Previewing Track and Field at The Border Clash

April 9, 2015

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. -

This Week: Border Clash

DATE(s): Friday, April 10, 2015

LOCATION: Starkville, Miss.

VENUE: Mike Sanders Track Complex

TWITTER: @AlabamaTrack

LIVE RESULTS: http://www.branchsportstech.com/

TV/VIDEO STREAMING: N/A

The University of Alabama track & field team travels to Starkville, Miss., to compete in the Border Clash hosted by Mississippi State on Friday, April 10. The meet will pit eight Alabama and Mississippi colleges, four from each state, against each other in a competition to determine which state will be crowned Border Clash champion. This year's competition will feature athletes from Alabama, Auburn, Samford, Alabama State, Mississippi State, Ole Miss, Southern Miss and Alcorn State.

The two-state competition was held for the first time last year at the University of Alabama when Alabama, Samford and Auburn went head-to-head with Ole Miss, Southern Miss and Mississippi State. Mississippi earned the team title on the men's side, while the 2014 women's title was claimed by Alabama. The Crimson Tide won a total of 14 events at last year's installation of the meet. In order to determine the winner of the meet, the top four finishers in each individual event will score points. The scoring system that will be utilized is 5-3-2-1. Each state will score its top-finishing relay team. The winning relay will receive five points, while the runner-up will receive three points. Only two individual entries per state shall score. One relay entry per state will score.

A total of 53 Alabama athletes (26 women, 27 men) will make the journey to Starkville to compete in the Border Clash. The Tide has competitors entered in 25 events, including four relays. Of those 53 Tide athletes, three (Alex Amankwah, Remona Burchell and Quanesha Burks) currently rank as the No. 1 competitor in their events in both the NCAA and the SEC so far in 2015.

In the Tide's last appearance on the track at the Pepsi Florida Relays, Alabama athletes had 12 performances that rank on the Alabama all-time top-10 list in 10 events. Tide senior Remona Burchell ran 11.04 in the 100-meter dash, the second-fastest time in the world in 2015, to claim the No. 2 spot on Alabama's all-time list. That time is the senior's second-fastest wind legal performance, following only her school-record 11.03 set at the 2014 NCAA East Preliminary. Alex Amankwah, another Alabama senior, also had a standout performance, running the 800 meters in 1 minute, 45.91 seconds to win the race ahead of an excellent field of competition and claiming the third-fastest time in Tide history.

The Tide sophomore contingent also had an impressive showing at the Pepsi Florida Relays. Sophomore Lakan Taylor was the top collegiate in the women's pole vault, clearing a personal best 13 feet, 11 and one-fourth inches and claiming the eighth-highest jump on the Alabama all-time list. Alabama sophomore Jeremiah Green had a personal-record leap in the triple jump with a mark of 53 feet even, which is the No. 6 jump in Alabama history.

Alabama junior Katelyn Greenleaf had an outstanding performance at the Pepsi Florida Relays, shattering her own school record in the 3,000-meter steeplechase in 10 minutes, 14.91 seconds. The senior ran more than seven seconds (7.11) faster than her previous record of 10:22.02 set at last year's outdoor SEC championships.

Head Coach Dan Waters on the Border Clash

"This meet really exhibits the talent that these two states possess. Alabama and Mississippi both have incredible athletes across the events and this competition shows that. It's going to be a great meet and a great atmosphere for our athletes. We had an outstanding performance at last weekend's Florida Relays. A number of our athletes set personal and season bests, as well as a school record and two NCAA-leading marks. That is incredible just three weeks into the outdoor season. This meet is going to be smaller with event sizes that will be optimal for Alabama athletes to continue improving."

Who to Watch This Week: Quanesha Burks (So.)

Women's Long Jump (Friday, 4 p.m. CT)

Alabama sophomore Quanesha Burks is quickly becoming one of the top performers in the women's long jump.
In her first year with the Tide, Burks qualified for the outdoor NCAA national championship in the long jump and made an appearance as the first leg of Alabama's 4x100-meter relay team at the national meet.
Burks finished 18th at the NCAA outdoor championships, while aiding the 4x100-meter relay team to a sixth-place finish overall to earn All-America honors.
The sophomore currently owns four of Alabama's all-time performances in the long jump, including the No. 2 ranking in Tide history.
Burks claimed the No. 2 spot in Alabama history with a personal-record leap of 21-4 at the Crimson Tide Invitational on March 28 of this year.
So far in 2015, Burks' jump of 21-4 leads both the SEC and the NCAA.
Burks will make her second appearance of the year in the long jump at the Border Clash.

