Tywan Cox Splits 45.14 On Anchor, Beating Quincy Wilson To Lead Miami Northwestern In Upset Win Over Bullis; Dana Wilson Closes Fast Weekend With No. 6 All-Time Girls 100

By Keenan Gray of DyeStat

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The target Bullis MD has created for itself has been difficult for other programs to hit.

But one school hit the bullseye Saturday at the Pepsi Florida Relays.

The Miami Northwestern FL boys 4x400 meter relay team took down the reigning New Balance Nationals Indoor champion Bullis MD on the final day of competition from James G. Pressly Stadium in Gainesville, led by Tywan Cox running down Quincy Wilson on the anchor leg.

Cox got the baton in the lead on the final exchange and broke away from Wilson, running a 45.14-second split to give Miami Northwestern, also featuring Makhii Fleming, Marckenzy Jospeh and J’Vari Flowers, the win in 3:08.74.

Wilson split 46.24 on the anchor, guiding Bullis to run 3:09.97 for second.

Miami Northwestern also swept both the boys and girls 4x200 relay races earlier in the day, with the girls running 1:36.37 and the boys running 1:24.21.

Dana Wilson of Greensboro Day NC carried over momentum from her 200 meter win on Friday, posting the sixth-fastest 100 meters time in high school history, winning the women’s Olympic development race in 11.09. 

Bullis' girls 4x100 relay team dipped under 45 seconds, running 44.95 for the win over Montverde Academy FL. Bullis also won the girls 4x400, beating Miami Northwestern in 3:35.44.

Archbishop Carroll DC was challenged to the very end of the boys 4x100 relay race, holding off American Heritage FL by a margin of 40.23 to 40.32.

Spanish River FL and Dillard NC boys 4x800 relay teams were separated by .43 seconds at the finish line, with Spanish River winning in 7:42.52.

Dillard NC won the girls 4x800 relay in 9:00.52.

Robinson, Ford Run NCAA Leads In 400

Texas A&M's Auhmad Robinson and South Carolina's JaMeesia Ford ran NCAA leading time in their respective 400-meter races to headline the collegiate and pro competition.

Robinson clocked 44.61, beating his teammate Cutler Zamzow in the collegiate men's race.

Ford ran 50.43, winning the collegiate women's race by over a second.

Both Robinson and Ford also anchored their 4x400 relay teams to victory. Texas A&M won the men's invitational race in 3:02.15 and South Carolina won the women's invitational section in 3:26.24.

South Florida's Abdul-Rasheed Saminu ran an impressive 9.87w (+2.2) to take the win in the collegiate men's 100 meters.

Texas A&M's Camryn Dickson won the overall collegiate women's 100 meters title in 11.11.

Georgetown's Tinoda Matsata clocked 1:45.04 to win the collegiate men's 800 meters, beating both Penn State's Handal Roban and Texas A&M's Kimar Farquharson.

North Florida's Smilla Kolbe won the collegiate women's 800 meters in 2:01.18.

Florida's Habiba Harris defeated NCAA indoor 60-meter hurdles champion Jaiya Covington of Texas A&M in the collegiate women's 100-meter hurdle final, running 12.69.

Khaleb McRae won the men's 400 meters Olympic development race in 44.94. High schooler Jayden Horton-Mims finished third in 45.47.

Team Canada's men's 4x100, featuring Olympic champions Aaron Brown, Jerome Blake, Brendon Rodney and Andre De Grass, took down the United States, again, in the Olympic development race in 38.09.

The U.S. men did respond back with a win in the men's 4x400 Olympic development section thanks to Elijah Godwin, Matt Boling, Marcellus Moore and Jevon O'Bryant running 3:03.55 to beat Canada by half-a-second.

The U.S. women's 4x100 team, featuring Mackenzie Long, Twanisha Terry, Celera Barnes and Jahmiya Bowers, ran 43.17 to beat Team Canada. 

Texas A&M bested SEC foe Georgia in the women's 4x100 collegiate section, running 42.94.

Minnesota locked up the men's 4x100 collegiate race in 38.66.

Baylor's Iyanna Webb won the women's triple jump with a leap of 42 feet, 11.75 inches, adding another jump title for the Bears after Alexis Brown won the collegiate women's long jump on Friday.

JuVaughan Harrison, representing Puma, jumped 7-3.75 to win the men's high jump invitational section.

Kobe Babin cleared 18-4.50 to win the men's pole vault collegiate section.