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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The Arkansas State men and women lead the Sun Belt Conference Indoor Track & Field Championships, contested at the Birmingham CrossPlex, following the opening day of the event. 173 athletes recorded personal bests at the event on Monday. 

The Arkansas State men have totaled 55 points through five events. South Alabama is in second place with 47.5 points, while Louisiana is in third with 38.5. The Red Wolves women have charted 32 points through five events. South Alabama is in second with 25 points, while ULM is in third with 22. 

The final day of the Sun Belt Indoor Track & Field Championships begins at 10 a.m. CT Tuesday. Running events and the ESPN+ broadcast commence at 1:30 p.m. CT. 

Arkansas State’s Aimar Palma Simo set a personal in winning the men’s weight throw title with a throw of 20.25m/66-5.25 on his last attempt. South Alabama’s Francois Prinsloo, who entered the meet with the top mark in the Sun Belt this season, placed second with a toss of 18.54m/60-10. 

Louisiana’s Jacqueline Pokuaah won the women’s long jump and set a school record along with a personal best in the process with a leap of 6.24m/20-5.75. Pokuaah entered the event in fifth with a seed mark of 6.11m. She defeated Arkansas State’s Hannah Morris, who finished second with a personal best mark of 6.22m/20-5. 

South Alabama’s Bodine Degli-Umberti won the women’s weight throw with a toss of 19.29m/63-3.50. MaryAnn Adebayo from Marshall took second with a mark of 18.65m/61-2.25. 

Arkansas State jumper Courtney Thomas recorded a season best finish of 7.54m/24-9 in his final attempt of the long jump to capture the indoor title. Texas State’s Chris Preddie finished with silver in the event with a distance of 7.43m/24-4.50.

Through four events of the women’s pentathlon, a mere 50 points separated the top three contenders heading into the 800m. Texas State’s Mathilde Canet secured a personal best score of 3,914 with a second-place finish in the 800m and capture the conference title. Southern Miss’ Safiya John finished second with 3,798 total points with Claudine Raud-Gumiel from ULM earning a personal best 3,791 for bronze.

Arkansas State’s Bradley Jelmert claimed the conference championship in the men’s pole vault with a mark of 5.30m/17-4.50. Jelmert officially won the crown with a height of 5.13m and continued for an additional height. 

Arkansas State’s Pauline Meyer overcame a two second deficit in the final lap to win the conference title in the 5000m with a school record and personal best time of 16.38.50. She defeated JMU’s Miranda Stanhope, who finished second in 16:38.56. 

South Alabama’s Kirami Yego, the 2021 and 2022 Sun Belt Cross Country Men’s Individual Champion, captured the men’s 5,000-meter run and set a new Sun Belt championship and meet record in the process. He finished first in a time of 13:51.03, eclipsing the previous meet record of 14:05.26 that he set at the championships last year. 

ULM won the women’s distance medley relay in a time of 11:49.82, after trailing for three of the four legs. The Warhawks’ were seeded eighth at the start of the event and overcame a two second deficit in the final leg to capture the victory.

South Alabama, who was seeded last entering the event, was victorious in the men’s distance medley relay, clocking a time of 10:06.02. Heading to the final leg, South Alabama was narrowly in third place as Yego completed the comeback to erase the deficit. 

South Alabama’s Sebastian Reyneke jumped out to a lead in the men’s heptathlon and has accumulated 3,161 points through the first four events. Reyneke finished ninth in the 60m but answered with three consecutive first place finishes in the long jump, shot put and high jump to catapult himself into the lead. In this year’s heptathlon, Arkansas State’s Patryk Baran currently sits in second place with 2,980 points, while ULM’s Joseph McEvoy is in third with 2,929 through four events. 

Texas State’s Daniel Harrold set a new Sun Belt meet and championships record in the men’s 60m hurdles prelims with a time of 7.78. 

Georgia Southern’s Scovia Ayikoru set a new Sun Belt championships record in the women’s 200m prelims with a time of 23.37.

2023 Sun Belt Indoor Track & Field Championships (February 20, 2023)

Men’s Team Scores (through five events):
1. Arkansas State (55)
2. South Alabama (47.5)
3. Louisiana (38.5)
4. Texas State (28)
T5. Marshall (10)
T5. ULM (10)
7. Southern Miss. (5)

Women’s Team Scores (through five events): 
1. Arkansas State (32)
2. South Alabama (25)
3. ULM (22)
4. Southern Miss (20)
5. Marshall (19)
T6. Coastal Carolina (17)
T6. Texas State (17)
8. James Madison (13)
9. Louisiana (10)
T10. App State (7)
T10. Troy (7)
11. Georgia Southern (6)
12. Georgia State (0)

Men’s Heptathlon – First Four Events
1. Sebastian Reyneke (USA), 3,161; 2. Patryk Baran (ARST), 2,980; 3. Joseph McEvoy (ULM), 2,929; 4. Simon Thor (TXST), 2,911; 5. Brylan Shirley (USA), 2,758; 6. Nic Glass (USA), 2,657; 7. Luke Benoit (UL), 2,648; 8. Bailey Couch (ULM), 2,643; 9. Graham Collins (USA), 2,511; 10. Gavin Jaime (UL), 2,432.

