Roundup: Ex-LSU athlete sets record / Small business hiring / Gas prices dip By Deanna B. Narveson - February 10, 2020 FacebookTwitterLinkedinEmailPrint Watch this: At just 20 years old, former LSU track and field athlete Armand Duplantis set a world record for the pole vault Saturday. Duplantis cleared 20 feet and 3 inches at the Orlen Copernicus Cup… Already an INSIDER? Sign in.