UALR, ASU open at Sun Belt Championships
After the first night of the Sun Belt Conference Indoor Champi- onships at Birmingham, Ala., Arkansas State’s men’s and women’s teams are in third place with 31 and 28 points, respectively.
Texas State leads the women’s standings with 44 points, while South Alabama leads the men with 39 points. UALR’s men are in eighth place with four points. UALR’s women haven’t scored a point.
For Arkansas State’s women, Calea Carr finished fourth in the weight throw with a personal-best throw 63 feet, ¼ inches while Erin Farmer was sixth at 58-6 ½. Shemiah Brooks took third place in the women’s long jump with a best effort of 19-9.
Darragh May finished second in the high jump at 5-10 ½. Elizabeth Gillette finished eighth in the 3,000 meters in 10 minutes, 12.00 seconds.
For Arkansas State’s men, Cristian Ravar Ladislau won the weight throw with a best effort of 63-4 ¾. In the pole vault, Sam Bell and Michael Carr each cleared 16-5 ½ with Bell finishing third on fewer misses.
UALR’s Desmond Gulley finished seventh in the long jump with a jump of 22-9 ¼. Kenn Chumba finished seventh in the 3,000 in 8:30.42.
In the running preliminaries, UALR’s Anika Charles qualified for the finals in the 200 and 400. She won her preliminary heat in the 400 in 54.43 seconds. In the 200, she had the second fastest time of 24.26 seconds.
ASU women qualifying for finals were Anaelle Charles and Heinrich Herbst in the 800 (2:13.27 and 1:53.76), Janaya Chambers and Erika Christian in 400 (56.04 and 56.10), De’Airis Weakley in 60 (7.59) and Chanell O’Connor in 200 (24.64).
UALR’s Imad Amezou qualified for the final in the men’s 800 with a time of 1:54.93.
In the men’s 60, Arkansas State’s Jaylen Bacon had the best qualifying time of 6.60. UALR’s Dez Mapps had the sixth-fastest time of 6.79 seconds while teammate Michael McGruder was at 6.79, McGruder also qualified for the final in the 200 in 21.63 seconds. In the 60 hurdles, Arkansas State’s Jamil Peeple had the fastest qualifying time of 7.94. UALR’s Zodani Francois earned a spot in the final with a time of 8.18.