Olympians Wayne Davis II and Sparkle McKnight are at the top of the 2013 US Collegiate rankings after two weeks of action. Davis, a semifinalist in the men’s 110m hurdles at the London Olympics last year, is ahead in the NCAA Division Outdoor sprint hurdles standings, following his 13.54 clocking in winning at the Baldy Castillo Invitational in Arizona on March 15.
The Texas A&M student ended his 2013 indoor season with silver in the men’s 50m hurdles at the NCAA Championships with a national record time of 7.59, improving on the 7.65 he clocked earlier in the season. McKnight (Arkansas) continued her record-breaking form from the indoor season, improving her personal best in the women’s 400m hurdles to 56.62 in winning at the Texas State Elite on March 22. She lowered her previous best of 57.42 established in 2012. McKnight set two national indoor records of 52.77 and 52.52 in the women’s 400m earlier this year.
Shermund Allsop (Louisiana State University) lies at 20th on the men’s 100m list after his wind-assisted 10.48 (+2.6) third place finish at the Louisiana Classics on March 16.
Spann leads the field in the women’s 400m hurdles in Junior College division. The Western Texas athlete sped to 1:00.75 to capture the event at the UTEP Springtime Meet in El Paso, Texas, on March 23. The victory is his third for the season. Chelsea Charles (Chatoohoochee Tech) is 12th in the Junior College women's 100m standing with her 12.15 second place finish at the Emory Invitational in Atlanta, Georgia, last weekend.
Kashief Daniel (Arkansas), Deandra Daniel (Coppin State) Gavyn Nero (Baylor), Durell Busby (Wisconsin Milwaukee), Deborah John (North Dakota State) are all ranked in the top 100m in their events. Kashief is at 33rd in the men’s high jump with a 2.08m runner-up placing at his first outdoor meet for the year, the LSU Relays in Louisiana, on the weekend. He is also at 167th in the long jump (6.74m). Daniel sits at 36th in the women’s high jump, following her victory (1.70) at the Weem Baski Invitational in South Carolina on March 22.
In the men’s 800m, Nero is at 50th with his 1:52.68 win at the Baylor Quad Invitational in Texas, also on the weekend. Busby is listed at 55th in the men’s 110m hurdles after winning the sprint hurdles in his first competition for 2013 (Billiken Kickoff in Missouri). The 2008 World Junior campaigner skipped this year's indoor season. In the women’s 100m, hurdler John is rated 62nd after her 14.08 third place run at the SDSU Aztec Invite in California two weeks ago.
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