Alabama Track and Field Enjoys Strong Showing at Florida Relays

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Alabama Track and Field Enjoys Strong Showing at Florida Relays

4/3/2021 7:27:00 PM | Track & Field, Cross Country

Robert Dunning followed up a school record in the 400m hurdles on Friday by taking top honors in the 110-meter hurdles on Saturday

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – After opening the Florida Relays with a school record in the 400-meter hurdles, Robert Dunning closed out the two-day event with a gold-medal performance in the 110-meter hurdles on Saturday in Gainesville, Fla.

Dunning won the 110-meter hurdles with a 13.55, the second-fastest time of his career. His career-best mark of 13.45 came earlier this season and ranks him second nationally.

The Crimson Tide also went 1-2 in the women's shot put Saturday, with Cherisse Murray (53-10.25/16.41m) getting the win and Nickolette Dunbar (53-05.50/16.29m) taking second.

More Day Two Highlights

Tamara Clark finished second in the 100 meters with an 11.12, which matches the fifth-fastest time in school history and ties her for second in the nation
Samantha Kunza took bronze in the women's hammer with a throw of 195-10 (59.68m)
Keshun McGee finished third in the men's triple jump with a leap of 52-02.50 (15.91m)
Christal Mosley, Katie Funcheon, D'Jai Baker and Natassha McDonald finished third in the women's 4x400-meter relay with a 3:31.19, which stands fifth in the nation this season
Alabama was fourth in the 4x100-meter relay with Daija Lampkin, Clark, D'Jai Baker and Aysia Ward combining to go 44.39, good for 12^th nationally
McDonald was also seventh in the 400 meters after crossing the line with a 52.32
Haley Wright was eighth in the 3,000 meters with a time of 9:57.44
Gabriel Serrano, Joshua St. Clair, Demetrius Jackson and Jonathan Martin ran a 3:10.57 to take eighth in the men's 4x400-meter relay
Chago Basso took ninth in the men's discus with a throw of 167-07 (51.08m)
Lampkin also went 11.81 in the 100 meters to take 10th

Day One Highlights

Robert Dunning broke a nearly 40-year-old school record on Friday, smashing the school 400-meter hurdles record with a 49.70, nearly two-tenths of a second better than Terry Menefee's 49.88 from 1983
Dunning's mark in Gainesville also ranks second in the nation this season
Tamara Clark ran an outdoor PR of 22.50 to win the 200 meters
It is the best time in the nation this season and ranks her third all-time at UA behind Olympic medalists Lillie Leatherwood (22.38) and Pauline Davis (22.49)
Overall, Clark now holds seven of UA's all-time top-10 outdoor 200-meter marks
Eliud Kipsang also had a big Friday, running away from the field in the men's 1,500 meters with a career-best 3:40.35, more than three seconds ahead of his closest competitor
Kipsang's time ranks him second all-time at UA behind the legendary David Kimani's 3:38.74 school record from 2001
The rookie now ranks third nationally in the 1,500 this season
Ryan Lipe took top honors in the men's pole vault after clearing 17-02.75 (5.25m), tying the 10th-best mark in school history
Bobby Colantonio Jr. (223-06/68.12m) finished second and Kieran McKeag (219-07/66.93m) took fourth in the men's hammer throw
Esther Gitahi earned bronze in the women's 1,500 meters with a career-best time of 4:16.50, which gives her fourth-fastest time in UA history, the fastest since 1987 and the fourth fastest in the nation this season
Isaac Odugbesan took third in the men's shot put with a toss of 62-07.25 (19.08m)
Samantha Zelden took fourth in the women's javelin with a throw of 167-03 (50.97m), the 10th-best throw in school history
Megan Patton was fifth in the women's 5,000 meters after crossing the line at 16:48.74

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