Burchell Named Division I Women's National Athlete of the Week

Senior sprinter has been named Women's National Athlete of the Week for NCAA Division I by the United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) following her impressive performance at last weekend's Florida Relays.
Last Friday, April 3, Burchell opened her 2015 outdoor season by running the 100 meters in 11.04 seconds while running into a strong headwind in Gainesville, Fla.
That performance earned her the second-fastest wind-legal time in Alabama history.
The defending NCAA outdoor 100-meter champion and a three-time NCAA sprint champion, Burchell was the first collegian and second overall finisher in the 100 at the Florida Relays.
The USTFCCCA described Burchell's performance in its announcement: "Michelle-Lee Ahye and Burchell ran the two fastest times in the world so far this year. Running 11.04 seconds for a collegiate leader is impressive; running it into a 2.5 meters per second headwind is downright scary. (Using admittedly imperfect wind/altitude calculators, Burchell's time converts to 10.84 seconds, which would be the only sea-level sub-10.90 in college history). She also anchored Alabama's seventh-place 4×100 in Gainesville."

Amankwah is SEC Men's Runner of the Week

Senior Alex Amankwah has been named the Southeastern Conference's Men's Runner of the Week for the second time in 2015, the SEC Office announced Tuesday.
Amankwah earned the honor after winning the men's 800 meters on April 3 at the Florida Relays in Gainesville, Fla., when the senior ran a personal-best time of 1:45.91, setting a new meet record.
The time also marked the third-fastest 800-meter race in Alabama history and ranks as the fastest time in the NCAA and ninth-fastest in the world so far in 2015.

Alabama In the Outdoor Team Rankings

The Alabama men's track & field team ranked No. 8 in the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) Division I National Team Computer Rankings for the first week of the season released April 6.
The Tide women moved up in the rankings to 18th in the first week's poll after a 29th-place ranking in the preseason.

Burchell, Reed Represent Alabama on Watch Lists for The Bowerman

Alabama's two returning NCAA individual champions from 2014, senior sprinter Remona Burchell and sophomore thrower Hayden Reed, were both among an elite group of collegiate athletes listed among the preseason favorites for consideration for the 2015 Bowerman Trophy, collegiate track and field's highest honor.
Burchell, the reigning indoor 60-meter and outdoor 100-meter NCAA champion is among 10 members of the award's Watch List.
Reed, the 2014 NCAA and USATF men's discus champion, received votes but ranked just outside the top 10 on the Preseason Watch List for The Bowerman. Reed competes in the shot put during the indoor season.

Burchell Looking to Repeat as 100 Champion

Alabama senior sprinter Remona Burchell has emphatically asserted herself as collegiate track's top female sprinter, having won the last three NCAA sprint titles: the 2014 indoor 60-meter dash, the 2014 outdoor 100 meters, and the 2015 indoor 60.
Burchell and Arkansas distance runner Dominique Scott were co-recipients of the 2015 SEC Runner of the Year honor for Indoor Track & Field by virtue of a vote of the conference's head coaches.
Burchell has been named the NCAA South Region Women's Track Athlete of the Year by the USTFCCCA, and has been selected to the Pre-Indoor NCAA Championships edition of the women's Watch List for the 2015 Bowerman Trophy, collegiate track & field's highest individual honor.
Burchell set a collegiate record in the 60-meter dash (7.08 seconds) on Feb. 28 at the SEC Indoor Championships.
The 2014 NCAA indoor 60-meter champion and the 2014 NCAA outdoor 100-meter champion, Burchell ran the second-fastest 60 run in the world to date on Feb. 28 and, dating back to her 7.11 last year at altitude to win the NCAA title in Albuquerque, N.M., she now has two of the five fastest times in collegiate history.
Burchell has posted the five fastest 60-meter dash times in Alabama history and owns 11 of the 13 fastest times on the Crimson Tide's all-time list.
She started her 2015 season with a 7.28 in the 60 prelims on Jan. 24 at Vanderbilt, then followed up with a 7.25 in the final to win the event.
On Jan. 31 at Albuquerque, Burchell ran a pedestrian 7.34 in the preliminary heat before blazing to victory in the final in 7.20.
On Feb. 13 at Fayetteville, Burchell ran 7.25 in the prelims, 7.17 in the semis, then blazed a 7.14 to win the final.
The Jamaican has virtually re-written the all-time Crimson Tide top 10 in the 60.
Many do not know that Burchell ran in pain for much of the 2014 season with an injury that prevented her from running curves, but she is healthy this season.
Burchell posted a time of 11.04, her second-fastest wind legal performance, to finish second and post the No. 2 time in the world at the Pepsi Florida Relays.

