Shenese Walker was a double gold medalist in the women’s 60m and 200m as the ACC Indoor Championships at the Track at New Balance in Boston on Saturday.

The Florida State University (FSU) senior broke the meet record in the 60m which she won for a third straight year, running 7.13 seconds in the final, under the 7.15 seconds set in 2000 by FSU’s Yonya Carter.

After placing third in 2024 and second last year, she won the 200m in 22.98 seconds, just off her personal best 22.96 seconds.

Two other Jamaican women, both from Clemson University, ended their indoor eligibility on a high: Shantae Foreman won the women’s triple jump for the third straight year with 13.20m and Oneka Wilson won the women’s 60m hurdles for a fourth straight time in 8.12 seconds after running 8.10 seconds in the prelims.

Kimeka Smith, also of Clemson, was second in the women’s shot put with a personal best 16.90m, second best all time at Clemson.

Despiro Wray of FSU was second in the men’s shot put with 18.38m, his teammate Shamar Reid was fourth with 18.27m; Denzs Simmonds of Virginia Tech was fifth with 18.14m and Yekini Bowen, also of Virginia Tech, was sixth with 18.11m, all new personal best marks.

At the SEC Indoor Championship held at Texas A&M University, Dejanea Oakley of the University of Georgia was second in the women’s 400m in 51.21 seconds.

The University of Arkansas pair of Rivaldo Marshall (1:47.97) and Tyrice Taylor (1:48.78) were second and third respectively in the men’s 800m.

Danae Nembhard of Auburn University was second in the women’s 60m hurdles with 7.93 seconds and Machaeda Linton of Texas A&M was fourth in the women’s triple jump with a season’s best 13.21m after she was second in the long jump on Thursday.

Vashaun Vascianna of Arkansas was fourth in the men’s 60m hurdles in 7.57 seconds, his teammate Jerome Campbell was fifth in 7.61 seconds, Jahiem Stern of LSU was seventh in 7.66 seconds.

Tonie-Ann Forbes of Texas Tech ran a personal best and Texas Tech record 7.91 seconds to win the women’s 60m hurdles at the Big12 championships held at Texas Tech, under her previous best of 8.03 seconds, set two weeks earlier.

Demario Prince of Baylor was second in the men’s 60m hurdles in a personal best and programme record 7.46 seconds, beating his own previous best 7.57 seconds set at Texas A&M last year while Daniel Clarke of Texas Tech was fifth with 7.84 seconds.

Brandon Lloyd of Arizona State was second in the men’s shot put with 18.83m and Jhavor Bennett of Kansas State had an indoor personal best 16.05m for fourth in the men’s triple jump.

At the Big East Indoor Championships held at DePaul University in Chicago, Malaika Cunningham of the University of Villanova retained her women’s high jump with 1.73m. Cunningham was second indoors last year and won the Big East outdoor title.

Juliet Smith of St Johns was second in the women’s weight throw with 16.92m after she was seventh in the shot put with 12.55m.

Alexavier Monfries of the University of South Florida won the men’s 400m at the American Conference Indoor Championships at the Crossplex in Birmingham, Alabama in a personal best 46.34 seconds, third best in school history. Shevioe Reid, also of USF, was third in 46.64 seconds.
Zion Bennett lowered his personal best and Wofford College men’s 400m record to 47.50 seconds when he placed second at the
Southern Conference Indoor held at Virginia Military Institute and was third in the men’s 200m in 21.55 seconds.

At the Division 2 South Atlantic Championships held in Winston Salem, North Carolina, Lansford Cunningham of Tusculum University was second in the men’s long jump with 7.32m after placing eighth in 2024 and missing all of last year with injuries.

-Paul A Reid