Armand "Mondo" Duplantis broke his own National Freshman Class Record in the pole vault in nearly every competition last year. As a sophomore in 2016, the Lafayette High School, Louisiana athlete is already on track to do the same -- he cleared a new Sophomore Class National Record of 17-2.25 at the LSU High School Classic last weekend.
Duplantis is the reigning IAAF World Youth Champion and owns an outdoor best of 17-4.75.