KINGSTON, Jamaica— Daniel Cope of Clemson University threw a personal best and new Jamaican indoors record 22.75m to finish second in the men’s weight throw at the Clemson Bob Pollack Invitational in South Carolina, USA on Friday.

The new mark beats the 22.28m he threw at the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) indoors in 2022 and also extends his Clemson University record.

In 2022, the former Petersfield High and Cloud County standout, broke the previous Jamaican record 21.60m set in 2016 by Cannigia Raynor, then of the University of Central Missouri at the Mule Relays.

His mark also ranks him number four in the NCAA.

Romaine Beckford set a new indoor personal best 2.27m to win the men’s high jump at the Razorback Invitational, also on Friday, beating his previous best of 2.26m.

He equalled his outdoor best, but fell short when he tried to clear the Olympic Games qualifying height of 2.33m.

Former Rusea’s High athlete, Nia Robinson, came within a centimetre of equaling the University of Arkansas women’s long jump record when she had an indoor personal best 6.56m for third place.

Robinson was just off the school record 6.57m set in 2018 by Taliyah Brooks and is tied for third in the NCAA.

Nikaoli Williams of the University of Oklahoma was second in the men’s long jump with 7.84m.

At the Clemson meet, Marie Forbes was second in the women’s weight throw with 21.42m.

World Championships 4x400m relay medallist D’Andre Anderson of Clemson ran a personal best 46.67 seconds in the men’s 400m, eighth best all time at Clemson.

Tahj Hamm, of Clemson, also ran an indoor personal best 47.22 seconds

Former Cornwall College athlete, Lansford Cunningham of Division 2 School Tusculom, ran a personal best 6.98 seconds to win his men’s 60m first round heat.

He did not show for the semi-finals as he was involved in the long jump where he equalled his personal best 6.86m for fifth overall.

-Paul A Reid