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Allyson Felix Turns Back The Clock in 200 Meters, Raven Saunders and Maggie Ewen Shine in Shot Put Showdown in Arkansas

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Felix, 35, runs 22.59 in return to one-lap race indoors for first time since 2003 to cap final American Track League meet, with MacLean winning 800; Saunders edges Ewen, as both U.S. throwers surpass 64 feet at same event for first time

By Erik Boal, DyeStat Editor

Allyson Felix won the U.S. Indoor title and competed in the World Indoor Championships in the 200 meters at age 17 in 2003, setting what was then a national high school record by clocking 23.14 seconds.

Nearly 18 years later and following a combined seven Olympic and World Championship medals in the 200, Felix returned to the one-lap sprint on the indoor oval for the first time at the Randal Tyson Track Center for the final American Track League event in Fayetteville, Ark.

Felix, 35, clocked 22.59 to win and ascend to the No. 18 competitor in U.S. indoor history, which followed a runner-up finish in the 60-meter dash in 7.28 in her first indoor appearance since competing in the short sprint and clocking 7.32 last year at the NYRR Millrose Games at The Armory in New York.

Jasmine Camacho-Quinn elevated to the No. 2 indoor competitor in Puerto Rican history by placing second in 22.91, with 15-year-old Shawnti Jackson of Run U XPress in North Carolina taking third in 23.45.

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Earlier in the schedule, Raven Saunders and Maggie Ewen became the first American pair to both surpass 64 feet in the same indoor shot put competition.

Ewen elevated to the No. 5 competitor in U.S. indoor history with a second-round effort of 64-1.25 (19.54m), before Saunders improved her No. 4 all-time mark with a fourth-round performance of 64-2.50 (19.57m).

Their marks rank second and third in the world this year, trailing only Portugal’s Auriol Dongmo at 64-5.75 (19.65m).

Ryan Crouser’s streak of shot put competitions with at least one 22-meter effort was snapped at 10, as a case of food poisoning resulted in the world indoor record holder experiencing nausea. Crouser still prevailed with a fifth-round mark of 71-11.50 (21.93m), with fellow American Payton Otterdahl placing second following a fourth-round effort of 70-2.50 (21.40m).

The last time Crouser didn’t surpass the 22-meter barrier indoors was during his collegiate career at Texas, winning the 2016 NCAA Division 1 Championships at the CrossPlex in Birmingham, Ala., with a 69-9.75 (21.28m) effort. He had achieved a run of seven straight indoor competitions with a 22-meter mark, a streak that began in 2019.

New Balance Boston athlete Heather MacLean continued her impressive stretch this season, winning the women’s 800 meters in a facility record 2:00.53, with former Villanova standout Siofra Cleirigh-Buttner eclipsing the Irish indoor national record by placing second in 2:00.58. Both athletes eclipsed the 2005 mark of 2:00.75 held by Tennessee’s Nicole Cook.

Nadia Power had lowered her own Irish indoor mark to 2:00.98 on Wednesday in Poland, before Cleirigh-Buttner shaved another four-tenths off the record Sunday.

Michael Saruni, a Kenyan athlete and former Division 1 champion at UTEP, won the men’s 800 in 1:45.34, followed by American Kameron Jones, a Maryland graduate, clocking 1:46.23.

Shamier Little, an adidas athlete who trains in Fayetteville, won the women’s 400 in 50.57.

Andrew Irwin, a former U.S. indoor champion and Arkansas All-American, won the men’s pole vault with a second-attempt clearance at 18-8.25 (5.70m).

Marquis Dendy, an NCAA indoor and outdoor champion as well as a U.S. indoor and outdoor winner in the long jump, prevailed again in his return to the Randal Tyson Track Center, delivering another clutch sixth-round performance with a leap of 26-10.50 (8.19m). Dendy also won Feb. 7 with a final-round effort of 26-11.25 (8.21m), which is equal to No. 3 in the world this year.

Olivia Gruver earned her second victory in the past month, clearing 15-5 (4.70m) in the women’s pole vault. Gruver, a two-time Division 1 outdoor champion at Kentucky who also set the collegiate outdoor record at Washington, ranks fourth in the world this year at 15-8.25 (4.78m).

British athlete Daryll Neita won the women’s 60-meter dash in 7.24, edging Felix and MaryBeth Price, who were both timed in 7.28.

Jamaica’s Danielle Williams clocked 7.86 in the women’s 60-meter hurdles, with LSU senior Tonea Marshall, competing unattached, finishing second in 7.89.

Former Central Arkansas standout Zachary Jewell prevailed in the men’s 60-meter dash in 6.58, with Oklahoma graduate Jackson Webb taking runner-up in 6.59.

Wil London III, a Baylor graduate, secured victory in the men’s 400 in 46.36, with Italian athlete and Texas A&M standout Robert Grant running 46.75.

North Carolina A&T graduate Michael Dickson earned the win in the men’s 60-meter hurdles in 7.53, with Trinidad and Tobago athlete Asa Guevara running 33.11 to triumph in the men’s 300 meters.



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