UALR’s Charles breaks records

UALR’s Anika Charles broke two school records Tuesday and scored 16 points for the Trojans, who finished in 10th place at the Sun Belt Indoor Championship in Birmingham, Ala.

Charles’ time of 53.92 seconds in the 400- meter dash beat the previous record of 54.32 seconds, held by Olympian Dawn Williams. She finished second in the race, scoring eight team points. Charles also took second place in the 200, breaking her own record with a time of 23.97 seconds, making her the first runner in school history to post a time under 24 seconds in the race.

The UALR men finished in eighth place after scoring 25 points. Imad Amenzou finished fourth in the 800 with a time of 1: 53.78, which moved him to fifth all- time in program history. The Trojans also got five points from the 1600 relay team, which finished fourth with a time of 3: 16.87.

Arkansas State finished fourth as a team on the men’s side and fifth on the women’s side. The Red Wolves added three individual champions with Jamil Peeples winning the 60 hurdles ( 7.95 seconds), Tiaan Steenkamp winning the men’s high jump ( 7 feet, 1 ½ inches) and Erin Farmer’s victory in the women’s shot put ( 55 feet, 2 inches).