IOWA CITY, Iowa – Peta-Gay Williams set a new facility record in winning the women’s 60m hurdles for Florida State on Saturday’s (21 Jan) final day of the Larry Wieczorek Invitational at the University of Iowa.

Williams, a sophomore, edged teammate Nicole Setterington for the 60-meter hurdle title in her season debut, sailing to victory in a lifetime-best 8.24. Her time ranks ninth nationally and is fifth-fastest in FSU history.

Setterington matched her career-best (8.28) to finish second and move into 12th on the national list.

“Our lady hurdlers really appear to be a month ahead of last year and coach [Brandon] Hon may ge two national qualifiers out of PG and Nicole,” FSU coach Bob Braman said.

Shauna Helps finished second in the final with a career-best time of 7.42 – climbing one spot to No. 9 on FSU’s all-time list – behind post-collegian Lake Kwaza (7.39).

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By Anthony Foster

Is a two-time Jamaica sports journalist of the year (2004 and 2005) and world-renowned journalist. One of his award-winning articles was on Usain Bolt, 6-time Olympic champion, 11-time World champion and sprint double record holder, was published in the Jamaica Gleaner in 2004. Anthony has covered Olympic Games in Beijing 2008, London 2012 and Rio 2016; Six (6) IAAF World Athletics Championships between 2007 and 2019 and several other international sporting events, including the 2007 World Cup of cricket and his favourite football team, Argentina vs the USA in 2004.

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