Reed Looking to Defend Discus Title

The sophomore stunned the track world last June with convincing victories in the discus at the 2014 NCAA Outdoor Championships in Eugene, Ore., and two weeks later at the USA Track & Field Championships, where he defeated an open field of competitors consisting of the best throwers in the nation regardless of age.
After his breakout 2014 season, Reed finished the 2014 season ranked as America's No. 1 discus athlete.
Reed became the first man since Kamy Keshmiri in 1990 to win the NCAA and USA titles in the discus in the same year.
Reed, who won the NCAA crown with his final throw at the Outdoor Championships in early June, had a throw of 62.19 meters (204 feet) on his second attempt at the USATF Championships in late June, and that effort held up throughout the rest of the competition.
His best throw of the 2014 season was a 209-1 effort on May 17 at the SEC Outdoor Championships in Lexington, Ky., a performance that earned a second-place finish for Reed.
His winning effort at the NCAA Outdoor Championships in Eugene, Ore., went 205 feet, 10 inches.
In his first outdoor appearance of the 2015 season, Reed won the discus at the John Mitchell Alabama Relays on March 21. His best throw of the day was 196-6, a mark that was almost five feet farther than the next competitor in the field.
Reed looks to improve on his season-best toss of 196-6, competing in the discus at the Border Clash. The sophomore will also compete in the shot put.

Hudson a Force In Sprints & Jumps for Tide Men

Tide newcomer Cam Hudson emerged as one of Alabama's top sprinters and jumpers in the 2015 indoor season.
A transfer from East Carolina who was the 2014 Conference USA outdoor men's long jump champion (25-8; 7.82m), Hudson finished the indoor season ranked among the 2015 collegiate top 20 in the long jump (7th; 7.84m) and the 60-meter dash (15th, 6.63).
Hudson also is a key part of Alabama's 4x400-meter relay, running the second leg on the unit that broke the indoor school record with a 3:06.05 clocking on Feb. 14 at Fayetteville, Ark.
Hudson earned 1st-team All-America honors for the first time in his collegiate career at the 2015 NCAA Indoor Championships He also ran the 60-meter dash at the championships, finishing with the 12th fastest time in the preliminaries of the event.
The junior will compete in the long jump at the Border Clash.

Amankwah Making His Mark the 800 Meters

Alabama senior Alex Amankwah shattered his previous personal best in the outdoor 800 meters at the Pepsi Florida Relays. Amankwah won the competition with a meet record and NCAA-leading time of 1:45.91.
Amankwah's best indoor 800-meter time of 1:46.86 on Jan. 24 at the Vanderbilt Invitational earned Amankwah the Southeastern Conference's Men's Runner of the Week honor on Jan. 27.
A native of Ghana who immigrated to the United States and attended high school in Los Angeles, Calif., Amankwah bettered Ghana's men's national record with the performance that broke an 11-year-old Crimson Tide record set in 2004 by Peter Etoot, crossing the line .04 faster than Etoot's previous standard (1:46.90).
The Tide senior finished sixth in the 800-meters at the indoor NCAA championships with a time of 1:48.03.
While Amankwah will not be entering the open 800-meter race, he is slated to run a leg of at least one Tide relay.

Back in the Relays Business in a Big Way

On Feb. 21, the Crimson Tide's men's distance medley relay of Robbie Farnham-Rose, Steven Gayle, Jacopo Lahbi and Matt Airola set a new school record in the DMR with a clocking of 9 minutes, 29.93 seconds at the Alex Wilson Invitational in South Bend, Ind., on the University of Notre Dame campus, breaking a school best that had stood for 15 years.
One week earlier, on Feb. 14 at Fayetteville, Ark., Alabama's men's 4x400-meter relay unit of Steven Gayle, Cameron Hudson, Marlon Humphrey and Alex Amankwah broke a nine-year-old school record by more than a full second, running 3:06.05, a time that is currently fourth on the World List.
Amankwah's 45.5-second anchor leg on the relay pushed the Tide to the record after Gayle ran the first leg in 46.9 with Hudson going 46.3 on the second leg and Humphrey clocking a 46.9 on the third leg.
The 4x400 relay entered the NCAA indoor meet with the nation's No. 5 time overall while the DMR ranked 7th in the nation.

