Morris trains with Weeks at the University of Arkansas.