Jackson, Stephens New School Records on Final Day of Sun Belt Championships

MOBILE, Ala. – Ka'Neisha Jackson and Alison Stephens set new school records Saturday as action wrapped up at the 2021 Sun Belt Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Mobile.
 
Jackson ran 1:00.82 in the 400m hurdles to finish fifth in the intermediate hurdles event, topping her previous school record time of 1:01.46.
 
Stephens threw the discus 156-11 (47.83m) to top her old school record by two feet, 10 inches as she registered an eighth-place finish in the event.
 
In the men's 800m, Ricardo Banks was the top Trojan finisher as his finals time of 1:52.08 placed him fourth. Banks also ran on the 4x400m relay team that finished sixth with a time of 3:19.14. He was joined on that relay by Phillip Anderson, Ricardo Banks, Andrew Payton and Logan Nelson.
 
Dion Murombe topped his previous best mark in the triple jump by a quarter inch, jumping 48-4.75 (14.75m) to finish sixth. On the women's side, Breya Clark finished seventh with a jump of 40-0 (12.19m).
 
Overall, the men's team finished tied for ninth with 24 points scored while the women's team finished 12^th with 16 points scored.
 
Little Rock now awaits the qualifying lists for the NCAA West Prelims, set for May 27-29 in College Station, Texas.
 
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