Green among National Leaders in Triple Jump

Crimson Tide sophomore Jeremiah Green posted a season best in the triple jump of 53 feet even en route to finishing fourth at the Pepsi Florida Relays on April 3.
The sophomore posted the No. 6 and 7 marks in Alabama history with his Florida Relays performance, as well as the third-longest jump in the SEC and fifth-longest leap in the NCAA in 2015.
Green finished third at the SEC Indoor Championships with his best jump of the season to date, an effort of 52-10 1/4 (16.11m).
Green won SEC Freshman Field Athlete of the Year honors in 2014 and is looking to contend for All-America honors this weekend, and maybe even more.
The 2014 SEC indoor champion is already one of the top triple jump athletes in Alabama history.
Green's overall personal best in the event is 53-5 1/2 (16.29m) set at the 2014 SEC Indoor Championships.

Fondren Emerging in the Men's High Jump

Alabama junior Justin Fondren continues his standout season, competing in the high jump at the Border Clash on April 10.
Fondren cleared an indoor career-best of 7-3 (2.21m) at the Tyson Invitational in Fayetteville, Ark., on Feb. 14 of this year.
The junior tied for second at the 2015 SEC Indoor meet at 7-2 1/4 (2.19m).
Fondren has consistently ranked among the SEC's top high jumpers throughout his collegiate career.
This season, Fondren and his coach, jumps legend Dick Booth, are hoping to see the Oxford, Miss., native become one of the nation's leaders in the event.
Fondren earned All-America honors in 2014 by placing fifth at the NCAA Outdoor Championships last June.
He cleared 7-0 1/4 at the 2015 NCAA indoor championships on March 14 to finish 12th in the event overall.
So far in the 2015 outdoor season, Fondren has a best clearance of 7-1 posted at the Pepsi Florida Relays. His career best in the event is 7-3 set in 2014.

Taylor Reaching New Heights in Women's Pole Vault

A sophomore from Fort Worth, Texas, Lakan Taylor is beginning to position herself as one of the top women's pole vaulters in Alabama history along with making a run at the upper echelon of the collegiate ranks.
The sophomore set a new outdoor personal best at the Pepsi Florida Relays, clearing 13-11 1/4 to finish as the top collegiate competitor in the event and claim the eighth-highest clearance in Alabama history.
Taylor currently ranks third in the SEC, eighth in the NCAA and 20th in the world in pole vault so far in 2015.
Taylor recorded an overall personal best during the indoor season, jumping 14-1¾ at the New Mexico Team Invitational on Jan. 31, then finished fifth at the SEC Indoor Track and Field Championships before earning All-America honors with a sixth-place finish at the NCAA Indoor Championships.

Rawles Joins Taylor as One of SEC's Top Vaulters

Junior Anna Rawles also had a standout performance at the Florida Relays with a season-best clearance that matched her personal record, entering the competition at 12-1¾ and clearing that bar on her third attempt.
Rawles made another third attempt clearance at 12-7½, then cleared her standing personal best of 13-1½ on her second jump.
The performance by Rawles ranks fourth in the SEC in 2015.

Tide Throws Corps Making Strides Early

The Alabama throws squad continues its impressive season, ranking six athletes in five events in the top 10 in the SEC.
Sophomore Kyle Felpel won the men's shot put at the Alabama Relays with a toss of 59-0 1/4, edging teammate Hayden Reed whose best throw was 58-3 1/4.
Candicea Bernard completed a Tide's sweep of the shot put events at the Alabama Relays with a victory in the women's event. She won the event with a mark of 51-1 1/2, which was a foot better than the rest of the field. Freshman Haley Teel followed the senior in second with a toss of 49-11.
Bernard claimed the 10th-best mark in Alabama history after throwing 51-5 1/2 at the Pepsi Florida Relays. She currently holds four of the top ten throws in program history.
Returning NCAA and USATF national discus champion Hayden Reed successfully defended his Alabama Relays discus title in his first appearance in the event for the 2015 season. The sophomore threw a best mark of 196-6 to defeat a field of 38 athletes.
Tide sophomore Joe Williams burst onto the discus scene with a personal-best toss of 191-2 at the Crimson Tide Invitational. That mark currently ranks third in the SEC and 15th in the NCAA.

