ASU sweeps indoor SBC titles

For the second consecutive year, the Arkansas State University men’s and women’s indoor track and field teams won the Sun Belt Conference championships Tuesday in Birmingham, Ala.

The ASU men earned 155 points for their ninth indoor title, ahead of Texas State (147.5) and Louisiana-Lafayette (111). ASU became the first men’s team since Middle Tennessee State in 2004 to earn a second consecutive Sun Belt indoor title.

The ASU women finished with a school-record 145 points to win their sixth indoor title. Texas State was second with 94.5 points and Troy was third with 90 points.

The Red Wolves’ trio of Seth Waters (Harrison), Bennett Pascoe (Conway Christian) and Gregoire Saury took the top three spots in the men’s mile. Waters won the race in 4:14.15, while Pascoe was second (4:14.49) and Saury came in third (4:14.84).

Jermie Walker won the 400-meter run with a time of 47.52.

On the women’s side, senior Allie Hensley of Clinton won the pentathlon after taking over for reigning champion Camryn Newton-Smith, who couldn’t finish after two events because of an injury. Hensley won the high jump (5 feet, 10 inches), and also recorded a personal-best 39-0.25 in the shot put and a 2:25.79 in the 800 to win with 3,875 points.

Also on Tuesday, Pauline Meyer won the 3,000 run with a time of 9:47.04, and Evangelynn Harris took the women’s shot put title with a throw of 48-10.25.

The University of Arkansas at Little Rock men finished sixth with 62 points, and the women came in 11th with 17 points at the Sun Belt championships.

Cameron Jackson won the men’s 60 title for the Trojans after clocking in at 6.75.