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SEC Championships
Alabama Claims Three Silver Medals to Conclude Day One of the 2024 SEC Indoor Track and Field Championships
2/23/2024 11:55:00 PM | Track & Field, Cross Country
The Crimson Tide women sit in sixth-place with 21 points, while the UA men sit in fifth-place with 14 points
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – On the opening day of the 2024 SEC Indoor Track and Field Championships, Ruben Banks (men's weight throw), Brenda Tuwei (women's 5000-meter) and the women's distance medley relay team of Hilda Olemomoi, Na'Taja Ballard, Jami Reed and Doris Lemngole claimed silver in their respective events.
Tuwei struck silver in the women's 5000-meter with a time of 15:53.86, giving the Tide its first medal of the day. Banks, in the men's weight throw, followed suit with a second-place finish of his own via a 22.54-meter (73-11.50) throw.
With a time of 11:04.27, the women's distance medley relay squad of Olemomoi, Ballard, Reed and Lemnogle gave the Tide its final medal of the day with a second-place finish. They now hold the second fastest time in program history.
Arthur Graham, with a new personal-best, advanced to the final of the men's mile with a time of 4:03.22. Chris Robinson, with a time of 45.92, and Samuel Ogazi, with a new personal-best 46.27, both qualified for Saturday's final in the men's 400-meter dash. Ogazi's time puts him in seventh on UA's all-time top-10 list.
Oussama El Bouchayby also qualified for the men's 800-meter final with a time of 1:48.32, good enough for fifth in program history.
CRIMSON TIDE TOP FINISHES
- Ruben Banks claimed silver in the men's weight throw behind a 22.54-meter (73-11.50) throw
- Mye'Joi Williams finished eighth in the women's weight throw with a 19.04-meter (62-5.75) throw
- Her throw is a new personal-best
- Julian Collins finished eighth in the men's long jump with a 7.60-meter (24-11.25) jump
- Caelyn Harris, with a 6.24-meter (20-5.75) jump, finished fifth in the women's long jump
- Miracle Ailes took home ninth in the women's long jump with a 6.12-meter (20-1) mark
- On the track, Brenda Tuwei collected silver in the women's 5000-meter with a time of 15:53.86
- The women's DMR squad of Hilda Olemomoi, Na'Taja Ballard, Jami Reed and Doris Lemngole claimed silver with a time of 11:04.27
- That time is good enough for second all-time in program history
- The men's DMR squad of Jonathan Martin, Quinn Harder, Arthur Graham and Ethan Lemons finished eighth after clocking a 9:51.78
UP NEXT
- Alabama will return to the track Saturday, in the final day of the 2024 SEC Indoor Track and Field Championships
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