KINGSTON, Jamaica – Former St Elizabeth Technical athlete Alliyah McNeil of the University of Minnesota was a double winner at Saturday’s Simmons-Harvey Invitational indoor track meet held at the University of Michigan in Ann Harbour.

McNeil, who also attended Iowa Western, won the women’s long jump with a mark of 5.73m and cleared 1.75m to win the high jump.

Former national junior representative Safin Wills of the University of Purdue was sixth in the men’s long jump with 6.95m.

Warren Barrett of Liberty University won his second straight men’s shot put event after throwing 18.51m at the Brad Tolsman Invitational held at Liberty.

Barrett returned a week earlier from a 10 month layoff to win an event also held at Liberty.

Former Hydel High multi-eventers Shericka Christie and Zion Bennett both of Wofford College in South Carolina were also in good form at the meet.

Christie, who was second in the Heptathlon at the ISSA championships last year, won the women’s long jump with 5.93m and was second in the triple jump with 12.18m, both college bests.

The triple jump mark was under the previous meet record of 12.15m set in 2023 by Micah Fulton of North Carolina Central as Ashlee Osaji of Appalachian State won with 12.19m.

Bennett also had two college bests, running 22.07 seconds for the men’s 200m and 49.51 seconds for the 400m.

J’Voughnn Blake of Dartmouth ran a personal best 2:23.47 seconds to win the men’s 1000m at an Ivy League triangular meet held at Yale University.

Gabrielle Bailey and Aliesha Shaw of Kent State University were first and second respectively in the women’s shot put at the Akron/Kent State Dual meet.

Bailey threw 15.24m for the win while Shaw threw 15.01m.

-Paul A Reid