2021 Sun Belt Indoor Track & Field Championships:
Championship Central | Complete Results | Day 2 


Birmingham, Ala. - Arkansas State men's and women's track teams completed their sweep of the 2021 Sun Belt Conference Indoor Track & Field Championships at the Birmingham CrossPlex. The sweep is the Red Wolves' second-straight, becoming the first program to do so since Middle Tennessee, 2001-2004.

Arkansas State is the first team to repeat as men's champion since Western Kentucky in 2012 and 2013. It is the Red Wolves' third title in four years and conference best ninth overall. 

A-State's women repeat as champions for the first time in program history, winning its sixth Sun Belt Indoor Track & Field title, the second most in conference history. 

On the men's side, Arkansas State scored 155 points with Texas State not far behind with 147.5 points. Louisiana was third with 111 points. 

Texas State's Brandon Busby won the men's shot put (16.75) on Tuesday to secure his spot as one of two SBC Top Performers.  He also won the weight throw Monday. UTA distance runner Cole Klashinsky won the 3K late Tuesday to go with his 5K win from Monday to match Busby's 20 total points and also earn SBC Top Performer honors. UTA also took first in the high jump with Bryson DeBerry's 2.17m leap. A-State's Ryan Theyard won the triple jump.

South Alabama's Graham Collins captured the 2021 heptathlon title with a meet record 5,444 points. It was the fourth heptathlon record of the weekend by a Jaguar, with two set on Day 1 and Joey Zayszly setting the heptathlon 60-meter hurdles record by .02 with an 8.26 time. Previous heptathlon record-holder and defending champ Ben Collerton of Texas State finished second overall in the multi-events.

In women's action, Louisiana's Kiana Foster was the only athlete to win two events, taking the 60-meter dash (7.37) and 200-meter dash (23.97) championships to score a 20 points. She was joined as SBC Top Performer by Arkansas State distance runner Pauline Meyer, who won the 3K (9:47.04) to reach the 20-point mark. Meyer previously won the mile and received two points in the distance medley. 

Louisiana's Reagann Leleux was the third-best performer in the meet, winning the pole vault (4.01m) and finishing second in the 60-meter hurdles (8.50) behind teammate Serenity Rogers (8.46). Coastal Carolina freshman Jermaisha Arnold claimed the 400 title with a time of 54.46. 

Troy pushed its way to third place in the team standings with an 800-meter run victory by Edita Sklenska (2:08.34) and a 4x400 win of 3:45.70. Kasia Cooper, Vennessa Frank, Donisha Jeanty and Sklenska produced the relay win.

A-State's Evangelynn Harris won the shot put (14.89m), while Peighton Simmons collected a win for App State in the triple jump (12.67m) in Tuesday's field events. UTA's Madeleine Rowe won the mile (4:57.86). Texas State freshman Mathilde Canet won the pentathlon with 771 points.

Next up, Sun Belt teams prepare for 2021 NCAA Division I Indoor Track & Field Championships set for March 11-13 at Randal Tyson Center in Fayetteville, Arkansas.