2017-18 Sun Belt Women's Indoor Track & Field News and Notes:
Composite Schedule | Performance List | Championship Information
#FUNBELT FACTS
• Nine Sun Belt women's indoor track & field squads close out the regular season this weekend.
• UTA's Alexus Henry's school-record mark in the high jump (1.86m) is the Sun Belt's only top 25 mark so far this season.
• Texas State in the 60-meter, 200-meter and 400-meter dashes, 60-meter hurdles, Arkansas State in the 800-meter and mile runs and UTA in the 3,000-meter and 5,00-meter runs own the conference's top times.
• Texas State's Tramesha Hardy is responsible for three of the conference's top times so far this season with a school-record 23.58 in the 200-meter dash, 7.43 in the 60-meter dash and 3:43.97 as a part of the Bobcats' 4x400-meter relay team.
• UTA's Tori Shelton boasts both of the Mavericks' top times in the distance runs - 9:52.37 in the 3,000 and 17:05.16 in the 5,000.
• The 2018 Sun Belt Conference Indoor Track & Field Championships are set for Feb. 19-20 at Birmingham CrossPlex in Birmingham, Ala.
ATHLETES OF THE WEEK
Track - Ashley Heitling, South Alabama (Sr., Mount Dora, Fla.)
South Alabama senior Ashley Heitling claimed the 3,000-meter run title at the Jaguar Invitational, crossing the line in a season-best time of 10:09.56 to win the race by more than 12 seconds. Heitling's time ranks fifth in the Sun Belt so far this season.
Track - Kylah Smith, Texas State (Jr., Lancaster, Texas)
Texas State junior Kylah Smith took over the Sun Belt's top time in the 60-meter hurdles with a personal-best time of 8.47 in the preliminary round at the Jaguar Invitational. Smith's time also ranks in the top 10 in school history. She ran an 8.53 to claim second place and was the fastest collegiate runner in the finals of the event. Smith also competed in the long jump and finished fourth with a mark of 5.65m (18-6.5), which ties for the ninth-best mark in the conference this season.
Field - Alexus Henry, UTA (Jr., Bridge City, Texas)
UTA junior Alexus Henry set a school record in the indoor high jump with a clearance of 1.86m (6-1.25) during the pentathlon at the Charlie Thomas Invitational hosted by Texas A&M. Henry's mark ranks third nationally and is the best in the Sun Belt this season by 2.5 inches. She is the first woman in school history to clear six feet (indoor or outdoor) and is one of just 13 women in the nation to reach that mark in 2018. Henry finished sixth in the pentathlon with 3,249 points, which is the conference's seventh-best total this season, despite having to drop out of the final event (800-meter run).
2017-18 Athletes of the Week Archive
Track
Jan. 17: Devina Schneider, Texas State
Jan. 24: Hannah Dunderdale, Arkansas State
Jan. 31: Tramesha Hardy, Texas State
Field
Jan. 17: Courtney Johnson, Texas State
Jan. 24: Ashlan Rosier, Georgia State
Jan. 31: Alexus Henry, UTA
UPCOMING SCHEDULE
Friday, February 9
Appalachian State, Coastal Carolina at VMI Winter Relays
Arkansas State, Georgia Southern, South Alabama, Troy at Samford Invitational
Little Rock, Georgia State, ULM at Samford Open
UTA at Texas Tech Shootout
Saturday, February 10
Appalachian State at Don Kirby Invitational
Little Rock, Georgia State, ULM at Samford Open