Jamaica’s Ackera Nugent was in top form at Friday’s (13 Jan) Arkansas Invitational, held at the university’s facility in Fayetteville, AR.
Ackera Nugent of Arkansas, in the women’s 60m hurdles, took first place with a time of 8.00 seconds. The World U20 100m hurdles record holder beat Taliyah Brooks of the United States of America with a time of 8.13 seconds, and Jaiya Covington of Texas A&M in third, 8.38 seconds.
Nugent ran 8.08 in the heats to qualify, while Brooks’s time was 8.12.
The men’s 60m hurdles saw Louis Rollins of the United States of America take first place with a time of 7.69 seconds. Connor Schulman of Texas A&M came in second with a time of 7.78 seconds, and Joel Bengtsson of UT-Arlington rounded out the top three at 7.86 seconds.
Daszay FREEMAN
Daszay Freeman, representing Arkansas, ran 7.46 for sixth in the women’s 60m. The event was dominated by Jada Baylark of the United States of America, who took first place with a time of 7.25 seconds. Semira Killebrew of Texas A&M came in second with 7.30 seconds, and Mikayla Hayes of Oklahoma finished third with a time of 7.40 seconds.
The men’s 60m dash was won by Marqueze Washington of the United States of America with a time of 6.70 seconds, followed by Carter Cukerstein of Oklahoma with a time of 6.72 seconds, and Rodney Heath Jr. of Louisiana Tech in third with a time of 6.72 seconds.
The women’s 300m was won by Kennedy Wade of Texas A&M with a time of 37.40 seconds, followed by Tierra Robinson-Jones of Texas A&M in second with a time of 37.53 seconds, and Leeah Burr of Texas A&M in third with a time of 39.44 seconds.
In the men’s 300m, James Benson II of Arkansas came in first with a time of 32.46 seconds, then Lance Lang of Arkansas in second with 32.48 seconds, and Connor Washington of Arkansas in third with a time of 32.93 seconds.
The women’s 400m was dominated by Arkansas, with Paris Peoples taking first with a time of 53.10 seconds, Ashanti Denton in second with a time of 53.68 seconds, and Aaliyah Pyatt in third with a time of 53.79 seconds.
Finally, in the men’s 400m, Zarik Brown of Oklahoma took first place with 46.45 seconds, followed by Richard Kuykendoll of Oklahoma in second with a time of 46.73 seconds, and Muzuri Mattar of Oklahoma in third with a time of 47.06 seconds.
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