World Under-20 champion Jaydon Hibbert won his first South-eastern Conference (SEC) men’s triple jump title on Saturday when he jumped a personal indoor best 17.10m at the event held at the University of Arkansas where he is a freshman.

Hibbert, who also won the event at the CARIFTA Games and the Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association (JAAA) Senior Championships — both held at the National Stadium last year — led five Jamaicans who scored in the triple jump.

Hibbert, who had jumped 16.73m at his previous competition, extended his college-leading mark as Apalos Edwards of Louisiana State was third with a personal best 16.84m, Luke Brown of the University of Kentucky was fourth with 16.69m, Carey McLeod also of the University of Arkansas was sixth with 16.36m and his teammate Ryan Brown was seventh with a season best 15.99m.

Meanwhile, former World Under-20 champion and World Under-20 indoor record holder Ackera Nugent ran two personal bests at the SEC Championships, while there were three other Jamaican winners at other indoor championships on Saturday.

Nugent, who transferred from Arkansas, was second in the women’s 60m hurdles in 7.81 seconds and third in the 60m dash with 7.20 seconds.

Rosealee Cooper of Mississippi State was sixth in the hurdles with 8.17 seconds.

Former Queen’s High runner Tatyana McKenzie of St Johns University won the women’s 200m title at the Big East championships, running 23.68 seconds, while former Jamaica College jumper Malik Cunningham of Villanova won the men’s triple jump with 15.98m, while Rochelle Clayton also of Villanova was fourth in the women’s high jump with 1.66m.

University of Houston’s Kelly-Ann Beckford, who attended Albert Town High, won the women’s 800m at the American Athletics Conference championships, running a meet record 2:05.44 seconds.

She broke the previous meet record 2:05.60 seconds, set in 2014 by Kelsey Cramsey of Louisville.

At the SEC championships, Roje Stona of Arkansas threw a personal best 19.96m to take third place in the men’s shot put and his teammate Ralford Mullings also had a lifetime best with 18.77m for seventh place.

Joanne Reid also of Arkansas was fifth in the women’s 400m with yet another personal best 51.76 seconds and her teammate Nickisha Pryce was sixth, also in a personal best 51.83 seconds.

Jevaughn Powell of the University of Florida was sixth in the men’s 400m in a personal best 45.73 seconds while Tyreese Reid of Mississippi State was seventh in the men’s 800m in 1:51.77 seconds.

Former Calabar High runner Shevioe Reid of the University of South Florida (USF) had two podium finishes, taking second in the men’s 400m in 47.27 seconds and further lowering his personal best and school record in the 200m to 20.99 seconds as he placed third.

Annia Ashley of USF was fourth in the women’s high jump with 1.78m, with her teammate Nia Robinson eighth with 1.69m; Tannekee Strachan of Temple University was fifth in the women’s triple jump with 12.61m, while Robinson was eighth with a season’s best 12.32m.

— Paul A Reid