Burchell's 60 Crown Highlighted NCAA Indoor Meet for Alabama

Senior All-American Remona Burchell blazed to her second NCAA 60-meter championship last Saturday night in Fayetteville, Ark., after posting a time of 7.12. With the win, she becomes Alabama's first repeat NCAA individual champion.
Burchell, who set the collegiate record at 7.08 during last month's Southeastern Conference Championships, bettered the rest of the field Saturday night by 9/100ths of a second. USC's Ky Westbrook clocked a 7.21 for second place while Jasmine Todd of Oregon was third with a 7.22. Burchell's 7.12 in finals marks the sixth-fastest 60 time in collegiate history and third-fastest school history.
Sophomore Lakan Taylor also earned All-America honors on the championships' final day, taking sixth in the pole vault after clearing a height of 14 feet, 1 ¼ inches.
Junior Cameron Hudson ended up seventh overall, earning All-America honors and two points for the Tide in the team standings. Hudson's best mark of the night was a 24-foot, 11 3/4-inch (7.61 meters) effort on his third attempt.
Both Alex Amankwah and Jeremiah Green competed in event finals on the final day of the championships. Amankwah took sixth in the finals of the 800-meters with a time of 1:48.03, earning All-America honors. Green was ninth in the triple jump after leaping 52 feet, 2 inches on his second attempt.
The Crimson Tide women finished 17th in the team standings with 13 points, while the Tide men took 38th with five points. Arkansas won the women's meet with 63 points while the Oregon men took first 74 points.

4 Tide Athletes Earn Indoor 1st-Team All-America Honors

Twelve Alabama athletes who competed at last weekend's NCAA Division I Indoor Track & Field Championships in Fayetteville, Ark., earned All-America honors based on their performances, the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) announced.
The four athletes combined for a total of 16 All-America citations overall, including four first-team honors by four athletes led by women's sprinter Remona Burchell earning first-team honors for her victory in the 60 meters.
Other first-team honorees included women's pole vaulter Lakan Taylor, Alex Amankwah (men's 800 meters) and Cameron Hudson (men's long jump).
Seven athletes earned second-team All-America honors: Justin Fondren (men's high jump), Jeremiah Green (men's triple jump), Jacopo Lahbi (men's 800 meters), Alex Amankwah (men's 4x400 relay), Steven Gayle (men's 4x400 relay), Cameron Hudson (men's 4x400 relay) and Quincy Smith (men's 4x400 relay).
Four athletes on Alabama's distance medley relay received honorable mention: Matt Airola, Robbie Farnham-Rose, Steven Gayle and Andrew Harris.
Amankwah and Hudson earned both first-team and second-team honors in different events.
Sprinter Steven Gayle earned second-team honors and honorable mention in two different relays.
First-Team honors were given to those who placed in the championships' top eight in an event or were a member of an eight-person final.
Second-Team honors were earned by those who finished between ninth and 16th place.
Any qualifiers who did not finish or were disqualified from their event were designated Honorable Mention.
In addition, 14 men and four women earned honorable mention honors.
Overall, the Southeastern Conference led the way in total first-team honorees both in the men's (45) and women's (61) competitions, with the Big 12 both second in the men's division with 33 and the ACC second in the women's division with 31.

Alabama's USTFCCCA All-America Honorees from the 2015 NCAA Indoor Championships

First Team

Men -- Alex Amankwah (800 meters) and Cameron Hudson (long jump)

Women -- Remona Burchell (60 meters) and Lakan Taylor (pole vault)

Second Team

Men -- Alex Amankwah (4x400 relay), Justin Fondren (high jump), Steven Gayle (4x400 relay), Jeremiah Green (long jump), Cameron Hudson (60 meters and 4x400 relay), Jacopo Lahbi (800 meters) and Quincy Smith (4x400 relay)

Honorable Mention

Men -- Matt Airola (distance medley relay), Robbie Farnham-Rose (distance medley relay), Steven Gayle (distance medley relay) and Andrew Harris (distance medley relay).

Tide Roster Has Youthful Slant

Both the men's and women's rosters of the 2015 Alabama track & field team are predominantly populated by student-athletes classified as redshirt sophomores or younger in classification.
A total of 56.4 percent (22 of 39) of the Tide women's roster consists of either freshmen or sophomores, while 52.2 percent (24 of 46) of the men's roster is either freshmen or sophomores.
Overall, 55.4 percent (46 of 85) members of the current Crimson Tide team are either freshmen or sophomores..

