Courtesy of Howard Athletics
LEXINGTON, Ky. – Howard College girls’s monitor stamped a pair of entries to the 2024 NCAA Outside Monitor & Discipline Championships in Eugene, Oregon on the NCAA East Preliminary Spherical in Lexington, Ky., hosted by the College of Kentucky. Individually, graduate Simone Watkins (Frisco, Texas) had her greatest efficiency within the 400-meter hurdle quarterfinal spherical, clocking in at a brand new private greatest (55.92), whereas locking up an automated bid to the nationwide stage. For her efforts, the Texas native seeks to grow to be solely the second lady in program historical past to earn All-American standing within the lengthy hurdles (Jessica Wright – 2022 & 2023). Michigan’s Savannah Sutherland, who set a brand new facility file through the first spherical, had the quickest time with a 55.25 mark.
The 4×100 relay crew of graduate Kailei Collins (Houston), junior Sherri-Anne Norton (Plantation, Fla.), and rookies Aiyana Grey-Williams (Winston-Salem, N.C.) and Mackenzie Robinson (Ypsilanti, Mich.) opened the night with a record-setting efficiency, producing an AQ time of 44.26 (college file). The 4 Bison punched their tickets to Eugene, Oregon seeking to grow to be the primary All-American 4×100 relay squad in program historical past. South Carolina posted the quickest 4×100 time, registering at 42.46. Collins additionally competed individually within the 100-meter (100m) and 200-meter dashes however got here up quick in each quarterfinal races regardless of a private greatest within the 100m (11.35). Watkins and the Howard College relay crew superior to the 2024 NCAA Outside Monitor & Discipline Championships, which will likely be held June 5-8 in Eugene, Ore.
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