Watson Earns Steeplechase Win at Memphis Invitational

Full Results

MEMPHIS – Little Rock's women's outdoor track and field team tallied one event win in its final regular-season meet at the Memphis Invitational on Friday and Saturday.
 
Shanieke Watson had the Trojans' lone event win for the weekend as she finished ahead of five other runners with a time of 10:43.58. Watson's time was 24.17 seconds faster than second place.
 
Little Rock took third in the 4x400-meter relay with a time of 3:48.89 — just .08 seconds slower than the best mark this season.
 
Hunter Paul finished fifth out of 18 runners in the 5,000 with a time of 18:28.39. Vianney Sanchez and Hannah Manning were 12th and 13th with times of 19:21.82 and 19:38.85, respectively.
 
Helensia Green set a personal record and finished fifth in the 400 with a time of 56.63.
 
Ka'Neisha Jackson was 10th out of 45 runners in the 100 with a time of 12.25 seconds — just outside the program's top-10 times. TeeTee Scott was 15th in 12.35 seconds.
 
Brittany Pinder-Jones was Little Rock's top finisher in the 200 with a time of 25.28 seconds as she finished 13th. Jackson took 16th in 25.33 seconds.
 
Nicole Edison finished 17th in the long jump with a mark of 5.21 meters.
 
Little Rock will now have two weeks to prepare for the Sun Belt Outdoor Track and Field Championships beginning on May 11 in San Marcos, Texas.
 
100-Meter
10. Ka'Neisha Jackson – 12.25
15. TeeTee Scott – 12.35
26. Dasia Harris – 12.69
31. Brittney Anderson – 12.76
44. Eboni Smith – 13.31
 
200-Meter
13. Brittany Pinder-Jones – 25.28
16. Ka'Neisha Jackson – 25.33
 
400-Meter
5. Helensia Green – 56.63
11. Jessica Gray – 58.35
14. Brittany Pinder-Jones – 59.72
23. Akeia Joyner – 1:01.68
 
5,000-Meter
5. Hunter Paul – 18:28.39
12. Vianney Sanchez – 19:21.82
13. Hannah Manning – 19:38.85
 
3,000-Meter Steeplechase
1. Shanieke Watson – 18:43.58
 
4x400-Meter Relay
3. Little Rock – 3:48.89
 
Long Jump
17. Nicole Edison – 5.21m