Alabama
Bob Pollock Invitational
School Records Fall on Final Day of Bob Pollock Invitational
1/27/2024 6:19:00 PM | Track & Field, Cross Country
The Crimson Tide’s Mye’Joi Williams (shot put) and Oussama El Bouchayby (600m) both set new standards in their respective events
CLEMSON, S.C. – Alabama track and field school records fell on the final day of the Bob Pollock Invitational, as the Crimson Tide added an additional three event titles and a trio of event sweeps.
With her 17.52-meter (57-5.75) mark, Mye'Joi Williams broke the school record in the women's shot put to claim second in the event. Over on the track, Oussama El Bouchayby, who broke UA's school record (1:14.88) in the 600-meter event, clocked the second-fastest time in NCAA Track and Field collegiate history and recorded the fifth-fastest time in world history.
Miracle Ailes opened the final day of the weekend meet with a second-place (1.75m | 5-8.75) finish in the women's high jump. Shortly thereafter, the women's shot put duo of Williams (second) and Amani Heaven (fourth | 15.74m | 51-7.75) would return a pair of top-10 finishes.
Over on the track, the Crimson Tide would register all three of its first-place finishes for the day, in addition to eight top-10 finishes. In the men's 600-meter, Oussama El Bouchayby (first | 1:14.88), Chris Robinson (second | 1:16.71) and Spencer Gudgel (third | 1:18.71) swept the event. Following their performance, the trio of Carson Burian (first | 8:11.05), Hudson Hurst (second | 8:11.62) and Allan Kiplagat (third | 8:13.29) swept the men's 3000-meter race. The men's 4x400-meter relay squad of Hasani Barr, Khaleb McRae, El Bouchayby and Corde Long would conclude the day, taking home the crown with a time of 3:05.97. The time was good enough for sixth on UA's all-time top-10 list. This marks the second consecutive week Alabama has won the men's 3000-meter and the men's 4x400-meter relay.
In total, Alabama would grab nine event titles, 35 top-10 finishes and three event sweeps while in Clemson, in addition to eight different athletes adjusting UA's all-time top-10 lists.
HEAD COACH DAN WATERS
"To have top-five and top-10 finishes in every event we competed in speaks directly to the work our student-athletes and staff have put in this season. We posted several PRs this weekend along with a pair of school records. Mye'Joi (Williams) extended our women's shot put record, while Oussama (El Bouchayby) bettered our 600-meter mark with a historic and global time. Overall, it was a great weekend, and we will continue to build off the momentum we established here at Clemson."
CRIMSON TIDE TOP FINISHES
- Miracle Ailes (1.75m | 5-8.75) kicked the second day of competition off with a second-place finish in the women's high jump
- The women's shot put duo of Mye'Joi Williams (second | 17.52m | 57-5.75) and Amani Heaven (fifth | 15.74m | 51-7.75) followed up with a pair of top-five finishes
- With a new PB, Williams now holds the school record
- Khristian Watson returned a second-place performance on the men's high jump with a 2.10-meter (6-10.75) mark
- His mark is a new PB
- Alan De Falchi (18.12m | 59-5.50) added a top-five finish in the men's shot put with a fourth-place finish on his fourth throw
- The pole vaulting duo of Louis Martinez (sixth | 5.00m | 16-4.75) and John Landers (eighth | 4.85m | 15-11) grabbed a pair of top-10 finishes
- On the track, Jami Reed (fifth | 2:10.59) gave the Tide a top-five performance in the women's 800-meter invitational
- Keaton Morrison (2:11.716) turned in another top-10 performance for UA with a ninth-place finish in the women's 800-meter
- Her time of 2:11.716 is a new PB
- Quinn Harder returned a top-10 finish for the Tide in the men's 800-meter with a seventh-place finish with a time of 1:53.87
- Tyler Davis (21.24) and Matthew Weaver (21.27) finished sixth and eighth, respectively, in the 200-meter dash
- The men's 600-meter trio of Oussama El Bouchayby (first | 1:14.88), Chris Robinson (second | 1:16.71) and Spencer Gudgel (third | 1:18.71) swept their event
- In the women's 3,000-meter invitational, Doris Lemngole finished second with a time of 8:53.10
- She moves into second on the all-time top-10 list in program history
- The trio of Carson Burian (first | 8:11.05), Hudson Hurst (second | 8:11.62) and Allan Kiplagat (third | 8:13.29) swept the men's 3,000-meter race
- In the women's 4x400-meter relay, the squad of Na'Taja Ballard, Margaret Conteh, Ariike Elijah and Milan Fields would give the Tide a top-10 finish with a time of 3:45.03, placing sixth
- All three squads in the men's 4x400-meter relay would place in the top-10, with the group of Hasani Barr, Khaleb McRae, Oussama El Bouchayby and Corde Long taking the crown with a time of 3:05.97
- The squad moves into sixth place on the all-time top-10 list in program history
- Jekovan Rhetta, John O'Donnell, Quinn Harder and Matthew Weaver finished eighth (3:14.55)
- Clayton Elder, Jonathan Martin, Spencer Gudgel and Antonio Crisco finished 10th (3:14.74)
UP NEXT
- Alabama will travel out west Friday for the New Mexico Collegiate Classic. The Crimson Tide will compete in a two-day meet in Albuquerque, N.M. Feb. 2-3.
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