Maxwell Runs Wind-Aided 22.25; Andrew Jones Moves to US#2 All-Time in 110 Hurdles

By Oliver Hinson of DyeStat

Bert Richardson PHOTOS

Mariah Maxwell made a statement on Saturday at the Texas relays, beating the collegians in the women’s invitational 200 meters at the Texas Relays with a 22.25-second performance.

Maxwell’s performance came with a wind reading of +3.8 meters/second — well over the legal limit for the record books — but it puts her third all-time on the all-conditions high school list behind Allyson Felix (22.11) and Dana Wilson (22.21).

The future Longhorn has been stellar to begin her 2026 outdoor campaign. She’s run 11.11 in the 100, already nearly two tenths ahead of her personal best from 2025, and in two 200 races, she’s run under 23 seconds twice (albeit with illegal wind in both races). 

She’s ranked fourth in the world in the 100, and she’s likely to put herself in the top 10 in the 200 when she gets a wind-legal race.

Meanwhile, Andrew Jones (Klein Collins TX) proved that his wind-aided 12.97-second performance in the 110 hurdles on Friday was far from a fluke, clocking a wind-legal 13.15 in less-than-ideal conditions in Saturday’s final.

With a drizzle and a feels-like temperature of around 55 degrees in Austin, Jones torched his competition in the finals, winning by three tenths of a second and moving up to second on the high school all-time list, just seven hundredths behind Wayne Davis’s 13.08.

Jones has now run under 13.20 four times in the 2026 outdoor season — three times with illegal wind. Between his performances and those of Joshua Kai-Smith (Gar-Field VA), it’s no small possibility that Davis’s 17-year-old record falls this year.

CJ Williams (Frisco Heritage TX) put up a US#1 performance and earned his second win of the weekend in the shot put, throwing 21.09 meters (69-2.50). Last night, he threw 61.81 meters (202-09), a US#3 mark, to win the discus.

Other Highlights From Saturday Action At The Texas Relays:

- Texas Tech’s Claire Lowrey and Kentucky’s Kemarah Howard tied for the win and the NCAA D1 lead in the women’s high jump, each clearing 1.88 meters (6-2).

- The Houston men ran 38.69, the third best time in the NCAA, to win the college 4x100 meter relay.

- Victoria Cameron of Tarleton State ran 11.01 in the college women’s 100 meters, the best time in the NCAA this year.

- Washington’s James Rhoads won the men’s pole vault with a clearance of 5.75 meters (18-10.25), the second-best mark in the NCAA this year.

- Gabby Thomas opened up her 2026 outdoor campaign with a win and a time of 11.00 seconds in the invitational women’s 100.

- Masai Russell started her 2026 season with a win and a 12.72-second performance in the invitational women’s 100 hurdles.

- IMG Academy FL ran a US#2 7:46.66 in the boys 4x800 meter relay.

- Destiny Coleman (Woodlawn MD) dominated the girls 100 hurdles, running 13.55 and winning by nearly half a second. 

- The Texas Tech men and Texas women capped off the meet with wins and NCAA#4 performances in the 4x400 meter relay. The Tech men ran 3:03.46, and the Longhorns ran 3:27.74.