ASU men third, women sixth at Sun Belt

The Arkansas State University men are third and women sixth after the first day of the Sun Belt Conference Indoor Championships in Birmingham, Ala.

Louisiana-Lafayette leads the men’s field with 41.5 points, followed by Texas State (37), Arkansas State (28), Appalachian State (26), South Alabama (24.5) and Texas-Arlington (21).

ASU’s Carter Shell won the long jump, setting a personal-best with a leap of 24-9.25, the seventh longest in program history.

Texas State tops the women’s field with 47 points and is followed by South Alabama (37), Appalachian State (21), Texas-Arlington (21), Georgia State (15) and Arkansas State (14).