8 Tide Athletes Were Ranked Among World, U.S. Leaders in 2014

Eight University of Alabama athletes and three relay foursomes ended the 2014 world track & field season ranked among the best on the final United States and/or World Lists for top performances in the sport by Track & Field News magazine. The magazine, known internationally as the foremost authority on the sport, produced its top 10 World and United States rankings as part of its review of the entire 2014 athletics season in the February 2015 issue.
Sprinter Remona Burchell of Jamaica and thrower Hayden Reed of the USA were the most prominent members of the 2014 Crimson Tide team on the year-end lists, but by no means were they the only athletes to earn mention among World or US leaders in their respective events over the course of the entire 2014 calendar year.
Burchell, winner of the NCAA indoor women's 60-meter title and the NCAA outdoor women's 100-meter championship, ended the year with the 13th-fastest 100-meter dash time with her best clocking of 11.03 set at the NCAA East Regional in Jacksonville, Fla., on May 30. Burchell actually posted a wind-aided time of 10.95 seconds in the semi-finals of the 100 at the NCAA Championships in Eugene, Ore., on June 11, but that mark does not officially count for record-keeping purposes as it was above the legal wind speed allowable. However, that time ranked as the fastest wind-aided mark in the world in 2014, and the fifth-fastest 100 run under any conditions in 2014.
After a breakout season in which he captured the NCAA and USATF discus championships, Reed finished the 2014 season ranked as America's No. 1 discus athlete. Reed became the first man since Kamy Keshmiri in 1990 to win the NCAA and USA titles in the discus in the same year. Reed, who won the NCAA crown with his final throw at the Outdoor Championships in early June, had a throw of 62.19 meters (204 feet) on his second attempt at the USATF Championships in late June, and that effort held up throughout the rest of the competition. His best throw of the 2014 season was a 209-1 effort on May 17 at the SEC Outdoor Championships in Lexington, Ky., a performance that earned a second-place finish for Reed. His winning effort at the NCAA Outdoor Championships in Eugene, Ore., went 205 feet, 10 inches.
Several other athletes from the 2014 Crimson Tide team ended the year among the world or American leaders in a variety of events.
Sprinter Diondre Batson, who won the NCAA indoor men's 200-meter title in March, ended an injury-plagued senior season with the 27th-fastest 100-meter time in the world for 2014, a 10.04 on May 3 at a meet in Starkville, Miss. Batson's 20.32 clocking in the 200 meters at the NCAA Indoor Championships at Albuquerque, N.M., placed him 33rd on the 2014 final World List in the event.
Thrower Charodd Richardson made remarkable improvements in the hammer and weight throw in 2014. Richardson ended up 37th overall on the U.S. List in the men's hammer via his personal best of 213-6 (65.07m).
High jumper Justin Fondren was 30th on the U.S. list in the event via a 7-3 (2.21m) clearance he made in Tuscaloosa on April 5.
In the women's pole vault, Alexis Paine completed her outstanding collegiate career during the indoor season with a school-record clearance of 14-3 1/2 (4.35m) on February 7 in Birmingham. That effort put Paine 21st on the final 2014 U.S. List in the event.
As a freshman, Quanesha Burks ended the 2014 season tied for 22nd on the U.S. List in the long jump with a best of 20-11 1/4 (6.38m) set during the indoor season.
Nia Barnes finished 2014 at 34th on the U.S. List in the hammer with a best of 203-9 (62.11m) set at the NCAA East Regional meet in Jacksonville, Fla., on May 29.
The Crimson Tide relay teams also made the lists. Alabama's men's 4x100-meter relay quartet of Alex Sanders, Diondre Batson, Akeem Haynes and Dwight Davis was 35th on the 2014 World List with a time of 38.91 set on April 5 in Tuscaloosa. · Alabama's men's 4x400 relay unit of Dwight Davis, Alex Amankwah, Jacopo Lahbi and Ken Taylor was 40th on the 2014 U.S. List with a clocking of 3:07.09 set at the SEC Outdoor Championships on May 18 at Lexington, Ky.
The Tide women's 4x100 quartet of Quanesha Burks, Remona Burchell, Dominique Kimpel and Sarah Thomas was 34th on the 2014 World List with a 43.76 set on June 11 at the NCAA Outdoor Championships.

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