Final Results

Men’s Weight Throw Final (Top-Eight Finishers)
1. Aimar Palma Simo (ARST), 20.25m/66-5.25; 2. Francois Prinsloo (USA), 18.54m/60-10; 3. Jakob Fudge (ULM), 18.43m/60-5.75; 4. James Noles (TXST), 18.21m/59-9; 5. Tyren Hannah (UL), 18.02m/59-1.5; 6. Dimitrios Manesiotis (USA), 17.52m/57-5.75; 7. Kayla Ludgood (USM), 17.16m/56-3.75; 8. Jacob Tracy (ARST), 17 m/55-9.25. 

Women’s Long Jump Final (Top-Eight Finishers)
1. Jacqueline Pokuaah (UL), 6.24m/20.5.75; 2. Hannah Morris (ARST), 6.22m/20-5; 3. Imani Moore (GASO), 6.06m/19-19.75; 4. Ashlee Osaji (USM), 6.05m/19-10.25; 5. Eunice Ilunga Mbuyi (ULM), 6.03m/19-9.5; 6. Camryn Newton-Smith (ARST), 6.02m/19-9; 7. Nasya Ramirez (ULM). 6.01m/19-8.75; 8. Mylani Galbreath (USM), 5.86m/19-2.75. 

Women’s Weight Throw Final (Top-Eight Finishers)
1. Bodine Degli-Umberti (USA), 19.29m/63-3.5; 2. MaryAnn Adebayo (MAR), 18.65m/61-2.25; 3. Zayna Fray-Samuel (CCU), 18.54m/60-10; 4. Colette Uys (USA), 18.52m/60-9.25; 5. Graysen Arnold (APP), 18m/59-0.75; 6. Elisabet Rut Runarsdottir (TXST), 17.95m; 58-10.75; 7. Biniosa Ezukuse (TROY), 17.85m/58-6.75; 8. Utitofon Sam (TXST), 17.85m/58-6.75. 

Women’s Pentathlon (Top-Eight Finishers)
1. Mathilde Canet (TXST), 3,914; 2. Safiya John (USM), 3,798; 3. Claudine Raud-Gumiel (ULM), 3,791; 4. Nikki Boon (CCU), 3,722; 5. Kady Schwietz (TROY), 3,522; 6. Luize Opola (TXST), 3,465; 7. Lara Check (MAR), 3,453; 8. Krista Perry (MAR), 3,442.

Men’s Long Jump Final (Top-Eight Finishers)
1. Courtney Thomas (ARST), 7.54m/24-9; 2. Chris Preddie (TXST), 7.43m/24-4.5; 3. Rylan Theyard (UL), 7.48m/24-2.5; 4. Colby Eddowes (ARST), 7.27m/23-10.25; 5. Obdarius Ware (UL), 7.21m/23-8; 6. Jeremy Nelson (UL), 7.13m/23-4.75; 7. Drue Jackson (TXST), 6.99m/22-11.25; 8. Joshua Mason (UL), 6.74m/22-1.5.

Men’s Pole Vault Final (Top-Eight Finishers)
1. Bradley Jelmert (ARST), 5.30m/17-4.50; 2. Timothy Gale (UL) 5.03m/16-6; 3. Simon Thor (TXST), 5.03m/16-6; 4. Billy Eaton (TXST), 4.88m/16-0; T5. Trey Boucher (UL), 4.88m/16-0; T5. Evans Finnorn (USA), 4.88m/16-0; T7. Nick Russell (UL), 4.73m/15-6.25; T7. David Dolan (USA), 4.73m/15-6.25; T7. Sebastian Reyneke (USA), 4.73m/15-6.25.

Women’s 5,000-Meter Run Final (Top-Eight Finishers)
1. Pauline Meyer (ARST), 16:38.50; 2. Miranda Stanhope (JMU), 16:38.56; 3. Adele Magaud (USA), 16:50.60; 4. Sarah Trammel (ARST), 16:55.70; 5. Starlynn Costa (USA), 17:00.15; 6. Isabela Ross (USM), 17:01.89; 7. Sophie Leathers (ARST), 17:05.91; 8. Oliwia Wawrzyniak (USM), 17:06.01. 

Men’s 5,000-Meter Run Final (Top-Eight Finishers)
1. Kirami Yego (USA), 13:51.03; 2. Teagan Flanagan (USA), 13:58.83; 3. Jacob Pyeatt (ARST), 14:32.79; 4. Ethan Mychajlonka (ARST), 14:42.27; 5. Evan White (MAR), 14:49.83; 6. Amos Pkemoi (USA), 14:54.69; 7. Nathan Herbst (ARST), 14:55.06; 8. Natnael Enright (ARST), 14:59.69.

Women’s Distance Medley Relay Final
1. ULM, 11:49.82; 2. Marshall, 11:50.82; 3. Coastal Carolina, 11:55.42; 4. James Madison, 11:59.07; 5. Arkansas State, 11:59.32; 6. App State, 12:07.72; 7. Southern Miss, 12:08.80; 8. Troy, 12:11.39; 9. Texas State, 12:23.34; 10. Georgia Southern, 12:36.89; 11. South Alabama, 12:38.37; 12. Georgia State, 12:47.33.

Men’s Distance Medley Relay Final
1. South Alabama, 10:06.22; 2. Louisiana, 10:09.63; 3. Marshall, 10:11.42; 4. Arkansas State, 10:13.90; 5. ULM, 10:25.67, 6. Southern Miss, 10:36.81; 7. Texas State, 10:49.96. 

Meet Records Broken 
Men’s 60-Meter Hurdles – Daniel Harrold, Texas State [7.78]
Women’s 200-Meter – Scovia Ayikoru, Georgia Southern [23.37]
Men’s 5,000 Meters – Kirami Yego, South Alabama [13:51.03]